Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: 17,000 COVID Cases

| February 1, 2022
Daily COVID-19 cases top 17,000
Daily COVID-19 cases top 17,000People wait in line for coronavirus tests at a pop-up screening clinic at Olympic Park in southern Seoul on Jan. 31, 2022. South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases reached 17,085, as the country grapples with the rapid spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant amid the Lunar New Year holiday. 

Picture of the Day: The Best Time to Visit Seoul

| January 31, 2022
Quiet Seoul during Lunar New Year holiday
Quiet Seoul during Lunar New Year holiday
A road in downtown Seoul is mostly empty on Jan. 30, 2022, during the Lunar New Year holiday, or Seol, which falls on Feb. 1 this year. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: North Korea’s Target Island

| January 29, 2022

This photo, captured from North Korea’s Central TV on Jan. 28, 2022, shows a target island hit by two surface-to-surface tactical guided missiles that the North test-fired the previous day. ((Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Yoon Suk-yeol’s Mother-in-Law Acquitted

| January 27, 2022
Presidential hopeful's mother-in-law acquitted
Presidential hopeful’s mother-in-law acquitted
Choi Eun-soon (C), the mother-in-law of Yoon Seok-youl, the presidential candidate of the main opposition People Power Party, leaves Seoul High Court on Jan. 25, 2022, after receiving a not-guilty verdict over allegations she had illegally opened a sanatorium and accepted state benefits for its operation. She was sentenced to three years in prison at the lower court. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Tourists from Singapore Arrive in South Korea

| January 26, 2022
A group of Singaporean tourists moves to a COVID-19 test center upon arrival at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Jan. 24, 2022. The tourists came to South Korea after the two countries resumed three days ago a “travel bubble” pact that allows each other’s people quarantine-free travel. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Japanese Beers Continue to Be Unpopular in South Korea

| January 25, 2022
This photo shows the imported beer section at a retail market in Seoul on Jan. 24, 2022. According to the customs service on the day, the country imported US$6.87 million worth of Japanese beers. South Korean people began a boycott of Japanese brands in the wake of Japan’s restrictions targeting South Korea’s semiconductor industry in July 2019. As a result, Japan tumbled from No. 1 to No. 9 in the market share of imported beer brands. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Subway Robot

| January 24, 2022
This photo, provided by LG Electronics Inc. on Jan. 23, 2022, shows its CLOi robot on pilot service at a subway station in the southeastern city of Daegu.

Picture of the Day: President Moon Visits Egypt

| January 21, 2022
S. Korea-Egypt summit
S. Korea-Egypt summit
President Moon Jae-in (R) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi inspect an honor guard before their talks at the presidential palace in Cairo on Jan. 20, 2022. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: ROK Foreign Minister Meets Troops Stationed in the UAE

| January 20, 2022

FM meets Korea troops in UAE

Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong (R) shakes hands with a member of South Korea’s Akh unit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Jan. 17, 2022, in this photo provided by the unit. The troops are stationed in the UAE on a mission to train the Gulf nation’s service members and protect Korean nationals in emergencies. Chung is accompanying President Moon Jae-in on his Middle East trip. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Snow Falls Gyeongbok Palace

| January 19, 2022
This Jan. 17, 2022, photo shows snow falling at Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul. (Yonhap)