Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Warmbier Memorial Altar in Busan

Memorial altar for American student Warmbier

Citizens visit a memorial altar set up for the late American college student Otto Warmbier at a square in front of Busan Station in the South Korean port city on June 29, 2017. The 22-year-old University of Virginia student died six days after he returned to his home in Ohio in a coma from a 17-month detention in North Korea for allegedly stealing a political poster from a hotel. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Canadian Naval Ship Visits Incheon

Canadian naval ship in Korea

This 5,100-ton Canadian naval ship Ottawa is moored at South Korea’s Incheon port on June 27, 2017. The ship made an Asia-Pacific port call in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the North American country’s founding. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Korea University International Summer Program

Int'l summer campus

Some 2,000 students from about 300 colleges in 32 nations dance together during an orientation for the international summer campus program at Korea University in Seoul on June 27, 2017. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Pyeongchang Mascots Invade Times Square

PyeongChang mascots at Times Square

Suhorang (L) and Bandabi, mascots of 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, pose with American children during an event to promote the event at Times Square in Manhattan, New York, on June 23, 2017. The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) organized the event.  (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: ROK Foreign Minister Visits Camp Red Cloud

Foreign minister visits U.S. base on Korean War anniversary

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha is aboard an Apache helicopter during a visit to the U.S. Forces Korea’s Camp Red Cloud in Uijeongbu, north of Seoul, on June 25, 2017, the 67th anniversary of the Korean War. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: One-Man Electrical Vehicle

Super-mini electric car

A visitor looks at a one-man electric vehicle displayed at the 2017 Smart Tech Show in Seoul on June 21, 2017. The car can run at a maximum speed of 45km per hour, and has a mileage of 100 km on one charge. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: The WTF Mascot

Posing for picture with Muju WTF mascot

A taekwondo athlete from France poses for a picture with the World Taekwondo Championships mascot Terri the tiger in Muju, some 240 kilometers south of Seoul, on June 17, 2017. The taekwondo championships will take place from June 24-30, with some 917 players from 183 countries scheduled to participate in the game. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Anti-THAAD Protesters Scuffle with Police

Residents clash with police on THAAD

Local residents and policemen clash near the deployment site of a U.S. anti-missile defense system in Seongju, some 300 kilometers south of Seoul, on June 15, 2017. The residents have been blocking the roads with desks and other small furniture to stop the installation of the system, known as THAAD. Scuffles erupted when police tried to remove the blockage and ended 10 minutes after the police stepped back. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Korean Bullfighting

Bullfighting

Bulls lock horns at the 18th Changwon Bullfighting Festival in the namesake city, 398 km southeast of Seoul, on June 16, 2017. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Seoul to Install Emergency Bells

New emergency bell in Seoul

This is an artist’s rendering of a unified emergency bell which the Seoul government will install for women and children at public facilities, including public restrooms, parks and tunnels. (Photo courtesy of Seoul City) (Yonhap)