Year-end performance: Cheerleaders of Ewha Womans University stage a year-end congratulatory performance in front of a large banner reading “Thanks 2006 Welcome 2007,” at the students’ hall in Seoul on Monday. /Korea Times 11-27-2006 20:45
Diesel-powered Grimaldi: Michael A. Grimaldi, CEO of GM Daewoo Auto & Technology, poses with fuel-efficient Euro lV diesel engine that will power its first Korean diesel sedan, Tosca. /Courtesy of GM Daewoo 11-30-2006 14:20
Christmas arrives early at Hilton: Employees at Millennium Seoul Hilton show children the hotel’s “Christmas Train” at the lobby. The train is much more than a festive ornament as the hotel will donate all the proceeds from the sponsorship of companies, which list their logos on the boxcars, to the Hyeshimwon Orphanage in Yongsan, downtown Seoul. /Korea Times Photo by Shim Hyun-chul 11-30-2006 20:32
On board for mission: Eight astronaut candidates line up at Incheon International Airport, Sunday, as they leave for in-depth physical and mental tests at Gagarin Space Center in Russia. Two dropped out of the 10-person list. /Yonhap 12-03-2006 22:18
Kwanghwamun restoration: Korean traditional dancers perform before a ceremony to launch the restoration of Kwanghwamun, the main entrance gate to Kyongbok Palace, in central Seoul, Monday. The structure began to be torn down Monday, and is expected to be restored to its original form and position by 2009. The structure will be moved 14.5 meters to the south and 10.9 meters to the west and rotated 5.6 degrees clockwise to its original position. / Yonhap 12-04-2006 18:50
Coming-of-age ceremony: Senior students of Taejang High School adjust their friends’ “hanbok,” Korea’s traditional costume, in a ceremony to celebrate their coming of age in Suwon, Kyonggi Province, on Monday. The event was held to congratulate the students who took the college scholastic ability test (CSAT) and will soon graduate from the school, even though the coming-of-age day fell on May 20. /Yonhap 12-04-2006 21:00
Kwanghwamun restoration: A large crane lifts two “Chwidu,” a decoration that adorned the top of a ridge on a traditional Korean structure, from Kwanghwamun, the main entrance gate to Kyongbok Palace, in central Seoul, Monday. The gate is expected to be restored to its original form and position by 2009. The structure, which had been moved by Japan in colonial times, will be moved 14.5 meters to the south and 10.9 meters to the west, and rotated 5.6 degrees clockwise to its original position. / Korea Times Photo by Park Seo-gang 12-04-2006 21:54
Front - Nov. 24, 2006
A shaman performs a ritual at the Agissidang shrine in Seoul on Thursday. The ritual, which is held every year, was designated an intangible cultural asset by Seoul City this January. The woman is the seventh generation in her family to become a shaman./Yonhap
Culture - Nov. 24, 2006
Foreigners enjoy Korean dishes with wine at a tasting of wines from French regions of Alsace and Cote du Rhone at the Plaza Hotel in Seoul on Thursday./Yonhap
Front - Nov. 25, 2006
The 10 candidates to become Korea’s first astronaut selected by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Korea Aerospace Research institute on Friday. The final two candidates will be announced around Dec. 25.
Front - Nov. 27, 2006
The all-male performance troupe Namsadang give a concert of Pungmulnori or Korean folk percussion concert in Insadong, Seoul on Sunday./Newsis
Culture - Nov. 27, 2006
Overseas visitors to the 2006 SIWA and Diplomatic Community Bazaar at Samseong-dong’s COEX experience Korean culture in the form of flattening ddeok or sticky-rice patties on Sunday. Proceeds from the annual bazaar held by the Seoul International Women’s Association and diplomats’ spouses go to charity./Newsis
National - Nov. 28, 2006
Umbrella-toting Seoul residents walk through a sea of golden gingko leaves on the stone wall road behind Deoksu Palace on Monday afternoon./Yonhap
Front - Nov. 29, 2006
Fans root for the national football team during the Group B second round match between Korea and Bangladesh at the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday. Korea won 3-0./Yonhap
National - Dec. 1, 2006
Pedestrians struggle through the cold in Seoul on Thursday, when the mercury suddenly plummeted.
Front - Dec. 2, 2006
A schoolboy is muffled up against the cold in Sillim-dong, Seoul on Friday, when the mercury dropped below zero across the country./Newsis
Culture - Dec. 4, 2006
Foreign workers learn to play Korea’s traditional percussion quartet samulnori in Incheon on Sunday.
Business - Dec. 4, 2006
LG Electronics’ hit Chocolate phone and related technologies are on display at the ITU Telecom World 2006 expo in Hong Kong on Sunday./Yonhap
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