Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Hyundai Builds Logistics Ship for New Zealand Navy

Logistics support ship for New Zealand
Logistics support ship for New ZealandA ceremony to commission a 23,000-ton top-of-the-line logistics support ship for the New Zealand navy is held at a Hyundai Heavy Industries quay in Ulsan, some 410 km southeast of Seoul, on April 24, 2019, in this photo provided by the shipbuilder. The New Zealand ambassador to Seoul, the New Zealand naval chief of staff and three New Zealand Korean War veterans attended the ceremony. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: ROK Police Drone

Korea public procurement fair
Korea public procurement fairPrime Minister Lee Nak-yon (2nd from L) looks at displays at the 2019 Korea Public Procurement Expo at an exhibition center in Goyang, north of Seoul, on April 24, 2019. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: Workers Prepare for Kim-Putin Summit

Kim-Putin summit
Kim-Putin summitWorkers hang the North Korean and Russian flags on a road leading to the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok, Russia, on April 23, 2019. The school is widely believed to be the venue for an upcoming summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Hyundai Founder’s Grandson Arrested on Drug Charges

Hyundai founder's grandson
Hyundai founder’s grandsonA grandson of late Hyundai Group founder Chung Ju-yung, only known by his surname Chung, is taken to a police station in Incheon, west of Seoul, after being arrested at Incheon International Airport earlier in the day for drug charges on April 21, 2019. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: President Moon Meets with Uzbekistan Leader

Moon with Uzbek president
Moon with Uzbek presidentSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in (R) shakes hands with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Tashkent on April 20, 2019. Moon is in Uzbekistan on a four-day state visit. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Oversees Flight Drills

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversees flight drills of combat pilots of Unit 1017 of the Air and Anti-aircraft Force of the Korean People‘s Army on Apr. 16, as reported by Korean Central Television (KCTV) on Apr. 17. (Yonhap News)

Picture of the Day: Arson-Murder Suspect

Face of arson-murder suspect
Face of arson-murder suspectAhn In-deuk, who set fire to his apartment and randomly killed five fleeing neighbors with a knife, and injured 13 others, on April 17, 2019, is taken by detectives to a hospital at Jinju Police Station in Jinju, about 430 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on April 19, 2019, with his face made public in accordance with the related law. He reportedly suffers from schizophrenia. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Tours a Fish Farm

NK leader inspects fish farm
NK leader inspects fish farmNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un (crouching) feeds fish during a visit to the Sinchang Fish Farm in South Pyongan Province on April 16, 2019, in this photo captured from the North’s Korean Central TV. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: Sewol Ferry

Sewol ferry
Sewol ferryThis photo taken April 13, 2019, in Mokpo, 410 kilometers south of Seoul, shows the Sewol ferry, which sank off the country’s southwestern coast in April 2014, claiming more than 300 lives. The ferry was put onto land at a port in Mokpo in 2017. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Rescue Drill

Rescue drill
Rescue drillAgents from the Special Warfare Forces jump from a chopper into water to save a person from drowning during a rescue drill in Icheon, east of Seoul, on April 15, 2019. (Yonhap)