Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Minke Whale Killed By Fishing Net Off of Sokcho

Minke whale
Minke whale
A 7.8-meter-long dead minke whale is lifted from waters at a port in Sokcho on South Korea’s east coast on June 29, 2020, after being caught in a fishing net off the port, in this photo provided by the Sokcho Coast Guard. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Huge Metal Sculpture in Gwangju

Huge kinetic metal sculpture
Huge kinetic metal sculpture
This photo shows “Space Odyssey,” a large kinetic metal sculpture installed at the outdoor plaza of the Gwangju National Science Museum in Gwangju, 330 kilometers southwest of Seoul, on June 26, 2020. It was opened to the public that day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Remembering the Korean War in North Korea

N.K. marks Korean War anniversary
N.K. marks Korean War anniversary
North Korean laborers and students pay tribute at the cemetery for those killed in action during the 1950-53 Korean War in Pyongyang on June 25, 2020, the 70th anniversary of the war’s outbreak, in this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency. The North calls the war the Fatherland Liberation War. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Luxury Golf Course in North Korea

N. Korean luxury golf club
N. Korean luxury golf club
This photo released by Naenara, a North Korean media outlet, on June 23, 2020, shows Pyongyang Golf Course in the western city of Nampo. The luxury golf club reopened last year. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Video Message to Korea From President Trump on Korean War Anniversary

Korean War anniversary
Korean War anniversary
A video message from U.S. President Donald Trump is played during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, south of Seoul, on June 25, 2020. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: KCTU Wants Minimum Wage Increase

Rally for minimum wage increase
Rally for minimum wage increase
Members of the umbrella labor group Korean Confederation of Trade Unions rally in front of Samsung Electronics Co.’s headquarters in Seoul on June 24, 2020, to declare their campaign to seek an increase in the minimum wage, among other demands. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Anti-Leaflet Protest

Residents call for stop to leaflet campaign
Residents call for stop to leaflet campaign
Residents hold a news conference in Paju, 30 kilometers north of Seoul, on June 22, 2020, calling on North Korean defectors’ groups to cancel plans to fly anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Crowded Sokcho Beach

Crowded beach
Crowded beachA beach in Sokcho on the east coast is crowded with people on June 20, 2020. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Crowdless Horse Race

No spectators at horse race tracks
No spectators at horse race tracks
Horse racing resumes without any spectators amid coronavirus concerns at a horse race track in Gwacheon, south of Seoul, on June 21, 2020. 

Picture of the Day: Damaged Inter-Korean Liaison Office

This photo, taken from the South Korean border town of Paju, north of Seoul, on June 19, 2020, shows the inter-Korean liaison office (L circle) in the North Korean border town of Kaesong, which North Korea exploded on June 16. The support center for the Kaesong Industrial Complex (R circle) was severely damaged by the indirect impact of the explosion. (Yonhap)