Picture of the Day: North Korea Blows Up DMZ Guard Post
| November 21, 2018
Category: Picture of the Day
Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Visits Glass Factory
| November 20, 2018
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits the Taegwan Glass Factory in North Pyongan Province, in the country’s northwest, in these photos published by the Rodong Sinmun on Nov. 18, 2018. The plant was put on South Korea’s sanctions list in 2016 for producing lenses for military use. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Police Officers Model for Calendar
| November 19, 2018
This photo, released by GP Korea on Nov. 16, 2018, shows the December section of a New Year’s calendar that contains images of 20 muscular police officers posing for photos. The calendar features Park Sung-yong, a police officer at a police station in Bucheon, west of Seoul, and his 19 colleagues. It will be available for sale through pre-orders starting Nov. 19, with the proceeds generated by the sales to be used to help children victimized by child abuse. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Japanese Protest Right Wing Anti-Korean Protest
| November 17, 2018
Japanese citizens rally on Nov. 13, 2018, at a subway station near the Tokyo Dome, where K-pop sensation BTS was to stage a concert on the day, in a counterprotest to a demonstration bashing Korea. The boy group came under attack by the ultra-right groups in Japan after one of its members was seen wearing a T-shirt alluding to Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule and the atomic bombing of Japan. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Fall Colors on South Korean Coast
| November 16, 2018
This photo released by the Namhae municipality shows the scenery along the winding Mulmi Seaside Road in the town of Namhae, South Gyeongsang Province, on South Korea’s southern coast on Nov. 14, 2018, with trees around the area displaying their autumn colors. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: ROK Air Force’s First Tanker Aircraft
| November 15, 2018
A330 MRTT, a South Korean Air Force first aerial refueling tanker, lands at an Air Force base in Gimhae, about 450km southeast of Seoul, on Nov. 12, 2018. The tanker, built by Airbus Defence and Space, will undergo various tests for about one month before being deployed for its operations. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un’s Dog Gives Birth to Puppies
| November 14, 2018
This October 2018 file photo shows President Moon Jae-in patting a female dog named Gomi, one of the two Pungsan-breed dogs given to Moon by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after their third summit in Pyongyang in September. Moon said in a Twitter message on Nov. 12, 2018, that Gomi gave birth to six white puppies — three male and three female — on Nov. 9 and all look healthy. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: DMZ Border Guard Post Destroyed
| November 13, 2018
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Kim Yong-woo (C) inspects the destruction of a South Korean guard post inside the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas at the central section of the inter-Korean border in Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, on Nov. 12, 2018, in this photo released by the Army. Ministry officials said South and North Korea have each withdrawn troops and firearms from 11 guard posts as of Nov. 10 for their complete demolition, one of the inter-Korean military agreements aimed at easing cross-border tensions. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Dead Dolphin Found On Gangneung Beach
| November 12, 2018
A Coast Guard officer views a dolphin found dead on a beach in the city of Gangneung on South Korea’s east coast on Nov. 9, 2018. The 100-kilogram dolphin will be sold at a fishery market. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Boarding House Fire Kills Six in Seoul
| November 11, 2018
A firefighter walks through a fire-gutted boarding house in downtown Seoul on Nov. 9, 2018. At least six people were reported dead and scores of others taken to hospitals with injuries from the fire at what is locally called a “goshiwon,” a dorm-type accommodation of small rooms often used as a place to stay by the underprivileged. (Yonhap)
