Category: Picture of the Day

Bora of girl group Sistar poses for photos after being named as the promotional envoy for emergency medical services at a ceremony in Seoul on Nov. 20, 2015. (Yonhap)

An illegal immigrant from Indonesia, a suspected follower of a terrorist group linked to al-Qaida, leaves a Seoul court on Nov. 20, 2015 after deliberations on his arrest warrant. The 32-year-old was detained on Nov. 18 on suspicions that he supports al-Nusra Front. Police confiscated a model of an M16 rifle and books on Islam fundamentalism from his home. The suspect uploaded on his SNS accounts photos of himself waving the flag of the terrorist group and wearing a cap with the group’s logo. (Photo captured from Yonhap News TV) (Yonhap)

South Korean President Kim Young-sam (R) goes jogging with visiting U.S. President Bill Clinton at the compound of the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in this July 1993 file photo. Kim, who has been hospitalized due to a high fever, died at Seoul National University Hospital on Nov. 22, 2015, the hospital said. He was 88. Kim formally ended decades of military rule in South Korea and accepted a massive international bailout during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis. (Yonhap)

Maj. Gen. Theodore Martin, the commander of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division, carries coal briquettes on a back carrier in the city of Dongducheon, northeast of Seoul, on Nov. 17, 2015, to deliver them to impoverished residents. The briquettes are used both for cooking and heating traditional Korean homes. The division and the Gyeonggi provincial government delivered 5,000 briquettes to those residents in the city. (Yonhap)

Soldiers affiliated with the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division push a cart filled with coal briquettes in the city of Dongducheon, northeast of Seoul, on Nov. 17, 2015, to deliver them to impoverished residents. The briquettes are used both for cooking and heating traditional Korean homes. The division and the Gyeonggi provincial government delivered 5,000 briquettes to those residents in the city. (Yonhap)

This photo released on Nov. 17, 2015, shows the exterior of what will be South Korea’s first museum that chronicles Japan’s mobilization of forced labor. Built in the southeastern port city of Busan, the six-storied museum, set to open on World Human Rights Day on Dec. 10, exhibits documents and other material related to Koreans who were coerced to work for Japan who colonized Korea from 1910-45. Busan was where most of these Koreans were gathered before being shipped abroad. (Yonhap)

Firefighters chosen as calendar models put on a performance with musical stars in downtown Seoul on Nov. 16, 2015. The calendar will be available for sale until Dec. 6 through online shopping malls, and all proceeds from sales will be donated for the treatment of burn victims. (Yonhap)

South Korean golfer Bae Sang-moon smiles as he prepares to report for military duty in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, on Nov. 17, 2015. All able-bodied South Korean men are required to fulfill military draft, and Bae was charged in February with violating the law for not returning after his overseas travel permit ran out. The court in July refused to extend the permit. (Yonhap)

Family members of U.S. service members stationed in South Korea learn how to make kimchi, the Korean traditional dish made of cabbage and chili pepper paste, at a community center in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province, on Nov. 14, 2015. (Yonhap)

The photo dated 1966 shows then home minister, Uhm Min-young, awarding guards of Dokdo, South Korea’s eastern islets. Despite South Korea effectively controlling Dokdo, Japan repeatedly claims the outcroppings as its territory. The National Archives of Korea on Nov. 11, 2015 released a series of old photos to show South Korea’s past 70 years. (Yonhap)