Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Concept Car on Display in Busan

Busan Int'l Motor Show

A hydrogen fuel cell concept vehicle is displayed at the Busan Exhibition & Convention Center (BEXCO) at the Busan International Motor Show in the southeastern port city of Busan on June 7, 2018. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Dinosaur Footprints Found In Ulsan

Footprints from Mesozoic Era

This photo courtesy of the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage (NRICH) shows the footprints of a vertebrate presumed to belong to the Cretaceous Period of the Mesozoic Era, commonly known as the age of dinosaurs about 100 million years ago. The footprints were found on a rock in the southeastern industrial city of Ulsan recently. The NRICH said on June 5, 2018, that 18 such footprints were found in Ulsan on June 1. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: President Duterte Arrives in Seoul for Summit

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte arrives at Incheon International Airport, Sunday, for his three-day visit to South Korea that includes a summit with President Moon Jae-in. / Yonhap

Picture of the Day: ROK Defense Chief Meets with US Navy Secretary

Defense chief with U.S. Navy Secretary

Defense Minister Song Young-moo (L) shakes hands with U.S. Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore on June 1, 2018, while attending a regional security forum. (Photo courtesy of the Defense Ministry) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: New Railway Bridge in North Korea

N.K. opens new railway bridge

The Koam-Tapchon marine railway bridge is opened to traffic on May 30, 2018, during a ceremony on its completion in this photo from the North’s Korean Central News Agency. The bridge, built in the country’s eastern coastal area, is aimed at developing the railway transport and fishing industry, the report said. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Forced Labor Statue Removed in Busan

Statue for forced laborers removed

A protester is taken away from a statue symbolizing Korea’s forced laborers on a sidewalk near the Japanese Consulate in the southeastern port city of Busan on May 31, 2018, as officials from the city’s Dong Ward office load the statue onto a truck, as police disperse protesters from civic groups who attempt to prevent it from being removed. The statue, which represents laborers who were forcibly mobilized by Japan during its 1910-45 colonial domination over the Korean Peninsula, was transported to the state-run National Memorial Museum of Forced Mobilization under Japanese Occupation also in the city. Civic groups want to set it up in front of the Japanese Consulate, but the government says it should be placed elsewhere. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Korean War Veteran Tribute

Korean War veterans

Korean War veterans from abroad pay tribute at the graves of deceased fellow soldiers at the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in Busan on May 29, 2018. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Hyundai Genesis Essentia Concept Car

Genesis Essentia concept car

Shown is the photo of the Genesis Essentia, a luxury grand touring electric vehicle from Genesis, provided by Hyundai Motor Group on May 28, 2018. The concept car was dislayed at the Concorso d’Eleganza di Villa d’Este exhibition in Lake Como, Italy, on May 26-27. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Coming to America?

A mural depicting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un looms over a passerby near the Koreatown neighborhood in Los Angeles, Thursday. Earlier in the day, U.S. President Donald Trump canceled a planned summit with Kim Jong-un. [Korea Times]

Picture of the Day: GMO Protest In Seoul

Against GMO products

Protesters stage a rally in front of the Government Building in downtown Seoul on May 24, 2018, to demand the government introduce measures to fully display the ingredients of genetically modified organism (GMO) food products. (Yonhap)