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![Fellow aerial firefighters solemnly pay tribute to the late Lee Young-do, a member of the Korea Forest Service's aerial firefighting unit at a memorial service held in Taebaek, Gangwon, on Jan 6. Lee, 32, died on Jan. 3 after falling from a helicopter while saving an injured person at Mount Seorak. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10851926.jpg?imageId=10851926&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![President Yoon Suk Yeol and Gangwon Gov. Kim Jin-tae, center, stand on the stage of a ceremony held on Friday at Kangwon National University in Chuncheon, Gangwon, marking the launch of the province's special self-governing status. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11103885.jpg?imageId=11103885&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![The Taebaek Couple Festival, first held in 2017, was inspired by lead actors Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo of the hit KBS series 'Descendants of The Sun' (2016) who met while filming and tied the knot in 2017. The couple split in 2019. [KBS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10707849.jpg?imageId=10707849&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)