Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Nice Smile

| February 10, 2019
S. Korean actress Oh Na-ra
S. Korean actress Oh Na-raSouth Korean actress Oh Na-ra, who stars in the drama “Sky Castle,” poses for a photo prior to an interview with Yonhap News Agency in Seoul on Feb. 7, 2019. The first episode of the drama aired on the local cable TV network JTBC on Nov. 23. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Korean Golfer Park Sung-hyun Poses with Tiger Woods

| February 9, 2019
Park Sung-hyun with Tiger Woods
Park Sung-hyun with Tiger WoodsPark Sung-hyun of South Korea, the world’s No. 2 in women’s golf, poses with golf legend Tiger Woods while filming a TaylorMade commercial at Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Florida, on Feb. 6, 2019, in this photo captured from Park’s Instagram account. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Traffic Cop Drones

| February 8, 2019
Drone for crackdown on traffic offenses
Drone for crackdown on traffic offensesHighway police use a drone on Feb. 1, 2019, in cooperation with the state-run Korea Expressway Corp., to crack down on violations of traffic regulations that might occur during the Lunar New Year’s holiday. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Crossing the Yalu River in the Early 1900’s

| February 7, 2019
Sleds and police on the Yalu River, circa 1910s-1930s.

Historian Robert Neff has an article and additional historical images of the Yalu River over at this Korea Times link.

Picture of the Day: Foreigners Wear Hanbok at Gyeongbok Palace

| February 6, 2019
Foreigners wearing 'hanbok' at old palace
Foreigners wearing ‘hanbok’ at old palaceForeign tourists in the traditional Korean attire of “hanbok” visit Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul on Feb. 3, 2019. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Homecoming Traffic

| February 5, 2019
Homecoming on rainy day
Homecoming on rainy dayVehicles heading for hometowns are backed up bumper-to-bumper on a highway in western South Korea on Feb. 3, 2019, the second day of the Lunar New Year’s holiday. This year’s Lunar New Year’s Day falls on Feb. 5, and the weekend extended the three-day holiday to five days. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: New Nuclear Power Plant Approved in Ulsan

| February 3, 2019
Approval of operation of new nuclear power plant
Approval of operation of new nuclear power plantThe Nuclear Safety and Security Commission approves the operation of the Shingori-4 nuclear power station in Ulsan, 414 km southeast of Seoul, during its meeting on Feb. 1, 2019, in this photo provided by the commission. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Lunar New Year Traffic Jam

| February 2, 2019
Homecoming for Lunar New Year
Homecoming for Lunar New YearTraffic is congested in Jamwon, south of Seoul, on the Seoul-Busan Highway on Feb. 1, 2019, the eve of the Lunar New Year holiday. Lunar New Year’s Day, which falls on Feb. 5 this year, is a time for family reunions, with Koreans traditionally offering a ritual feast to their ancestors. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: UN Sanctions Exemption for Remains Recovery

| February 2, 2019
Remains excavation exempted from U.N. sanctions
Remains excavation exempted from U.N. sanctionsAn excavation team handles the remains of a soldier found at a Korean War battle site in Cheorwon, northeast of Seoul, in this Oct. 25, 2018, pool photo. The inter-Korean project for recovering remains in the Demilitarized Zone was exempted from U.N. Security Council sanctions on North Korea, sources said on Jan. 28, 2019, allowing the delivery of needed equipment to the North for the work. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: American Graffiti Artist Paints Mural for Korean Police

| February 1, 2019
American graffiti artist in Seoul
American graffiti artist in SeoulAmerican graffiti artist John Perello (R), better known as JonOne, talks with Won Kyung-hwan, chief of Seoul Police Agency, at the agency on Jan. 28, 2019. He painted a mural representing South Korean police protecting human rights and the socially weak. (Yonhap)