Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: DMZ Observatory in Paju Reopens

Tourists look at the North Korean town of Kaepung via telescopes at the Unification Observatory in Paju, north of Seoul, on Nov. 5, 2019. The security tour resumed after being suspended because of African swine fever, which hit Paju and other towns bordering North Korea early last month. (Yonhap

Picture of the Day: Mount Mudeung Open to the Public

Peak of Mount Mudeung
Peak of Mount Mudeung Mountain climbers walk on the peak of Mount Mudeung in South Jeolla Province on Nov. 2, 2019, in this photo provided by a Yonhap reader, as authorities opened it to the public, the second of its kind since May. Citizens’ access to the peak has been restricted since a military unit was stationed at the peak in 1966. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Yellow Dust Blankets Seoul

The sky over Yeouido, seen from the National Assembly building on Nov. 1, 2019, is thick with fine dust. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Joseon Wedding Cloths

This photo, provided by the Overseas Korean Cultural Foundation on Oct. 30, 2019, shows male wedding clothes that German pastor Dominicus Enshof collected in Korea in 1909. Since then, the relic has been kept at the missionary museum of the St. Ottilien Archabbey in Upper Bavaria, Germany. The foundation is displaying the Joseon-era (1392-1910) garment at the National Folk Museum of Korea in Seoul from Oct. 30-Jan. 27. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: McDonald’s Protest in Seoul

A civic group holds a rally in front of a McDonald’s restaurant in downtown Seoul on Oct. 29, 2019, to call for the prosecution to investigate McDonald’s over serving defective food products. Among the protesters was the mother of a four-year-old daughter who suffered a permanent urethral disability after eating a contaminated burger patty from the global chain in 2016. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: South Korean Pensions in North Korea

This photo, released by South Korea’s unification ministry on Oct. 29, 2019, shows a cluster of 34 pensions that were built by a South Korean company in the Mount Kumgang resort area on the North Korean eastern coat. The tourist facility opened in December 2003. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: G-Dragon Discharged from the Military

G-Dragon speaks to reporters
G-Dragon speaks to reportersG-Dragon, a member of South Korean boy band BIGBANG, speaks to reporters following his discharge from military service at a military base in Yongin, south of Seoul, on Oct. 26, 2019. (Yonhap)

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)