Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Dead Sperm Whale in Goseong

| July 8, 2019
Body of sperm whale
Body of sperm whaleThe carcass of a sperm whale is moved into Geojin port, Goseong, Gangwon Province, on July 4, 2019, after it was found dead on seas 13 kilometers from the port earlier in the day, in this photo provided by a reader. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: Boycotting Japanese Products

| July 7, 2019
Boycotting Japanese products
Boycotting Japanese productsA retail outlet in Seoul posts a notice stating that is neither selling nor buying Japanese products amid signs of the spreading of a boycott campaign in the country on July 5, 2019. Such moves followed the Japanese government’s recent steps to restrict the export of key chemicals to South Korean semiconductor and display manufacturers. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Ryu Hyun-jin has Major League’s Lowest ERA

| July 6, 2019
Dodgers' Ryu Hyun-jin grabs season's 10th win
Dodgers’ Ryu Hyun-jin grabs season’s 10th winLos Angeles Dodgers starter Ryu Hyun-jin of South Korea holds an interview after shutting down the San Diego Padres over six innings at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on July 4, 2019 (local time). He improved to 10-2 for the season to reach win No. 10 on his fifth try and lowered his major league-best ERA from 1.83 to 1.73. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: Russian Military Delegation Visits North Korea

| July 5, 2019
Russian military delegation visits N.K.
Russian military delegation visits N.K.A Russian military delegation poses after arriving in Pyongyang on July 2, 2019, in this photo provided by the Korean Central News Agency the next day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Red Tide Drill

| July 4, 2019
Anti-red tide drill
Anti-red tide drillYellow clay is scattered during a civic- government-military joint drill to control the spread of red tide in waters off Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, on July 2, 2019. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Pro-Trump Rally in South Korea

| July 3, 2019
Pro-Trump rally
Pro-Trump rallyHundreds of members of conservative civic groups gather in central Seoul on June 29, 2019, to welcome U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to South Korea later in the day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Freedom House Visit

| July 2, 2019
Trump meets with N.K. leader at Panmunjom
Trump meets with N.K. leader at PanmunjomU.S. President Donald Trump (R) talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as they meet at the Freedom House on the southern side of the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, which separates the two Koreas, on June 30, 2019. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Leftists Protest President Trump’s Visit to South Korea

| July 1, 2019
Anti-Trump rally
Anti-Trump rallyProgressive civic activists call for an end to international sanctions against North Korea in a protest rally held in downtown Seoul on June 29, 2019, that was also aimed at expressing their opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump’s scheduled trip to South Korea set to begin later in the day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: President Trump Meets U.S. Ambassador and Military Leadership at Osan Airbase

| June 30, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump (R, front) shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris shortly after landing at Osan Air Base in Gyeonggi Province on June 29, 2019. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

I wonder if President Trump asked Ambassador Harris about that mustache?

Picture of the Day: North Korean Foreign Minister Meets with Syrian Delegation

| June 29, 2019
N. Korean FM meets Syrian delegation
N. Korean FM meets Syrian delegationNorth Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho (4th from R) holds talks with Syrian Deputy Prime Minister Walid Al-Muallem (4th from L) during their meeting at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang on June 24, 2019, in this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency on June 25. (Yonhap)