Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Korean Doctors Go on Strike

| August 15, 2020
Doctors' strike
Doctors’ strikeDoctors and medical students gather at a plaza in front of Daejeon Station, central South Korea, on Aug. 14, 2020, as doctors across the nation went on strike in protest against the government’s plan to increase the number of medical students. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: More Fans Can Attend Korean Baseball Games

| August 14, 2020
Cap on baseball crowds raised
Cap on baseball crowds raised
Fans attend a Korea Baseball Organization regular season game between the NC Dinos and the Lotte Giants at Sajik Stadium in Busan, 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Aug. 12, 2020. Beginning on Aug. 11, the cap on the size of crowds at baseball games during the coronavirus-hit season was raised to 25 percent of capacity from 10 percent. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Wood Carved Piano

| August 13, 2020
Piano carved by Auguste Rodin
Piano carved by Auguste RodinSouth Korean pianist Kim Han-dol plays the Antique Blasius & Sons Custom Carved Grand Piano, whose wooden portions were carved by the legendary sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), during an international art festival in the city of Seogwipo on South Korea’s largest island of Jeju on Aug. 12, 2020. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Heavy Rains Causing People to Flock to Shopping Malls

| August 12, 2020
Crowded shopping mall
Crowded shopping mall
People crowd a shopping mall in Seoul on Aug. 9, 2020. The city has experienced heavy rain for consecutive several days. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: ROK Foreign Minister Visits Berlin Wall

| August 12, 2020
FM Kang visits Berlin Wall
FM Kang visits Berlin Wall
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha (C) and her German counterpart Heiko Maas (L) visit the Berlin Wall Memorial in Berlin on Aug. 10, 2020, after their talks earlier in the day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Cows on Roof to Escape Flooding

| August 11, 2020
Cows on roof
Cows on roof
Cows stand on the roof of a cattle shed in the county of Gurye, South Jeolla Province, on Aug. 9, 2020, as the region is suffering from flooding caused by recent heavy downpours. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: Protest Against US-ROK Military Exercises

| August 10, 2020
Rally against military exercises
Rally against military exercises
Activists chant slogans calling for the suspension of South Korea-U.S. military exercises during a rally in front of the defense ministry in Seoul on Aug. 8, 2020. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: Flooded Market

| August 9, 2020
Market flooded due to heavy rain
Market flooded due to heavy rain
This photo contributed by a reader shows a resident waiting to be rescued from a market flooded by heavy rain in the southeastern county of Hadong on Aug. 8, 2020. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Flooded Bus in Paju

| August 8, 2020
Submerged bus
Submerged bus
An inter-city bus is submerged by a flash flood amid heavy rain in Paju, north of Seoul, on Aug. 6, 2020. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Islamic Event Leads to Cluster Infection in Cheongju

| August 7, 2020
Infection after religious assembly
Infection after religious assembly
This photo, provided by a reader on Aug. 5, 2020, shows an Islamic religious assembly held in Cheongju, 137 kilometers south of Seoul, on July 31. Six Uzbekistanis tested positive for COVID-19 after attending the event. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)