Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Park Geun-hye Makes Visit to Mother’s Old House

Former President Park Geun-hye
Former President Park Geun-hye
Former President Park Geun-hye (C) waves her hand while visiting the birth house of her mother, Yuk Young-soo, a former first lady, in Okcheon, North Chungcheong Province, on May 25, 2026.

Picture of the Day: North Korean Female Football Players Leave Hotel in Suwon

N. Korean football players
N. Korean football players
Members of the North Korean football club Naegohyang Women’s FC leave a hotel in Suwon, 30 kilometers south of Seoul, on May 24, 2026. The team beat Tokyo Verdy Beleza on May 23 to win the Asian Football Confederation Women’s Champions League title at Suwon Stadium. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Korean Firefighting Robot

Firefighting robot in S. Korea
Firefighting robot in S. Korea
A firefighting robot capable of attending to blazes in places human beings cannot approach, is displayed during an international fire and safety expo at the EXCO convention center in the southeastern city of Daegu on May 20, 2026. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Hero’s Welcome for North Korea U-17 Female Soccer Team

N. Korea's U-17 women get grand welcome
N. Korea’s U-17 women get grand welcome
Members of North Korea’s national team pose for a group photo after their arrival at the international airport in Pyongyang on May 19, 2026, following their win at the 2026 AFC U-17 Women’s Asian Cup in China, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: President Lee Remembers Gwangju Uprising Victims

Lee pays tribute to victims of Gwangju uprising
Lee pays tribute to victims of Gwangju uprising
President Lee Jae Myung (front, R) and his wife, Kim Hea Kyung (front, L), pay respects at the tomb of a person killed during the 1980 Gwangju democratization movement, at the May 18th National Cemetery in the southwestern city of Gwangju on May 18, 2026, in this photo provided by Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Dolphins Swim Off of Jeju Island

Bottlenose dolphins off Jeju Island
Bottlenose dolphins off Jeju Island
A pod of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins swims in waters off the city of Seogwipo on South Korea’s largest island of Jeju on May 18, 2026. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Remembering the Gwangju Uprising

May 18th National Cemetery

Children pay their respects to slain pro-democracy fighters at the May 18th National Cemetery in the southwestern city of Gwangju on May 16, 2026, two days ahead of the 46th anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising. The national cemetery honors citizens who were killed in the city during protests against the military junta of Chun Doo-hwan in May 1980. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: 11 Year Old Boy Dies Hiking Alone On Korean Mountain

Boy found dead after going missing in mountain park
Rescuers carry the body of a boy on Mount Juwang in Cheongsong, North Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea, on May 12, 2026, after the 11-year-old boy, who had gone missing after hiking alone on the mountain, was discovered about 100 meters from the mountain’s peak. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Team Inspects Fire Damage on Korean Ship

Investigation on ship damage in Hormuz Strait
Investigation on ship damage in Hormuz Strait
A bulk container ship operated by South Korean shipper HMM Co. is docked at a port in Dubai on May 9, 2026, after being damaged from a fire following an explosion in the Strait of Hormuz. A government inspection team has begun its investigation into the cause of the explosion and subsequent fire, according to HMM and the South Korean consulate in Dubai. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: BTS Meets with Mexico’s President

BTS meets Mexican president
BTS meets Mexican president
South Korea’s K-pop megagroup BTS poses for a photo with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum (5th from L) at the presidential office in Mexico City on May 6, 2026, in this photo provided by BigHit Music. (Yonhap)