Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Gyeongbok Palace Filled with Tourists

Visitors at royal palace on Seol
Visitors at royal palace on SeolVisitors crowd Gyeongbok royal palace in central Seoul on Jan. 25, 2020, the second day of the four-day Lunar New Year’s holiday. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: 2nd Case of Coronavirus Confirmed in South Korea

2nd confirmed case of Wuhan virus reported
2nd confirmed case of Wuhan virus reported
A group of tourists wearing masks arrives at Gimpo International Airport in western Seoul on Jan. 24, 2020. The country reported its second confirmed case of the Wuhan coronavirus the same day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Annual Lunar New Year Traffic Jam

Heading for hometowns
Heading for hometowns
This aerial photo, provided by the National Police Agency, shows one side of the West Coast Highway clogged with vehicles as drivers hit the road for their hometowns on Jan. 23, 2020, the eve of the Jan. 24-27 Lunar New Year holiday. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Posthumously Acquitted of Aiding Leftist Rebels

Relatives of man acquitted for aiding leftist rebels
Relatives of man acquitted for aiding leftist rebels
Relatives of Chang Hwan-bong, a man executed by the government for aiding leftist rebels during the Yeosu-Suncheon incident more than 70 years ago, speak to reporters after the district court in Gwangju, 330 kilometers south of Seoul, acquitted Chang posthumously of mutiny charges on Jan. 20, 2020. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Coronavirus Prevention Efforts

Coronavirus disinfection
Coronavirus disinfection
Quarantine workers spray disinfectant at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Jan. 21, 2020, to prevent the advance of a new strain of coronavirus now spreading in China and other parts of Asia. The National Quarantine Station at the airport stepped up inspections after a Chinese woman, who arrived by plane from the Chinese city of Wuhan on Jan. 19, tested positive for the new type of pneumonia-like disease. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Site of New Jeju Airport

Site of new Jeju Airport
Site of new Jeju AirportAn activist carries out research on migratory birds living near the site of a new international airport on the southern resort island of Jeju on Jan. 19, 2020, to assess the project’s potential impact on their natural habitat. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: EXO Fans Hold Protest Over Member Getting Married

EXO fans at protest
EXO fans at protest
Fans of K-pop boy band EXO stage a protest in southern Seoul on Jan. 19, 2020, to demand that member Chen leave the group after he made a surprise announcement last week that he will get married soon, hinting that his fiancee is pregnant. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Disabled People Protest Ruling Party Leader

Appeal against ruling party leader's remarks
Appeal against ruling party leader’s remarksMembers from the National Solidarity of Disabled against Discrimination hold a news conference at the National Human Rights Commission in Seoul on Jan. 17, 2020, announcing their appeal to the commission against Lee Hae-chan, chairman of the ruling Democratic Party, for discriminatory remarks. Lee recently said “there is a saying that innate disabled persons are weak-willed.” (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: North Korean Spa Open

N.K. spa resort begins operations
N.K. spa resort begins operations
This photo, released by the Korean Central News Agency on Jan. 14, 2020, shows North Koreans bathing at the Yangdok Hot Spring Resort in Yangdok, South Pyongan Province, which began operations on Jan. 10. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: New Round of US-ROK Cost Sharing Talks Begins Today

S. Korea-U.S. defense cost-sharing talks
S. Korea-U.S. defense cost-sharing talks
South Korean and U.S. officials hold their sixth-round talks in Washington on Jan. 14, 2020, on the sharing of the costs for the upkeep of 28,500 U.S. troops in South Korea, in this photo provided by Seoul’s foreign ministry the next day. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)