Category: Picture of the Day

Participants call for the government to stop rice imports during a rally of female farmers from across the nation in front of the National Assembly in Seoul on Aug. 23, 2017. (Yonhap)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un tours the Chemical Material Institute of the Academy of Defense Science, according to North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Aug. 23, 2017, without saying when the visit was made. The institute develops and produces parts for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). (Yonhap)

Guards carrying a portrait and the remains of the deceased secret commandos trained to infiltrate North Korea during the Cold War era leave a funeral hall in Goyang, north of Seoul, after their joint funeral on Aug. 23, 2017. Unit 684, better known as the Silmido unit, named after the island off the west coast where it was secretly based, was established in 1968 by the government following North Korea’s failed attempt to attack the presidential office in Seoul earlier that year, but their existence became useless amid the reconciliation between the two Koreas. The existence of the anti-communist unit had been thoroughly denied by the government, and a group of 24 surviving commandos blew themselves up while trying to enter Seoul on a stolen bus. In 2010, the court ordered the state to compensate the bereaved families of the commandos. (Yonhap)

A group of people stage a rally in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Aug. 22, 2017, to oppose the annual Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) joint military drill with the United States. (Yonhap)

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman Jeong Kyeong-doo (L), talks with visiting U.S. Strategic Command head Gen. John Hyten at the JCS headquarters in Seoul on Aug. 21, 2017, the first day of the Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) exercise against North Korean provocations, a Korea-U.S. combined command-post drill that runs from Aug. 21-31. Hyten and two other top U.S. military leaders visited South Korea in an unusual move to observe the UFG exercises against North Korean provocations, a Korea-U.S. combined command post drill that runs from Aug. 21-31. The JCS provided this photo. (Yonhap)

Former President Park Geun-hye heads to a courtroom in Seoul on Aug. 18, 2017, to stand trial on alleged bribery, abuse of power and leaks of government secrets. Park, who was impeached by the Constitutional Court on March 10, has denied all charges leveled against her. (Yonhap)

The face of Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon is carved on a watermelon that is being displayed at an event hosted by the metropolitan government on Aug. 19, 2017. (Yonhap)

A beach on the eastern port of Sokcho is empty on Aug. 13, 2017, as swimming is banned following reports of rip currents for two straight days. (Yonhap)

Haeundae Beach in the southern port city of Busan, one of the most famous beaches in South Korea, is packed with holidaymakers on Aug. 13, 2017. (Yonhap)

Residents stage a protest against the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in Seongju, some 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Aug. 12, 2017. (Yonhap)