Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Korean Protesters Support Hong Kong

Support for anti-government movement in Hong Kong
Support for anti-government movement in Hong KongProtesters hold banners supporting the anti-government movement in Hong Kong in the university district of Hongdae, western Seoul, on Oct. 27, 2019. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: General MacArthur’s U.N. Flag

Douglas MacArthur UN flag
Douglas MacArthur UN flag The United Nations flag used by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur is shown to the public for the first time in 69 years, after undergoing restoration work in Busan, on Oct. 23, 2019. The UN Memorial Cemetery in Korea, which released the photo and where the flag is being displayed, said MacArthur used it while he was supreme commander of the United Nations Command during the early part of the Korean War (1950-53). 

Picture of the Day: Arnold Schwarzenegger Promotes New Terminator Movie in South Korea

Arnold Schwarzenegger in S. Korea
Arnold Schwarzenegger in S. KoreaArnold Schwarzenegger, the lead actor of the new U.S. science-fiction action film “Terminator: Dark Fate,” attends a red carpet event at a shopping mall in Seoul on Oct. 21, 2019. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Im Kwon-taek Visits Korean Film History Museum

Korean movie history museum
Korean movie history museumFamous South Korean directors, including Im Kwon-taek (2nd from L), and actors look at displays at the opening ceremony of the Danseongsa Korean Film History Museum in Seoul on Oct. 23, 2019. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Anti-Government Protests Continue in South Korea

Main opposition party holds rally against Moon government
Main opposition party holds rally against Moon governmentHwang Kyo-ahn (C), head of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, and the party members hold a rally against the Moon Jae-in government at Gwanghwamun Square on Oct. 19, 2019, in Seoul after Justice Minister Cho Kuk offered to resign earlier this week amid an ongoing probe into corruption allegations involving his family. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Autumn on Mt. Seorak

Autumn leaves
Autumn leavesMountaineers walk along a trail on Mount Seorak in South Korea’s northeastern province of Gangwon on Oct. 20, 2019, as trees on the mountain turn red and yellow. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Inspects Tree Farm

N.K. leader's field trip
N.K. leader’s field tripNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un (2nd from R) gestures during an inspection of the Jungphyong Vegetable Greenhouse Farm and Tree Nursery under construction in Kyongsong County, northeastern North Korea, in this photo provided by the Korean Central News Agency on Oct. 18, 2019. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Ambassador Harris Greets President Moon

Moon receives foreign diplomats
Moon receives foreign diplomatsPresident Moon Jae-in (R) and U.S. Ambassador Harry Harris shake hands during a presidential reception for foreign ambassadors in South Korea at the Nokjiwon at the presidential office in Seoul on Oct. 18, 2019. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: Korea-Russia Joint Coast Guard Drill

Korea-Russia joint coast guard drill
Korea-Russia joint coast guard drillSenior officials from the South Korean and Russian coast guards exchange commemorative tablets during a ceremony to welcome the entry of the 2,695-ton Russian patrol ship Manchur into the eastern South Korean port city of Sokcho for a joint drill on Oct. 15, 2019. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un A Game of Thrones Fan?

N. Korean leader on horseback
N. Korean leader on horsebackNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) rides a white horse up a snow-covered Mount Paektu, the country’s highest peak on the border with China, after inspecting construction sites at the foot of the mountain, in this footage aired by the North’s Korean Central Television on Oct. 16, 2019. Kim is accompanied by senior party officials, including his sister, Kim Yo-jong (L) and Jo Yong-won. (Yonhap)