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Picture of the Day: Mt. Kumgang to Likely Receive UNESCO Recognition

GIKorea | May 28, 2025

**Mount Kumgang likely to win UNESCO World Heritage status**
This image, taken from footage from North Korea’s Korean Central TV on Oct. 24, 2023, shows Mount Kumgang on the North’s east coast surrounded by autumn foliage. Mount Kumgang, which has long been regarded as one of Korea’s most scenic mountains for its breathtaking beauty that changes with the seasons, is likely to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site following a four-year application process, UNESCO said on May 27, 2025. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: ROK Musician Receives Norway’s Highest Civilian Honor

GIKorea | May 27, 2025

S. Korean musician receives Norway's highest civilian honor — **S. Korean musician receives Norway’s highest civilian honor**
South Korean musician Chung Soon-mi, residing in Norway, is seen in this photo released by the South Korean Embassy in Oslo on May 25, 2025. Chung has received the Order of St. Olav, the highest civilian honor currently conferred by the Norwegian king. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Lee Jae-myung Shows Off Bulletproof Vest

GIKorea | May 23, 2025

**DP candidate shows bulletproof vest**
Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung shows his bulletproof vest during a campaign rally in front of Gyeyang Station in Incheon, west of Seoul, on May 21, 2025. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Korean Traditional Rice Tilling

GIKorea | May 22, 2025

**Bull-powered rice paddy tilling**
A farmer drives two bulls, connected with a plow, called “gyeori” in Korean, to till a rice field during a demonstration of traditional Korean rice planting at the National Agricultural Museum in Suwon, south of Seoul, on May 21, 2025. The use of animals for farmwork is rare in South Korea, where farming machinery has almost entirely replaced animals. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Man Arrested for Murdering Two People in Seoul

GIKorea | May 21, 2025

**Man nabbed for allegedly killing 2 people, injuring 2 others**A man in his 50s, identified as Cha Cheol-nam, is taken to a police station in Siheung, just southwest of Seoul, on May 19, 2025, after being arrested on suspicion of killing two people and seriously injuring two others over the course of several days. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Visits Mentor’s Grave

GIKorea | May 20, 2025

N. Korea's Kim pays tribute to prominent military figure — **N. Korea’s Kim pays tribute to prominent military figure**North Korean leader Kim Jong-un lays a flower on the grave of Hyon Cheol-hae, who is known to have played a key role in grooming him for leadership, in the Patriotic Martyrs Cemetery in Pyongyang on May 18, 2025, to commemorate the third anniversary of Hyon’s death, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. Hyon, marshal of the Korean People’s Army, died at 87 on May 19, 2022. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: North Korea Conducts Air Combat Drill

GIKorea | May 19, 2025

N. Korea conducts anti-air combat, air raid drills

A flight group under North Korea’s Guards 1st Air Division of the Korean People’s Army conducts anti-air combat and air raid drills on May 15, 2025, attended by leader Kim Jong-un, in this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency two days later. (Yonhap)