Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: A Christmas Tree of Books

| December 18, 2025
Christmas tree made of books
Christmas tree made of books
Students gather around a 5-meter-high Christmas tree made of 4,000 disposable books at the library of a university in Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea, on Dec. 16, 2025. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Honors Soldiers Who Returned from War in Russia

| December 17, 2025
N.K. leader welcomes troop return from Russia
N.K. leader welcomes troop return from RussiaT
his photo, carried by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Dec. 13, 2025, shows leader Kim Jong-un (C) attending a welcoming ceremony the previous day for North Korean military engineer troops who returned home after being deployed to Russia’s Kursk region to remove landmines amid the Russia-Ukraine war. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Honors Troops Killed Fighting in Russia

| December 16, 2025
N.K. troops return from Russia
N.K. troops return from Russia
This photo, carried by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Dec. 13, 2025, shows leader Kim Jong-un honoring nine North Korean engineer troops, who were killed during their operations in Russia’s Kursk region, the previous day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Rescuers Search for Workers Trapped Under Collapsed Library

| December 15, 2025
Collapse accident
Collapse accident
Rescue workers search for trapped workers at the site of a library collapse under construction in the southwestern city of Gwangju on Dec. 11, 2025. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Christmas Museum on Jeju Island

| December 12, 2025
Christmas museum
Christmas museum
Visitors to the Weihnachten Christmas Museum on the southern Jeju Island look at exhibits on Dec. 9, 2025. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Presidential Office Begins Move Back to Cheongwadae

| December 11, 2025
Relocation to Cheong Wa Dae
Relocation to Cheong Wa Dae
Trucks carrying office equipment of the Yongsan presidential office enter the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Dec. 9, 2025, beginning the office’s relocation, which is scheduled to be completed by the end of the month. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Christmas Parade at Lotte World

| December 10, 2025
Christmas parade
Christmas parade
A Christmas parade is under way at the indoor Lotte World Adventure theme park in southern Seoul on Dec. 9, 2025. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Snowcapped Mt. Halla

| December 9, 2025
Snow-capped Mount Halla
Snow-capped Mount Halla
This provided photo shows Baekrokdam Lake, which sits at the top of Mount Halla on South Korea’s largest island of Jeju, covered with snow on Dec. 5, 2025. The 1,950-meter dormant volcano, a UNESCO-designated world natural heritage site, is the highest peak in South Korea. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Cloud of Fine Dust Covers Seoul

| December 8, 2025
Seoul gripped by fine dust
Seoul gripped by fine dust
Downtown Seoul is covered by fine dust on Dec. 7, 2025. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Heavy Snowfall in Seoul

| December 5, 2025
A pedestrian crosses a street in Seoul's Mapo district amid the season's first heavy snowfall on Dec. 4, 2025. (Yonhap)

A pedestrian crosses a street in Seoul’s Mapo district amid the season’s first heavy snowfall on Dec. 4, 2025. (Yonhap)