Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Lil Hybrid

| November 29, 2018
KT&G releases e-cigarette lil hybrid
KT&G releases e-cigarette lil hybrid
A model shows off lil hybrid, a new e-cigarette manufactured by KT&G Corp., South Korea’s leading cigarette maker, during a publicity event in Seoul on Nov. 26, 2018. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: College Exam Time in South Korea

| November 28, 2018
College exam
College examStudents exit Hanyang University in Seoul after taking an entrance exam on Nov. 25, 2018. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Korea Space Launch Vehicle-2 Test

| November 28, 2018
S. Korea to test launch space rocket engine
S. Korea to test launch space rocket engineA rocket is loaded to an upright position on the launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung on South Korea’s south coast on Nov. 27, 2018, one day before South Korea conducts the first test flight of its locally developed booster engine as part of a long-term effort to produce the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-2. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Mt. Bukhan Covered in the First Snow of the Season

| November 27, 2018
Snowy Mt. Bukhan
Snowy Mt. BukhanMt. Bukhan, on the northern periphery of Seoul, is covered with snow on Nov. 24, 2018. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Korea’s Thermometer of Love

| November 26, 2018
Thermometer of love
Thermometer of love
North Jeolla Gov. Song Ha-jin (2nd from R, rear) and other people take part in a ceremony in the southwestern city of Jeonju on Nov. 20, 2018, to unveil the “thermometer of love.” The dedication of the thermometer, organized by the Community Chest of Korea, a charity group, is aimed at urging people to make donations for the needy. The thermometer goes up by one degree whenever 1 percent of the target of 410.5 billion won (around US$368.88 million) is collected. The charity group started the donation campaign, which will last till the end of January, through its branches in 17 cities nationwide the same day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: South Korea’s Gold Berets

| November 25, 2018
Army honors elite combat troops with gold-colored berets
Army honors elite combat troops with gold-colored beretsArmy Chief of Staff Gen. Kim Yong-woo (L) puts a gold-colored ceremonial beret on the head of a soldier selected as one of the elite combat forces during a ceremony at the Gyeryongdae military headquarters, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, on Nov. 23, 2018, in this photo released by the Army. The Army selected 246 troops as elite combat forces as part of efforts to recognize their dedication to national defense and promote a “warrior spirit” in the armed service. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Remembering the Yeonpyeong Island Attack

| November 24, 2018
Marine Corps chief pays tribute to marines killed in N.K. shelling
Marine Corps chief pays tribute to marines killed in N.K. shellingSouth Korea’s Marine Corps Commander, Lt. Gen. Jun Jin-goo, burns incense in front of the graves of two marines killed in North Korea’s 2010 shelling of Yeonpyeong Island on the western sea border as he attends a memorial at the National Cemetery in Daejeon, central South Korea, on Nov. 23, 2018. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Korean War Thanksgiving Dinner in Hamhung North Korea

| November 23, 2018

Korean War - 127-GK-234G-A5289 Thanksgiving dinner of 1st Signal Battalion

Chow line for Thanksgiving dinner of 1st SigBn at Hamhung, Korea during the Korean War.  [Morning Calm Weekly]

Picture of the Day: Philippine Marine Corps Chief Visits South Korea

| November 22, 2018

Philippine Marine Corps chief visits S. Korea

Philippine Marine Corps chief Alvin Parreno (C) listens to a South Korean military officer as he visits the South Korean Marine Corps’ 1st Division in the southeastern city of Pohang on Nov. 13, 2018, to inspect major military equipment, including amphibious assault landing vehicles, in this photo released by the Marine Corps Command. (Yonhap)