Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Female Korean Independence Fighters

| March 27, 2019
Female independence fighters at special exhibit
Female independence fighters at special exhibitPhotos and possessions of female Korean independence fighters during the 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea by Imperial Japan, provided by the Women’s History Exhibition Hall, are to be displayed at a special exhibition in the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in central Seoul, starting March 27, 2019, as the country marks the centennial of the 1919 March 1 Independence Movement and the establishment of the provisional government in Shanghai. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Holi Hai Festival in Miryang

| March 26, 2019
Holi Hai Festival
Holi Hai FestivalPeople covered with colored powder celebrate the 2019 Miryang Holi Hai Color Festival on a river bank in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, on March 24, 2019. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Memorial for 46 ROK Sailors Killed By North Korea

| March 25, 2019
S. Korea marks memorial day for fallen soldiers in Yellow Sea
S. Korea marks memorial day for fallen soldiers in Yellow SeaHwang Kyo-ahn (C), chief of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, visits a tomb of a victim of the 2010 sinking of the Cheonan warship at the national cemetery in the central city of Daejeon on March 22, 2019, the commemoration day for soldiers who died in three major clashes with North Korea in the Yellow Sea, including the North’s torpedoing of the ship. The South Korean corvette sank after it was hit by a North Korean torpedo in seas near the western inter-Korean maritime border in the Yellow Sea, resulting in the deaths of 46 crewmen. The government has designated the fourth Friday of March as the commemoration day for them. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Memorial for Marines Killed 9 Years Ago By North Korea

| March 24, 2019
S. Korea marks memorial day for fallen soldiers in Yellow Sea
S. Korea marks memorial day for fallen soldiers in Yellow Sea Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (2nd from R) visits the tombs of the two Marines killed in North Korea’s 2010 shelling of Yeonpyeong Island on the western sea border, at the national cemetery in the central city of Daejeon on March 22, 2019, the commemoration day for soldiers who died in three major clashes with North Korea in the Yellow Sea, including the North’s shelling of the island. The government has designated the fourth Friday of March as the commemoration day for them. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Ex-President Lee Returns to Court

| March 23, 2019
Ex-President Lee at appeals court
Ex-President Lee at appeals courtFormer President Lee Myung-bak arrives at the Seoul High Court on March 22, 2019, to attend a session of the court. Lee, who was released on bail from a detention center on March 6, is appealing a 15-year sentence for bribery, embezzlement and other corruption. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Construction Begins on Hyundai’s New Global Headquarters

| March 22, 2019
Site for Hyundai's new headquarters
Site for Hyundai’s new headquartersThis aerial photo shows a construction site for Hyundai Motor Group’s new headquarters, dubbed Global Business Center, in southern Seoul. The 569-meter-tall skyscraper is set to be built by 2021. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Kakao Taxi Hailing Service

| March 21, 2019
Cabbies, Kakao launch taxi-hailing service
Cabbies, Kakao launch taxi-hailing serviceOh Kwang-won, head of Tago Solutions, talks about the company’s cab-hailing service, Waygo Blue, at a press event in Seoul on March 20, 2019. The company is working with Kakao Mobility to provide the service, the first example of a compromise between taxi operators and the IT firm, who clashed over permission for car-sharing business. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Sewol Memorial Tents Tore Down

| March 20, 2019
Memorial tents for Sewol victims removed
Memorial tents for Sewol victims removedTents set up in downtown Seoul by families of the victims of the Sewol ferry sinking are dismantled on March 18, 2019, as their removal begins. The tents were set up as a memorial for the victims and to demand a full investigation into the Sewol disaster, which killed 304 people on April 16, 2014. Most of the victims were high school students on an excursion. The families agreed to withdraw the tents they installed in July in the year of the tragedy. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: Kim Isabu Bridge

| March 19, 2019

Isabu, a Silla general famed for his conquest (AD 512) of the islands of Dokdo and Ulleungdo, will soon have a bridge in his honor. The city of Samcheok, Gangwon Province, will be building a bridge that will frame the island of Dokdo when viewed from the city, a symbol of the “eye” of Kim Isabu. The “Isabu Dokdo Peace Bridge” is expected to be completed in 2020 and will connect the city of Samcheok with Obun Port. A memorial hall for Kim Isabu and an observatory to view the port will be constructed nearby. A memorial stone honoring Isabu’s voyages was constructed along the harbor in 2010. (provided by the city of Samcheok)

Picture of the Day: Seoul International Marathon Winner

| March 18, 2019
Seoul International Marathon
Seoul International MarathonKenyan marathoner Thomas Rono finishes first at the 2019 Seoul International Marathon held in the capital city on March 17, 2019. (Yonhap)