Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: U.S. Special Envoy Visits South Korea

| August 24, 2026
Parliamentary leader meets U.S. envoy
Parliamentary leader meets U.S. envoy
National Assembly Speaker Cho Jeong-sik (R) talks with U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel (L) during their meeting at the parliamentary building in Seoul on Aug. 21, 2026. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Democrat Party Leaders Visit Tomb of former President Roh Moo-hyun

| August 21, 2026
Ruling party's leadership honors late president
Ruling party’s leadership honors late president
The leadership of the ruling Democratic Party, including the party’s chief, Kim Min-seok (4th from L), offers a silent prayer at the tomb of late President Roh Moo-hyun to pay tribute to him in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea, on Aug. 19, 2026. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Chinese Foreign Minister Visits South Korea

| August 20, 2026
China's top diplomat Wang in S. Korea
China’s top diplomat Wang in S. KoreaChinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi waves upon arrival at Seoul Gimpo Business Aviation Center in the capital on Aug. 19, 2026, for talks with his counterpart, Cho Hyun, and a meeting with President Lee Jae Myung. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Drought Hit Reservoir

| August 18, 2026
Reservoir hit by drought
Reservoir hit by drought
This photo, taken Aug. 14, 2026, shows Ungdong Reservoir in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea, dry as a prolonged drought continues in the area. The water level of the agricultural reservoir has fallen to zero percent of normal levels, according to government data on droughts. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Bringing Guns to the Pool

| August 17, 2026
S. Korea men's national modern pentathlon team
S. Korea men’s national modern pentathlon team
Members of the South Korea men’s national modern pentathlon team train at the National Training Center in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, central South Korea, on Aug. 13, 2026, ahead of the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 Asian Games to be held in the central Japanese city of Nagoya. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Korean Schools Reopen

| August 13, 2026
School reopening in S. Korea
School reopening in S. Korea
Pupils hold up their textbooks for the second semester of the year at an elementary school in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Aug. 11, 2026, as they returned to school after the summer vacation. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Looking Ahead to Liberation Day

| August 12, 2026
Ahead of anniv. of Korea's liberation from Japan's rule
Ahead of anniv. of Korea’s liberation from Japan’s rule
A board bearing a message reading, “That Day of 1945 When It Was Coolest Due to the Wave of the National Flag, the Taegeukgi,” is hung on the wall of the Seoul Library in the capital on Aug. 10, 2026, five days ahead of the 81st anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan’s colonial rule. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Green Algae Forms on the Naktong River

| August 11, 2026
Heat wave
Heat wave
People play in the water at an outdoor pool over which shading curtains are installed against the scorching sun, with the formation of hazardous green algae blooms seen on the Nakdong River, in Chikgok, North Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea, on Aug. 7, 2026, as the highest-level heat wave warning was issued for the region. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: NEC Raided Again

| August 10, 2026
Election watchdog raided again over alleged data manipulation
Election watchdog raided again over alleged data manipulation
The entrance to an office of the National Election Commission (NEC) is seen in Seoul on Aug. 7, 2026. Investigators from a joint prosecution-police task force began a search and seizure at the NEC’s headquarters in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul, and other local commissions in the capital, Gyeonggi and North Chungcheong provinces to secure evidence over suspicions of data manipulation in connection with the June 3 local elections. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Hidden Forest Swimming Pool in Daejeon

| August 7, 2026
On the morning of the 4th, the forest bath park water play area in Sangsodong, Dong-gu, Daejeon, where a record-breaking heatwave approaching 40 degrees Celsius continues day after day. As one enters under the dense shade created by lush trees that have withstood decades, the scorching heat that bakes the asphalt disappears as if by magic. /Shin Hyun-jong

On the morning of the 4th, the forest bath park water play area in Sangsodong, Dong-gu, Daejeon, where a record-breaking heatwave approaching 40 degrees Celsius continues day after day. As one enters under the dense shade created by lush trees that have withstood decades, the scorching heat that bakes the asphalt disappears as if by magic. /Shin Hyun-jong