Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Star Wars Drone Show in Seoul

| May 8, 2026
Star Wars-themed drone show
Star Wars-themed drone show
An image of Stormtroopers in the Star Wars film series is displayed in the night sky during a drone show marking Children’s Day over a park on the Han River in Seoul on May 5, 2026. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Protest Tent Set Up in Front of Samsung Chairman’s Home in Yongsan

| May 5, 2026
Samsung labor union's tent in front of chairman's home
Samsung labor union’s tent in front of chairman’s home
A sit-in protest tent of Samsung Electronics Co.’s labor union is installed in front of Chairman Lee Jae-yong’s home in Yongsan district in central Seoul on April 30, 2026. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Torch Light March in Pyongyang

| May 4, 2026

North Korean youths take part in a torchlight march at Kim Il-sung Plaza in Pyongyang on April 30, 2026, to mark the 11th Congress of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League, North Korea’s largest youth organization, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. The letters formed by the torchlight read “Kim Jong-un,” the country’s current leader, and “the Youth League.” (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: ROK Navy Launches New Frigate

| May 1, 2026
New frigate ROKS Jeju launched
New frigate ROKS Jeju launched
Fireworks are shot off during a ceremony at SK Oceanplant Co.’s shipyard in Goseong, South Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea, on April 29, 2026, to launch the ROKS Jeju, a new homegrown 3,600-ton frigate with enhanced anti-air and anti-submarine capabilities. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Donald Trump Jr. Visits Seoul

| April 30, 2026
Trump's eldest son in Seoul
Trump’s eldest son in Seoul
Donald Trump Jr. (R), the eldest son of U.S. President Donald Trump, exits a concert hall in Seoul on April 29, 2026, after watching a concert marking the release of the debut album of flutist Han Jee-hee, wife of Shinsegae Group Chairman Chung Yong-jin. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Meets with Russian Officials

| April 29, 2026
N. Korea's Kim meets Russian officials
N. Korea’s Kim meets Russian officials
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C), alongside Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov (R) and Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the State Duma, attends a banquet for the Russian officials in Pyongyang on April 26, 2026, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. Belousov and Volodin were among senior Russian officials attending an opening ceremony for a memorial museum dedicated to troops dispatched to aid Moscow in its war against Ukraine. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Yi Sun-sin Parade

| April 27, 2026
Parade honoring legendary admiral
Parade honoring legendary admiral
Navy honor guards march during a festival honoring 16th-century naval commander Yi Sun-sin in central Seoul on April 25, 2026. Yi led major victories for the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) against Japan during the 1592-98 Japanese invasion of Korea. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: If North Korea is so Great Why Don’t They Stay?

| April 23, 2026
Delegations of pro-Pyongyang body in Japan
Delegations of pro-Pyongyang body in Japan
Delegations of businesspeople and the Korean Youth League affiliated with Chongryon, a Tokyo-based pro-Pyongyang association of Korean residents in Japan, pose for a group photo after arriving at the international airport in Pyongyang on April 21, 2026, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Full Bloom

| April 22, 2026

Cherry blossom trees are in full bloom with N Seoul Tower in the background at Namsan Park in central Seoul, Monday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Cherry blossom trees are in full bloom with N Seoul Tower in the background at Namsan Park in central Seoul, Monday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Picture of the Day: Ballistic Missile Target

| April 21, 2026
N. Korea test-fires ballistic missile
N. Korea test-fires ballistic missile
The Hwasong-11 Ra surface-to-surface tactical ballistic missile hits a target in waters at an unspecified location on April 19, 2026, as North Korea test-fires it to verify the characteristics and power of a cluster bomb warhead and fragmentation mine warhead applied to the tactical ballistic missile, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. Leader Kim Jong-un observed the test and expressed satisfaction with the performance of the missile’s warhead capability, the KCNA said a day after South Korea’s military detected multiple short-range ballistic missiles launched toward the East Sea at around 6:10 a.m. from North Korea’s Sinpho area. (Yonhap)