Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Hidden Forest Swimming Pool in Daejeon

| August 7, 2026
On the morning of the 4th, the forest bath park water play area in Sangsodong, Dong-gu, Daejeon, where a record-breaking heatwave approaching 40 degrees Celsius continues day after day. As one enters under the dense shade created by lush trees that have withstood decades, the scorching heat that bakes the asphalt disappears as if by magic. /Shin Hyun-jong

On the morning of the 4th, the forest bath park water play area in Sangsodong, Dong-gu, Daejeon, where a record-breaking heatwave approaching 40 degrees Celsius continues day after day. As one enters under the dense shade created by lush trees that have withstood decades, the scorching heat that bakes the asphalt disappears as if by magic. /Shin Hyun-jong

Picture of the Day: ROK Air Force Participates in Pitch Black Exercise in Australia

| August 6, 2026
S. Korean Air Force joins multinational exercise in Australia
S. Korean Air Force joins multinational exercise in Australia
A KF-16 fighter jet of South Korea’s Air Force enters the airspace over Mindil Beach in Darwin, Australia, in a flight to wish for the success the biennial Pitch Black exercise, in this undated photo released by the South Korean Air Force on Aug. 4, 2026. The multinational joint exercise, which began on July 17 and runs through Aug. 7, involved troops and some 110 aircraft from 16 nations, including the United States, Spain and Germany. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Korean Soprano Wins Award

| August 5, 2026
Soprano Sumi Jo becomes 1st Asian to win Maria Callas Special Award
Soprano Sumi Jo becomes 1st Asian to win Maria Callas Special Award
Renowned soprano Sumi Jo poses with the Maria Callas Special Award in Verona, Italy, on Aug. 2, 2026, during a ceremony held as part of the International Maria Callas Festival, in this photo released by her PR agency, the PRM. Jo has become the first Asian musician to receive the award, an annual Italian honor given to people who contribute to global opera and classical music. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: ROK Ship Receives Top Gun Honors at RIMPAC 2026

| August 4, 2026

ROKS Daejeon named ‘Top Gun’

Navy sailors pose for a group photo aboard the ROKS Daejeon at U.S. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii on Aug. 1, 2026, after the warship was crowned the top gunnery combat ship for its performance at the biennial Rim of the Pacific Exercise, in this photo provided by the Navy. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Meets with War Veterans

| July 31, 2026
N.K. leader meets war veterans, persons of wartime merits
N.K. leader meets war veterans, persons of wartime merits
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) meets with war veterans, who took part in the celebrations of the 73rd anniversary of the 1950-53 Korean War armistice, as he joins a photo session with them in Pyongyang on July 28, 2026, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. North Korea refers to the three-year conflict as the Great Fatherland Liberation War and designates the date of the armistice signing, July 27, as Victory Day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: White Phosphorus Protesters

| July 30, 2026
Rally over white phosphorus leak at U.S. air base
Rally over white phosphorus leak at U.S. air base
Members of a civic group stage a protest rally in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on July 29, 2026, to urge the United States to investigate the case of a white phosphorus leak at a U.S. air base with the South Korean government and draw up measures to prevent a recurrence. The U.S. military reported the leak of the toxic chemical substance at the K-55 U.S. Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, the previous day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: President Lee Meets with Brazil’s President

| July 29, 2026
S. Korea-Brazil summit in Brasilia
S. Korea-Brazil summit in Brasilia
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (L) and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva form the shape of hearts with their fingers after holding a joint press conference at the presidential office in Brasilia on July 27, 2026. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Attends Ceremony Marking 73 Years Since Korean Armistice

| July 28, 2026
N. Korea marks 73rd anniv. of Korean War armistice
N. Korea marks 73rd anniv. of Korean War armistice
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) shakes hands with a war veteran while his daughter, Ju-ae (2nd from R), embraces another war veteran as he visits the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery in Pyongyang on July 26, 2026, to mark the 73rd anniversary of the 1950-53 Korean War armistice that falls on the next day, in this photo taken from the North’s official Korean Central Television. North Korea refers to the three-year conflict as the Great Fatherland Liberation War and designates the date of the armistice signing as Victory Day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: President Lee Meets Koreans in San Francisco

| July 27, 2026
Lee meets Koreans in San Francisco
Lee meets Koreans in San Francisco
President Lee Jae Myung (C) and first lady Kim Hea Kyung (L) salute the Korean flag during a meeting with South Korean residents in San Francisco at a hotel in the city on July 25, 2026. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: North Korean Foreign Minister Meets with Putin

| July 24, 2026

N. Korea FM in Moscow

North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 19, 2026, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency on July 21. (Yonhap)