Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: New Pyongyang Apartments

| April 17, 2025
Completion of new apartments in Pyongyang
Completion of new apartments in Pyongyang
This photo, released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on April 16, 2025, shows North Korean people taking part in a ceremony in Pyongyang’s Hwasong area the previous day to mark the dedication of 10,000 apartments in the third-stage housing section of the newly developed area. The North’s leader Kim Jong-un attended the ceremony on the birth anniversary of his grandfather and national founder Kim Il-sung. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Ahn Cheol-soo Declares Presidential Candidacy Again

| April 11, 2025
Ahn Cheol-soo declares presidential candidacy
Ahn Cheol-soo declares presidential candidacy
Ahn Cheol-soo, a lawmaker of the People Power Party, raises his fist as he attends a press conference at Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul on April 8, 2025, to announce his presidential candidacy in the party’s nomination race for a snap election to pick former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s successor. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Korean Government Bans Forced Labor at Salt Farm

| April 10, 2025
Taepyung Salt Farm cleared of forced labor after U.S. import ban
Taepyung Salt Farm cleared of forced labor after U.S. import ban
This photo, taken April 7, 2025, shows fields at Taepyung Salt Farm in Sinan, South Jeolla Province, southwestern South Korea. The foreign ministry said the salt farm recently placed under U.S. import restrictions is no longer involved in forced labor, after the U.S. customs agency’s ban on its products over alleged labor abuses. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: North Korea Holds First International Marathon in Six Years

| April 9, 2025
N. Korea holds 1st int'l marathon in 6 years
N. Korea holds 1st int’l marathon in 6 years
Runners, including those from abroad, take part in an international marathon in Pyongyang on April 6, 2025, in this photo released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. It marked the North’s first international marathon in about six years after a hiatus due to COVID-19. (Yonhap)