Category: Picture of the Day

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un tours a food processing factory in Wonsan, Gangwon Province, in this photo carried by the North’s Rodong Shinmun. (Yonhap)

Cho Joong-pil, the mother of a college student who was stabbed to death at a Burger King in the popular international district of Itaewon in 1997, leaves the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on July 26, 2018. The court ordered the state to pay 360 million won (US$321,113) in compensation to the family of the student who was killed by two Americans. (Yonhap)

North Korea’s Korean War veterans arrive in Pyongyang on July 25, 2018, to attend an event there in this photo carried by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).  (Yonhap)

North Korean artists perform at an event in Pyongyang on July 25, 2018, to mark the anniversary of the signing of the Korean armistice agreement in this photo carried by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) the following day. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (front) visits a sapling farm in the country’s eastern province of Kangwon in an apparent bid to highlight the importance of forests, in this undated photo released by the North’s ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun on July 24, 2018.  (Yonhap)

This photo released by the Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL) on July 20, 2018, promotes the Summer Santa Claus Village at the Buncheon Railway Station in Bonghwa, North Gyeongsang Province. (Yonhap)

People enjoy kayaking on the coast of the southern resort island of Jeju on July 20, 2018. (Yonhap)

Actress Yoo In-na poses with Coca Cola’s new tea brand W in this photo provided by the company on July 19, 2018. (Yonhap)

South Korea’s delegation heads for North Korea through the North and South Entry Office in Paju, north of Seoul, on July 20, 2018, for joint railway inspection. The two Koreas agreed in June to modernize and link their currently severed railways and conduct pre-inspections. They will look at the system along the eastern coast on the day and inspect the system along the western coast next week. (Yonhap)

Former President Lee Myung-bak is helped out of a prison vehicle as he arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on July 20, 2018, to stand trial on corruption charges, including allegations that he accepted 11 billion won (around US$9.69 million) in bribes while in office. (Yonhap)