var items = new Array (new ImageMetaData('South Korea\'s budget airline Jeju Air\'s 74-seat Q400 lies down near the runway at Gimhae International Airport in Gimhae, south of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. A South Korean plane skidded off the runway after landing at the southern city of Busan, injuring six people, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/ Yonhap, Cho Jung-ho)  ** KOREA OUT **','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Photos/070912/070912_bombadier_hmed_130a.jpg','4:35 a.m. ET, 9/12/07','Cho Jung-ho / AP','AP',20735484),new ImageMetaData('A South Korean currency trader passes by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The KOSPI rose 20.22 points, or 1.3 percent, to 1,572.46. ','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/ap/604a1f45-8d09-46de-ab78-b2afa32eb5fc.jpg','3:58 a.m. ET, 11/6/09','Ahn Young-joon / AP','AP',33710893),new ImageMetaData('U.S. Marines based in Okinawa, Japan, take position as South Korean policeman,background, stands guard to block possible anti-U.S. protest after landing in the landing operation during a South Korea and U.S. joint military exercise at Pohang beach, 400 kilometers (about 250 miles) southeast of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. North Korea claimed Tuesday that it has successfully weaponized more plutonium for atomic bombs, a day after warning Washington to agree quickly to direct talks or face the prospect of a growing North Korean nuclear arsenal. ','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/ap/f38312ca-835b-4b2a-9c1e-420da41ac31b.jpg','10:04 p.m. ET, 11/3/09','Lee Jin-man / AP','AP',33612694),new ImageMetaData('An unidentified South Korean elementary school student receives a vaccine against the H1N1 influenza at a school on Jeju Island, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. The National Disaster Prevention  and Countermeasures Headquarters said that vaccination against the H1N1 flu virus started Wednesday at elementary, middle and high schools nationwide.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Ho-chun)  KOREA OUT','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/ap/db4caf0d-291f-4c82-a45c-7f3c0ffc04af.jpg','8:59 a.m. ET, 11/11/09','AP','AP',33854829),new ImageMetaData('South Korean Prime Minister Chun Un-chan, left, consoles Japanese family members of a fire victim at a hospital in Busan, South Korea, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. 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','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/ap/a54d9795-3338-46ce-a928-9ba925bfa27b.jpg','4:01 a.m. ET, 11/4/09','Kim Ju-sung / AP','AP',33615317),new ImageMetaData('SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - NOVEMBER 10:  South Koreans read newspapers detailing the at-sea incident whereby a North Korean naval boat was allegedly shot at by a South Korean naval vessel off the West Coast of South Korea on Tuesday, seen on November 10, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea. The North Korean boat reportedly crossed the Northern Limit Line and failed to retreat after warning shots from the South Korean Navy were fired. The North Korean vessel then opened fire on the South Korean boat, and a fire fight ensued, reportedly resulting in the North Korean craft returning back across the border in flames after the South Korean craft returned their fire.  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Many South Korean companies take advantage of the Christmas to promote their business amid weak sales and economic slowdown.','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/ap/748273a6-4458-4dab-b112-ea7c1c2587c9.jpg','4:34 a.m. ET, 11/3/09','Ahn Young-joon / AP','AP',33598158),new ImageMetaData('South Korean Army soldiers and firefighters wearing protective gears spray water to wash down chemicals during an anti-terror drill against possible terrorists\' attacks at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. ','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/ap/176b5cbd-0544-41ad-ba72-7fb82230f334.jpg','4:09 a.m. ET, 11/3/09','Ahn Young-joon / AP','AP',33598046),new ImageMetaData('South Korean high school students bow to a senior student, center, as she arrives for her college entrance exam in front of an examination room in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. About 500,000 high school seniors and graduates across the country are scheduled to take the exam Thursday that will virtually determine their admission to college. ','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/ap/a5226583-7305-4836-b8f3-d730f8d743f3.jpg','3:52 a.m. ET, 11/12/09','Yoo Yong-seok / AP','AP',33877529),new ImageMetaData('In this undated photo, shown is Park Yong-oh , the former chief executive of the Doosan Group, one of South Korea\'s largest conglomerates. A news report said Park has committed suicide Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009.  The Yonhap news agency cites police as saying Wednesday that Park Yong-oh was found dead at his home in Seoul. ','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/ap/0ec5a94c-210d-46bd-8b75-4e3da0fe414d.jpg','10:12 p.m. ET, 11/3/09','AP','AP',33612778),new ImageMetaData('Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon, center, visits with military officers at the Truce Village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. At left is U.N. Command Col. Kurt Taylor from the U.S. and at right is a U.N. Command soldier from Canada. ','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/ap/451aa377-10dc-4953-9016-d51f5cea7ad5.jpg','2:38 a.m. ET, 11/10/09','Lee Jin-man / AP','AP',33818738),new ImageMetaData('POHANG, SOUTH KOREA - NOVEMBER 04:  U.S. Marine soldiers participate in the U.S. and South Korean Marines Joint Landing Exercise at Pohang seashore on November 4, 2009 in Pohang, South Korea. South Korean marines conducted a joint landing operation with U.S. marines to prepare for possible aggression by North Korea, which the South remains technically at war with since the end of the Korean War in 1953.  ','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/getty/gyi0058815879.jpg','10:08 p.m. ET, 11/3/09','Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images','Getty',33612742),new ImageMetaData('South Korean slugger Kim Tae-kyun, left, shakes hands with Ryuzo Setoyama, president of the Lotte Marines of Japan\'s Pacific League, during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. The Marines announced that the 27-year-old first baseman agreed to a three-year contract with an annual salary of $1.6 million. ','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/ap/3bf783f8-1a03-4381-874b-e60755f75a09.jpg','4:05 a.m. ET, 11/13/09','Jin Sung-chul / AP','AP',33904240),new ImageMetaData('A member of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions paints on his face during a rally against government\'s labor policy near the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Thousands of South Korean workers rallied demanding the government scrap plans to enforce contentious laws they say are aimed at weakening labor unions. The letters on the headband read " Abolition dispatch law" ','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/ap/46cce9d0-c43b-4108-8e27-8cca86a2fd32.jpg','7:08 a.m. ET, 11/8/09','Ahn Young-joon / AP','AP',33767691),new ImageMetaData('SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 20:  The South Korean Airforce Black Eagle aerobatics team fly in formation during the Seoul Airshow 2009 and Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (ADEX) 2009 at the Sungnam military air base on October 15, 2007 in Seoul, South Korea. The Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (ADEX) 2009, the biggest air-show in the Asian-Pacific region will be held on October 20 - 25 at Seoul airport including 300 companies from 30 countries.  ','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/getty/gyi0058689857.jpg','2:35 a.m. ET, 10/20/09','Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images','Getty',33391380));