Children in traditional costumes on Sunday celebrate Ipchun, one of the 24 seasonal divisions and the beginning of spring, by posting a banner wishing for good luck and happiness in the Namsangol Traditional village in Seoul Sunday.
The Bank of Korea appears to have given face lifts to the important Koreans engraved on their new banknotes. The new W1,000 bills issued last month depict Yi Hwang, a prominent Confucian scholar of the Chosun era, with reduced cheekbones and a thicker nose bridge. January's new W10,000 notes portray King Sejong with a higher nose. W5,000 banknotes issued last year show Confucian scholar Yi Yi with double eyelids./Yonhap
Customers in traditional Korean garments pose for photos at a post office shopping center in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, on Monday.
In a ceremony to mark the launch of a musical version of ‘Daejanggeum,’ or ‘A Jewel in the Palace,’ at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Seoul on Monday, actors Kim So-hyun as Janggeum and Won Ki-jun as Min Jeong-ho sing together./Newsis
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