While neighboring North Korea makes worldwide headlines with threats and demands, South Koreans have adjusted slightly to possible dangers, but largely carry on with their everyday lives. The war that halted in 1953 reverberates strongly today, including the continued strong presence of U.S. military forces near the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas. South Koreans have rapidly become a country of digital natives, with city dwellers quickly adopting new technologies. The megacity of Seoul now has a population nearing 11 million -- more than 20 percent of the entire country, all living in one dense, sprawling city, home to highrise apartments, shamanistic shrines, and grand palaces. Collected here are recent images from South Korea.
A South Korean Buddhist hangs colorful lanterns to celebrate the forthcoming birthday of Buddha at the Chogye temple on May 3, 2013 in Seoul, South Korea. Buddha was born approximately 2,557 years ago, and although the exact date is unknown, Buddha's official birthday is celebrated on the full moon in May in South Korea, which is on May 17 this year. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
Part of Gangnam area in Seoul, on October 2, 2012. Gangnam is the most upmarket neighborhood in the South Korean capital. Known as Seoul's "Beverly Hills", its streets are lined with designer-brand shops and trendy bars and restaurants. South Korean singer Psy, famous for his hit song "Gangnam Style", was raised in this area. (Reuters/Lee Jae-Won)
Civilians and members of the military and emergency services participate in an exercise simulating a chemical attack on a subway station on May 8, 2013 in Seoul. The United States, Japan and South Korea remain on alert despite reports that neighboring North Korea has removed a set of ballistic missiles from a launch site. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
British veterans line up during a ceremony commemorating the 62nd anniversary of the 29th Brigade's actions during the Imjin River battle at the Gloster Memorial, near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul, on April 23, 2013. South Korea's Defense Ministry held the event to remember those foreign soldiers who fought in the Korean War. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
South Korean teenagers participate in a warfare exercise as part of the Special Warfare Command's training course at a military base on August 4, 2011 in Seoul. About 1,000 civilian volunteers including middle and high school students participated in the special force's four-day training program to develop their spiritual and physical strength. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
U.S. Army Patriot missile air defense artillery batteries, at the U.S. Osan air base in Osan, south of Seoul, on April 5, 2013. North Korea had placed two of its intermediate range missiles on mobile launchers and hidden them on the east coast of the country in a move that threatened Japan and U.S. Pacific bases, South Korean media reported. (Reuters/Lee Jae-Won)
Shirtless South Korean Marines and their U.S. counterparts from 3-Marine Expeditionary Force 1st Battalion from Kaneho Bay, Hawaii, run on a snow covered field during their February 4-22 joint military winter exercise in Pyeongchang, east of Seoul, on February 7, 2013. More than 400 marines from the two countries participated in the joint winter exercise held for the first time in South Koreas.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Amphibious assault vehicles of the South Korean Marine Corps throw smoke bombs as they move to land on shore during a U.S.-South Korea joint landing operation drill in Pohang, about 370 km (230 miles) southeast of Seoul, on April 26, 2013. The drill is part of the two countries' annual military training called Foal Eagle, which began on March 1 and ran until April 30. (Reuters/Lee Jae-Won)
U.S. Marine soldiers load an M1A1 battle tank into an amphibious landing craft known as the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) during the Combined Joint Logistics Over The Shore (CJLOTS) exercise, as a part of the annual joint exercise "Foal Eagle" by the U.S. And South Korea, in Pohang, on April 22, 2013. (Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji)
Thousands of newlyweds in a mass wedding ceremony of the Unification Church at Cheongshim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, about 60 km (37 miles) northeast of Seoul, on February 17, 2013. The Unification Church founded by evangelist reverend Moon Sun-myung in Seoul in 1954, performed its first mass wedding in 1961 with 33 couples. Approximately 3,500 couples attended this mass wedding.(Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji)
South Korean elementary school students wearing masks with schoolbags on their heads gather on the ground after escaping from their classrooms during an earthquake drill in Seoul, on May 7, 2013. Students throughout the nation took part in drills ranging from fire to terror attacks and earthquake as part of the annual drills called Safe Korea Exercise. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
South Korean protesters wearing masks displaying the flags of the United States, left, North Korea, center, and South Korea, right, participate in a rally to mark Global Day of Action on Military Spending near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, on April 15, 2013. The protesters demanded a peaceful unification of the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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