Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Fine Dust Covers Seoul

Seoul gripped by fine dust
Seoul gripped by fine dust
This photo, taken Jan. 2, 2022, shows the capital Seoul with high levels of fine dust. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Year of the Tiger

Year of the Tiger
Year of the Tiger
The National Museum of Korea on Jan. 2, 2022, unveils paintings featuring tigers to mark 2022 as the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac, in this photo provided by the museum. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Taxi Falls From Parking Garage in Busan

Taxi falls off parking facility
Taxi falls off parking facility
A taxi (in red circle) falls about 20 meters to the ground from a parking facility on the fifth floor of a discount store in the southeastern port city of Busan on Dec. 30, 2021, in this provided photo. It broke through a wall and hit a passenger car waiting for the traffic lights to change. The accident, which took place around 12:30 p.m., left the taxi’s driver dead and seven people, including five people in the passenger car, injured. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Ceremony for Police Officers Killed During the Korean War

Ceremony for fallen police officers during Korean War
Ceremony for fallen police officers during Korean War
National Police Agency chief Kim Chang-ryong (R) burns incense in front of the remains of two police officers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War during a ceremony at the National Cemetery in the central city of Daejeon on Dec. 28, 2021, to lay them to rest. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Hydrogen Charging Station in Incheon

This photo provided by the city government shows a new hydrogen charging station, which opened in Incheon, 40 kilometers west of Seoul, on Dec. 28, 2021. The station is the fifth of its kind in the city. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Protesting President Park’s Pardon

Against Park Geun-hye's pardon
Against Park Geun-hye’s pardon
Members of leftist civic organizations hold a news conference near the presidential office in Seoul on Dec. 27, 2021, expressing strong opposition to presidential amnesty for jailed former President Park Geun-hye. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Snowy Sokcho

Cars covered in snow
Cars covered in snow
Cars parked along a road are covered with snow in the eastern coastal city of Sokcho, about 210 kilometers away from Seoul, after a heavy snowfall overnight, in this photo provided by the city office on Dec. 25, 2021. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: President Moon Visits Cheonan Memorial

Moon visits front-line unit
Moon visits front-line unit
President Moon Jae-in burns incense at a memorial dedicated to the 46 sailors killed in North Korea’s sinking of the Cheonan corvette in 2010, during his visit to a front-line military unit on the western border island of Baengnyeong on Dec. 23, 2021, in this photo provided by the presidential office. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Sanitizing Santa

S. Korea's fight against pandemic
S. Korea’s fight against pandemic
Wearing a Santa Claus outfit, an official from the local office of the SMEs and Startups disinfects a traditional market in the southeastern port city of Busan on Dec. 20, 2021, as part of efforts to support self-employed workers and small merchants hit by slack business amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: South Korea’s New E-Passports

New e-passports
New e-passports
An employee shows samples of next generation e-passports, which are more secure than current passports, at the office of the Suwon municipality, south of Seoul, on Dec. 20, 2021, one day before their issuance. From left to right are passports for citizens, officials, diplomats and emergencies. (Yonhap)