Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Kenyan Ambassador in Seoul

Kenya's envoy in Seoul
Kenya’s envoy in Seoul
President Moon Jae-in (C) poses with Kenyan Ambassador to South Korea Mwende Mwinzi (L) during a ceremony to receive the envoy’s credentials at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Feb. 17, 2021. On the right is South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Flames from Drain

Flames from drain
Flames from drain
Flames spew from a drainage hole in front of a supermarket in the city of Sokcho on South Korea’s east coast on Feb. 17, 2021, in this provided photo. An employee of the supermarket immediately brought the fire under control with a fire extinguisher. The blaze is believed to have been started by the careless disposal of a cigarette butt into fallen leaves on the hole. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Olympic Training Begins

Olympic athletes start training
Olympic athletes start training
Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Hwang Hee (first row, 5th from L), sports officials and Olympic athletes pose for a photo during a ceremony to mark the start of this year’s training at the Jincheon National Training Center in Jincheon, 90 kilometers south of Seoul, on Feb. 18, 2021, in this photo provided by the ministry. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Lonely Tour Guides

Tourist guides
Tourist guides
Two tourist guides wait for tourists to approach them for information at a nearly deserted street in Seoul’s Myeongdong, one of the popular shopping districts that would otherwise draw many visitors, on Feb. 16, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Dusty Seoul

Seoul covered in dust
Seoul covered in dust
This photo, taken from Namsan in downtown Seoul on Feb. 14, 2021, shows the capital city shrouded in fine dust. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Holiday Traffic

Back from Seol holiday
Back from Seol holiday
Traffic is heavy on the Gyeongbu Expressway near Yangjae Interchange with people returning home from all across the country on Feb. 14, 2021, the final day of the four-day Lunar New Year holiday. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Tom Cruise Meets Korean Parliament Member

Assembly speaker meets Tom Cruise
Assembly speaker meets Tom Cruise
National Assembly Speaker Rep. Park Byeong-seug (L) poses for a photo with U.S. actor Tom Cruise at a restaurant in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Feb. 11, 2021. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: North Korea Lunar New Year Concert

N. Korea's Lunar New Year's concert
N. Korea’s Lunar New Year’s concert
This photo from the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Feb. 12, 2021, shows singers at a Lunar New Year’s concert in Pyongyang that was attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Subway Protest

Mobility rights for all
Mobility rights for all
Civil activists protest against subway operators in Seoul on Feb. 10, 2021, calling for equal mobility rights for disabled passengers. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Outgoing Foreign Minister

Outgoing foreign minister
Outgoing foreign minister
Outgoing Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha holds a bouquet as she joins a group photo session with the ministry’s senior officials during a ceremony at the government complex in Seoul on Feb. 8, 2021, to mark her departure from the post. (Yonhap)