Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: North Korea’s SRBM Test

| March 5, 2020
N.K. leader inspects firing drill
N.K. leader inspects firing drillThis image, aired by the North’s Korean Central Television on March 3, 2020, shows what it said is a long-range artillery drill conducted the previous day. North Korea said leader Kim Jong-un inspected the drill, which South Korea said is presumed to have been a short-range ballistic missile test. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Political Volunteer Service

| March 4, 2020
Volunteer service for virus patients
Volunteer service for virus patients
Ahn Cheol-soo, chief of the People’s Party, enters the emergency management center of a hospital in the southeastern city of Daegu, the epicenter of South Korea’s coronavirus outbreak, on March 2, 2020, after participating in volunteer service for infected people. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: South Korea Delays School Year Until March 23rd

| March 3, 2020
School opening delayed further
School opening delayed further
Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae announces an additional two-week delay to the opening of primary and secondary schools, at the government complex in Seoul, on March 2, 2020, amid the rapid spread of the new coronavirus in South Korea. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Quiet Busan Beach

| March 2, 2020
Silence amid new coronavirus spread
Silence amid new coronavirus spread
Haeundae Beach, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the southern port city of Busan, is relatively quiet on Feb. 29, 2020, as the new coronavirus spreads in the country. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: New Bridge to Yeosu Opens

| March 1, 2020
Yeosu-Goheung bridge open
Yeosu-Goheung bridge open
This photo, provided by Yeosu City, 455 kilometers south of Seoul, on Feb. 28, 2020, shows the newly opened bridge that connects the port to nearby Goheung County through Nang and Jobal islands. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Cold March to Big Statue

| February 29, 2020
Expedition to Mt. Paektu's revolutionary battle sites
Expedition to Mt. Paektu’s revolutionary battle sites
In this photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency, officials of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly gather in front of a statue of the North’s late leader Kim Jong-il in Samjiyon at the foot of Mount Paektu in northern North Korea on Feb. 23, 2020, as they started an expedition to revolutionary battle sites around the mountain.(Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Chinese Students Wear Protective Suits in South Korea

| February 28, 2020
Heavily protected Chinese students
Heavily protected Chinese studentsChinese students in protective gear are on standby for special transportation after arriving at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Feb. 25, 2020. Some 10,000 Chinese students studying at South Korean universities are expected to enter the country within the week, ahead of the spring semester. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: ROK Army Troops Scan Driver

| February 27, 2020
Troops check driver for fever
Troops check driver for fever
Troops belonging to the Army’s 50th division check the driver of an ambulance for fever near its base in northern Daegu, 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Feb. 26, 2020. The military is taking extra precautions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus among its ranks. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Chinese Students Enter South Korea

| February 26, 2020
Chinese students enter country
Chinese students enter countryChinese students arrive at a dormitory on the campus of Chungbuk National University in Cheongju, 137 kilometers south of Seoul, on Feb. 24, 2020, for two weeks of isolation amid the coronavirus crisis. They are among the Chinese students studying in the country who entered the country earlier in the day. Some 10,000 students from China are expected to enter the country within the week ahead of their spring semester. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Basketball Team Plays in Empty Stadium

| February 25, 2020
Empty basketball arena
Empty basketball arenaMembers of the Hana Bank and Woori Bank women’s basketball teams play in an empty arena in Asan, 90 southwest of Seoul, on Feb. 24, 2020. The game was televised without spectators in attendance amid the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus in the country. (Yonhap)