Picture of the Day: South Korea to Close Beaches Due to Coronavirus Spread
| August 24, 2020
Category: Picture of the Day
Picture of the Day: ROK Relief Aid to Beirut
| August 23, 2020
Officials from South Korea and Lebanon pose for a photo at a military base in Beirut on Aug. 21, 2020, after South Korea’s Dongmyung Unit stationed in the country delivered medical supplies and masks to help Lebanese people recover from a recent massive explosion, in this photo provided by the defense ministry. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Police Raid Church for Coronavirus Investigation
| August 22, 2020
Police officers head toward Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul on Aug. 21, 2020, for a search and seizure operation. A court issued a warrant after health authorities failed to secure the full list of the members of the church at the center of recent spikes in coronavirus infections in the country. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Food Delivery Robot
| August 21, 2020
This photo, provided by Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of South Korea’s biggest delivery app, Baedal Minjok, known as Baemin, shows the company’s food delivery robot Delidrive. The robot will be put into service between an apartment complex and nearby restaurants in Suwon, south of Seoul, with residents there able to order food via the app. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Street Disinfecting
| August 20, 2020
Officials disinfect streets around Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul’s northern ward of Seongbuk on Aug. 17, 2020, as the church reported more than 300 new coronavirus patients. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Escaping the Heat at a Jeju Beach
| August 19, 2020
Picture of the Day: Fans No Longer Allowed at Korean Baseball Games
| August 19, 2020
A Korea Baseball Organization regular season game between the Lotte Giants and the Doosan Bears is held behind closed doors at Sajik Stadium in Busan, 450 kilometers south of Seoul, on Aug. 18, 2020, after the government toughened measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus amid spiking COVID-19 cases in the capital and adjacent cities. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Big Crowd on Dokdo
| August 18, 2020
Visitors take photos on South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo amid the new coronavirus outbreak on Aug. 16, 2020. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Huge Anti-Government Rally on Liberation Day
| August 17, 2020
Anti-government demonstrators pack Gwanghwamun Square and Sejong boulevard in downtown Seoul on Aug. 15, 2020. Protestors attacked the policies of the incumbent government and ruling party, with the gathering being organized by Sarang Jeil Church and the conservative Freedom Union. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: North Korea’s New Premier
| August 16, 2020
This photo, released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency in Seoul on Aug. 14, 2020, shows Workers’ Party Vice Chairman Kim Tok-hun. Kim was elected as the country’s new premier to replace Kim Jae-ryong at a politburo meeting in Pyongyang the previous day. (Yonhap)
