Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Anti-War Rally Near Russian Embassy in Seoul

Anti-Russia rally in Seoul
Anti-Russia rally in Seoul
People from a civic group stage a protest rally near the Russian Embassy in Seoul on Feb. 28, 2022, over Russia’s military attack on Ukraine. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Anti-Russia Protest in Seoul

Anti-Russia protest
Anti-Russia protest
Ukrainian nationals in South Korea and their supporters rally near the Russian Embassy in Seoul on Feb. 27, 2022, to protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Praying for Peace In Ukraine

Praying for peace in Ukraine
Praying for peace in Ukraine
Ukrainians living in South Korea pray for peace for their home country at a Catholic church in western Seoul on Feb. 26, 2022, as Russia invaded Ukraine earlier this week. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Preparing for the March 1st Movement

Ahead of anniv. of popular uprising against Japanese rule
Ahead of anniv. of popular uprising against Japanese rule
South Korea’s Taegeukgi flags are attached to trees at a park in Seoul on Feb. 23, 2022, six days ahead of the 103rd anniversary of the 1919 popular movement that protested for independence from Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: Promoting Voting

Promoting voting in presidential election
Promoting voting in presidential election
Election officials stage a campaign at Cheonggye Stream in downtown Seoul on Feb. 21, 2022, to promote voting in the March 9 presidential election. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: ROK Defense Minister in Lebanon

Defense minister visits peacekeeping unit in Lebanon
Defense minister visits peacekeeping unit in Lebanon
Defense Minister Suh Wook (C) visits the Dongmyeong unit, stationed in Lebanon as part of U.N. peacekeeping operations, on Feb. 18, 2022, in this photo released by the Ministry of National Defense the following day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Lee Jae-myung Kicks Off Campaign in Jeonju

Ruling party presidential candidate
Ruling party presidential candidate
Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Party, kicks during a campaign rally in the southwestern city of Jeonju on Feb. 19, 2022. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Honoring Kim Jong-il’s Fake Birth Place

Marking birth anniversary of late N.K. leader
Marking birth anniversary of late N.K. leaderRanking North Korean officials, including the North’s No. 2 man Choe Ryong-hae visit their late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s birthplace in Mount Paektu on Feb. 16, 2022, on the occasion of his 80th birth anniversary, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Lee Jae-myung Loves Daejeon

Ruling party's presidential candidate
Ruling party’s presidential candidate
Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Party, forms a heart with his hands as he makes a stump speech in the central city of Daejeon on Feb. 15, 2022, the first day of the 22-day official campaign period for the March 9 presidential election. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: South Korea’s Women’s Curling Team in Action

Women's curling
Women’s curlingSouth Korea’s Kim Eun-jung (C) slides a stone during a match against Japan in the women’s curling round-robin session at the Beijing Winter Olympics at the National Aquatics Centre on Feb. 14, 2022. (Yonhap)