Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: World’s Ugliest Christmas Tree?

| December 24, 2019
Christmas tree made of cigarette butts
Christmas tree made of cigarette buttsA member of the Korean Federation for Environmental Movement, clad in a Santa suit, attends an event in Seoul on Dec. 23, 2019, to install a Christmas tree made of dumped cigarette butts, as the environmental activist group calls for a ban on the use of plastic for cigarette filters as part of efforts to protect the environment from toxic plastic pollution. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: North Koreans Heading Home

| December 23, 2019
N. Koreans heading home over U.N. sanctions
N. Koreans heading home over U.N. sanctionsNorth Koreans previously employed in Russia wait before going through customs ahead of their Pyongyang-bound flight at Vladivostok International Airport on Dec. 20, 2019. Their journey was required under U.N. Security Council Resolution 2397, adopted in 2017, which calls on member states to repatriate all North Koreans earning income in their jurisdictions by Dec. 22. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Buddisht Monks Get Into the Christmas Spirit

| December 22, 2019
Carol singing at Buddhist temple
Carol singing at Buddhist temple
Youngsters wearing Santa costumes sing carols against the backdrop of a lighted Christmas tree at Jogye Temple in downtown Seoul on Dec. 20, 2019. The event at the main temple of the Jogye order of Korean Buddhism was jointly organized by all the major religious groups in the country. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Suzi Looking Good in White

| December 21, 2019
S. Korean singer Suzi
S. Korean singer Suzi
South Korean singer Suzi attends a ceremony to deliver badges named “fruit of love” to President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook at the presidential office on Dec. 20, 2019, as the first couple joined a donation campaign for impoverished people organized by the Community Chest of Korea, a South Korean charity group. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Red Devil Flag

| December 20, 2019
'Red Devil' banner unfurled at Japan game
‘Red Devil’ banner unfurled at Japan game
South Korean football fans unfurl a “Red Devil” banner at the home team’s final match against rival Japan at the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Football Championship at Busan Asiad Main Stadium in Busan, 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Dec. 18, 2019. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Observing a Dictator’s Death

| December 19, 2019
Kim Jong-un observes 8th anniv. of father's death
Kim Jong-un observes 8th anniv. of father’s death
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C, front) visits the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2019, to pay tribute to his deceased father, Kim Jong-il, as the North marks the eighth anniversary of the former leader’s death, in this photo released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. The mausoleum enshrines the mummified bodies of Kim Il-sung, the current leader’s grandfather and the founder of the North Korean government, and Kim Jong-il. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: KICA Chief Meets Nepal’s President

| December 18, 2019
Nepal president meets KOICA chief
Nepal president meets KOICA chief
Korea International Cooperation Agency chief Lee Mi-kyung (L) poses for a photo with Nepal’s President Bidhya Devi Bhandari in Kathmandu on Dec. 17, 2019, in this picture provided by South Korea’s official development assistance operator. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Ulsan Mayor Election Meddling Investigation Continues

| December 17, 2019
Former Ulsan mayor summoned by prosecutors
Former Ulsan mayor summoned by prosecutorsKim Gi-hyeon, a former Ulsan mayor, answers questions from reporters upon arrival at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office in southern Seoul on Dec. 15, 2019, to be questioned by prosecutors as a witness of allegations that Cheong Wa Dae pulled strings in a police investigation into corruption-related suspicions involving close aides to Kim three months ahead of the Ulsan mayoral election in June 2018 with an ill intention to meddle in the election. Kim, who was an influential contender at that time, has alleged that he lost the election because of the investigation. (Yonhap)
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Picture of the Day: North Korea’s Renovated Subway

| December 15, 2019
N.K.'s renovated subway
N.K.’s renovated subway
This photo, released by North Korean propaganda website Naenara on Dec. 13, 2019, shows people using the renovated subway system in Pyongyang. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: North Korean Propaganda Workers Make Propaganda Pilgrimage to Mt. Paekdu

| December 14, 2019
N.K. propaganda workers on pilgrimage to Mt. Paekdu
N.K. propaganda workers on pilgrimage to Mt. Paekdu
Members of a propaganda unit of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party march in a long line on a study tour of Mount. Paekdu in this photo released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Dec. 11, 2019. The mountain is regarded by the North as a sacred place where the current leader’s late grandfather and state founder, Kim Il-sung, staged an anti-Japanese fight during Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule. (Yonhap)