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![President Yoon Suk-yeol, center, takes a photo with Afghans settled in Korea at an event celebrating the presidential office’s move to Yongsan District in central Seoul Sunday. The event was attended by some 400 people including residents of the neighborhood, small merchants hit by Covid-19 and Afghans evacuated to Korea last year. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10820846.jpg?imageId=10820846&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Children of Afghan evacuees go to their first day of school in Ulsan on Monday. Nearly half of the Afghan evacuees have been employed by a subcontractor of Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan and most of them settled in Ulsan's Dong District. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11341381.jpg?imageId=11341381&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Korean Ambassador to Afghanistan Choi Tae-ho joins a group of 16 ambassadors and representatives for a meeting with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban government led by acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in a hotel in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday. [TALIBAN’S FOREIGN MINISTRY]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10503926.jpg?imageId=10503926&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Officials from Korea’s Justice Ministry and Coast Guard wave their hands on Wednesday to welcome Afghans, who were evacuated from Kabul to Seoul in late August, to the Korea Coast Guard Academy based in Yeosu, South Jeolla — their new shelter for the next four months. The 391 Afghans were relocated from the National Human Resources Development Institute in Jincheon, North Chungcheong, to the new shelter in Yeosu, where they will participate in programs such as language classes and job search mentoring to help them adjust to life in Korea. The group of Afghan citizens are those who in recent years have worked with the Korean government — be it on development and reconstruction projects in rural areas, in joint medical operations or at the Korean embassy — and their relatives. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11756075.jpg?imageId=11756075&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Children of Afghan 'special contributors' evacuated from Kabul in August learn taekwondo at the National Human Resources Development Institute in Jincheon County, North Chungcheong, on Wednesday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10313255.jpg?imageId=10313255&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Afghan 'special contributors' evacuated from Kabul last month enjoy outdoor activities after their release from two weeks of quarantine Friday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11235598.jpg?imageId=11235598&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Afghan evacuees arrive at Incheon International Airport on Friday. After a first group of 377 arrived on Thursday, the Korean military completed its evacuation operation on Friday by bringing in a second group of 13 . [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11199364.jpg?imageId=11199364&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A group of 378 Afghans who worked with the Korean government over the years and their families, including many young children, arrive at Incheon International Airport Thursday afternoon. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10049879.jpg?imageId=10049879&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A group of women lawmakers led by Deputy Speaker Kim Sang-hee hold a press conference at the National Assembly on Tuesday to call for international efforts to protect the rights of Afghan women. [KIM KYONG-ROK]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11340376.jpg?imageId=11340376&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)