Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: First Snow of the Year at Daegwallyeong Pass

Season's first snow at Daegwallyeong Pass
Season’s first snow at Daegwallyeong Pass
Visitors walk on a snow-covered trail at Daegwallyeong Pass in Pyeongchang, a town in South Korea’s northeastern province of Gangwon, on Dec. 2, 2020, as the region saw snow for the first time this winter. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: North Korean Beer Factory

New beer factory in N. Korea
New beer factory in N. KoreaThis photo, released by the Korean Central News Agency on Nov. 30, 2020, shows the production line of the Rason Beer Factory, which was recently dedicated in the northeastern North Korean city of Rason. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: First Snow on Mt. Halla

First snow at Hallasan National Park on Jeju
First snow at Hallasan National Park on Jeju
Trees at Hallasan National Park on the southern resort island of Jeju are covered with snow on Nov. 28, 2020, in this photo provided by the park authorities. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: ROK Army Artillery School Has COVID Outbreak

Army's artillery school hit by COVID-19
Army’s artillery school hit by COVID-19
An ambulance enters the COVID-19-hit Sangmudae Artillery School in Jangseong, 310 kilometers south of Seoul, on Nov. 28, 2020, in this photo provided by a reader. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: New Housing in North Korea

Restoration of typhoon-hit N. Korean town
Restoration of typhoon-hit N. Korean town
Members of a North Korean family celebrate in a new house after attending a ceremony in the mining town of Komdok, South Hamgyong Province, to mark its residents’ moving into new houses, in this undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency on Nov. 27, 2020. The construction of around 2,300 new houses came after the Komdok area was buffeted by Typhoon Maysak in September. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: NC Dinos are the KBO Champions

NC Dinos win Korean Series
NC Dinos win Korean Series
NC Dinos manager Lee Dong-wook (R) and captain Yang Eui-ji hold up the Korean Series championship trophy at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on Nov. 24, 2020. Yang was voted the Korean Series MVP. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Remembering the Yeonpyeong Island Attack

Anniversary of N.K. shelling
Anniversary of N.K. shellingS
outh Korea’s Marine Corps commandant Lt. Gen. Lee Seung-do offers a flower during a ceremony at the national cemetery in Daejeon, 164 km south of Seoul, on Nov. 23, 2020, to mark the 10th anniversary of North Korea’s shelling of Yeonpyeong Island near the tense western maritime border. Two Marines and as many civilians were killed in the surprise attack. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: New Housing in North Korea

New residences for typhoon victims in N.K.
New residences for typhoon victims in N.K.
Seen here is one of the rehabilitated villages in the typhoon-damaged North Korean counties of Orang and Hochon. A ceremony to mark the completion of the rehabilitation work was recently held, in this photo reported by the Korean Central News Agency on Nov. 23, 2020. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Busy Sidewalks in Gangnam

Out and about
Out and about
Pedestrians crowd a street near Gangnam Station in southern Seoul on Nov. 21, 2020, the first weekend since social distancing was raised one notch to Level 1.5 for the greater Seoul area in response to a surge in new coronavirus cases. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Fans Cheer During KBO Game

Korean Series
Korean SeriesFans cheer for the NC Dinos during Game 4 of the Korean Series against the Doosan Bears at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on Nov. 21, 2020. (Yonhap)