Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: UAE Flag on Seoul Tower

| June 20, 2020
UAE flag lights up N Seoul Tower
UAE flag lights up N Seoul TowerThe United Arab Emirates flag is displayed on the outer wall of N Seoul Tower on June 18, 2020, to mark the 40th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between South Korea and the Middle Eastern country. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: 1952 Flag Seller in South Korea

| June 19, 2020
Photographer: Captain John Randolph Coupland III, US Army, 1952

Via Flickr user m20wc51. Hat Tip to Don for the link.

Picture of the Day: Demolished Inter-Korean Liaison Office

| June 18, 2020
A screen capture from a North Korean state television broadcast from Wednesday shows the North's demolition of the inter-Korean liaison office on Tuesday afternoon. [YONHAP]

A screen capture from a North Korean state television broadcast from Wednesday shows the North’s demolition of the inter-Korean liaison office on Tuesday afternoon. [YONHAP]

Picture of the Day: The Inter-Korean Liaison Office

| June 17, 2020
Inter-Korean liaison office
Inter-Korean liaison office
This file photo shows the inter-Korean liaison office building at the Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea when it opened for operation in December 2007. North Korea destroyed the building on June 16, 2020, after threatening to take strong measures against Seoul. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Tree Nursery in North Korea

| June 16, 2020
Modernized tree nursery in N. Korea
Modernized tree nursery in N. Korea
This photo, carried by North Korea’s main newspaper Rodong Sinmun on June 14, 2020, shows a modernized tree nursery set up in North Hwanghae Province. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the First Inter-Korean Summit

| June 14, 2020
Commemorating inter-Korean summit
Commemorating inter-Korean summit
Participants wave flags representing a unified Korea during a ceremony held in downtown Seoul on June 13, 2020, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the first-ever inter-Korean summit held in Pyongyang in 2000 between then South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and then North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: A Job with A View

| June 13, 2020
Window cleaners are at work on the 123-story Lotte World Tower, Korea’s tallest building, in southern Seoul, Tuesday. The skyscraper has about 42,000 windows. After opening to the public in 2017, the building has its windows cleaned once a year. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Picture of the Day: South Korean Grown Bananas

| June 12, 2020
Banana production in S. Korea
Banana production in S. Korea
Two farmers look at ripening bananas at a greenhouse in Haenam, a seaside town in southwestern South Korea, on June 9, 2020. Helped by climate change caused by global warming, South Korean farmers eye the subtropical fruit for a new income source. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Deserted Incheon International Airport

| June 11, 2020
New coronavirus
New coronavirus
The arrival lobby of Incheon airport, west of Seoul, is almost deserted on June 10, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Baby Shark and Pinkfong Recognized

| June 10, 2020
Baby Shark, Pinkfong named promotional envoys for Seoul
Baby Shark, Pinkfong named promotional envoys for Seoul
Popular characters — the Baby Shark (L) and Pinkfong — pose for a photo with Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon during a ceremony at Seoul City Hall on June 8, 2020, to mark their appointment as new ambassadors to promote visits to the South Korean capital. (Yonhap)