Chosun Ilbo photos

An ordination ceremony at a Catholic church in Baekseok-dong, Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province on Wednesday./Yonhap (July 6, 2006)

University students smile at an orientation session on Wednesday before starting work as part-timers in the Songpa District Office in Seoul./Yonhap

Korean American golf prodigy Michelle Wie smiles after making a birdie on the third hole during the second round of the U.S. Women's Open golf championship on Saturday, at Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island./AP-Yonhap (July 3, 2006)

Models show off clothes and precious stones by international designers at a fashion show at COEX in Samseong-dong, Seoul on Thursday./Yonhap (June 30, 2006)

Models show off summer watches at a watch shop in Myeongdong, Seoul on Tuesday. (June 28, 2006)

People root for the Korean team a few hours ahead of its World Cup match against Switzerland, in Seoul Square on Friday. Huge crowds are expected to gather here during the match, which will broadcast live from Germany./Yonhap (June 24, 2006)

North Korean women greet foreign businesspeople at an investment blitz for the Kaesong Industrial Complex co-hosted by Hyundai Asan and the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) on Thursday./Yonhap (Jun.22, 2006 19:30)

Models introduce Samsung Electronics cell phones at the IT expo CommunicAsia 2006, which will run from Tuesday through Friday in Singapore. /Yonhap (June 20, 2006)


Seoul Square in front of City Hall is filled with people in red T-shirts cheering for the national football team during its match against France in Group G of the World Cup in Leipzig on Monday morning. The tea... (Jun.19, 2006 18:52)

Women cheer for their national team during the 2006 World Cup. Clockwise from left: women from Sweden, Germany, Trinidad & Tobago, Paraguay, Portugal, the U.K., Brazil, Korea, Poland and Ukraine./Yonhap (June 17, 2006)

Models introduce Oriental Brewery’s new beer Blue at the Korea Alcohol & Liquor Expo 2006 at COEX in Seoul on Thursday. /Yonhap (Jun.15, 2006 19:43)