Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in Jinju

Fossils of dinosaur footprints
Fossils of dinosaur footprintsCouncil members of Jinju city, 434 km southeast of Seoul, inspect a site for an industrial complex in the city on April 12, 2019. Some 7,700 dinosaur footprint fossils were recently discovered there. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Cleaning the Cheonggyecheon

Volunteers clean the bed of Cheonggyecheon, an artificially-restored stream that runs through central and eastern Seoul, on Thursday. [NEWS1]

Picture of the Day: Temporary Housing for Wildfire Victims

Makeshift houses for fire victims
Makeshift houses for fire victimsA makeshift wooden house is set up at a village in the northeastern border town of Goseong on April 12, 2019. The house is one of the temporary houses that Habitat for Humanity for Korea is to provide to the victims of a recent disastrous forest fire in Goseong and its nearby cities. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: New K-Pop Girl Group

New girl group BVNDIT
New girl group BVNDITNew girl group BVNDIT poses for a photo during a showcase for its debut album “BVNDIT, BE AMBITIOUS!” at a concert hall in Seoul on April 10, 2019. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: North Korean Dance Party

Dance party in NK
Dance party in NKNorth Korean youth and students participate in a dance party in Pyongyang on April 9, 2019, to mark the 26th anniversary of late leader Kim Jong-il’s election as chairman of the National Defence Commission, in this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency on April 10. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: North Korean Department Store

NK department store
NK department storeThis photo, released by the Korean Central News Agency on April 8, 2019, shows the women’s clothes section of the soon-to-be-opened Taesong Department Store in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Remains of Independence Fighters Return to Korea

Return of independence fighters' remains
Return of independence fighters’ remainsThe remains of independence fighters Lee Jae-soo, Kim Tae-yon and Kang Young-gak arrive at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on April 9, 2019. The remains were returned home from China and the United States on the occasion of the centennial of the Korean provisional government during the Japanese colonial rule of Korea in the early 20th century. Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (far right) follows the procession. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Inspects Potato Factory

N.K. leader inspects potato factory
N.K. leader inspects potato factoryNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects Samjiyon Potato Farina Production Factory in Samjiyon, Ryanggang Province, in this photo provided by the Korean Central News Agency on April 4, 2019. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: ROK Army Soldiers Help to Fight Gangwon-do Wildfire

Soldiers work to put out embers
Soldiers work to put out embersSouth Korean soldiers are deployed to find and put out embers on a mountain in Gangneung, 237 kilometers east of Seoul, on April 6, 2019, as the country works to fully contain the blaze that engulfed the eastern province, in this photo provided by the 8th Army Corps. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Wildfire Threatens Apartment Buildings in Gangwon-do

Via the Korea Times.