Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Cherry Blossom Season Begins in South Korea

| March 19, 2020
Cherry blossoms in bloom
Cherry blossoms in bloomA visitor photographs cherry blossoms in the southeastern city of Pohang on March 16, 2020. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: The Future of Public Transportation?

| March 18, 2020
Whole-body sterilizer
Whole-body sterilizerCitizens use a whole-body sterilizer set up at a subway station in Daegu, 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on March 16, 2020, amid the coronavirus crisis. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: Deserted Korean Bullet Train

| March 17, 2020
Empty bullet train
Empty bullet train
An SRT bullet train departing from Gwangju, 330 kilometers south of Seoul, is almost empty as it heads for Suseo Station in the southwestern part of the capital city, on March 13, 2020. There has been a sharp drop in people using public transportation amid the spread of the novel coronavirus in South Korea. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: North Korean Artillery Drill

| March 16, 2020
N.K. leader inspects artillery fire competition
N.K. leader inspects artillery fire competition
The artillery units under the North Korean People’s Corps 7 and Corps 9 take part in an artillery fire competition on March 12, 2020, in this combined photo taken from the website of the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected the competition, with the KCNA stopping short of disclosing the competition’s location. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Deserted Damyang

| March 15, 2020
Deserted boulevard in Damyang
Deserted boulevard in Damyang
Metasequoia-lined Road, a famous boulevard in Damyang, South Jeolla Province, about 340 kilometers southwest of Seoul, is almost deserted amid the coronavirus outbreak, in this photo taken March 14, 2020. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Nice Mask

| March 14, 2020
New coronavirus
New coronavirus Members of the diplomatic corps visit the departure lobby of Incheon airport, west of Seoul, on March 13, 2020, to learn about South Korea’s procedures for fever checks and other health examinations on outbound and inbound passengers. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Masked Comfort Woman Statue

| March 13, 2020
Masked Statue of Peace
Masked Statue of PeaceA facial mask is affixed on a Statue of Peace, which symbolizes Korean victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery, in the southeastern city of Daegu, the epicenter of coronavirus in South Korea, on March 11, 2020. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: Drive Thru Coronavirus Test Center

| March 11, 2020
Cars wait at 'drive-through' virus testing center
Cars wait at ‘drive-through’ virus testing centerCars wait in line at a “drive-through” novel coronavirus testing center at Yeungnam University Medical Center in Daegu, 300 kiloemters southeast of Seoul, on March 9, 2020. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: The Future of NBA Games?

| March 10, 2020
Basketball without fans
Basketball without fansA Women’s Korean Basketball League (WKBL) regular season game between the home team BNK Sum and Shinhan Bank S-Birds is underway behind closed doors at BNK Center in Busan, 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on March 6, 2020. All WKBL games are being played without spectators, in order to reduce mass gatherings amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Picture of the Day: Seungri Forced to Join ROK Army

| March 10, 2020
Ex-BIGBANG member joins army
Ex-BIGBANG member joins army
Masked Seungri, a former member of K-pop boy band BIGBANG, arrives at a boot camp in Cheorwon, northeast of Seoul, on March 9, 2020, to begin his mandatory military service. He has been accused of habitually gambling and arranging sex services for foreign acquaintances, and the military court will continue to handle the charges. (Yonhap)