Category: Picture of the Day

Singer IU poses during a fan meet in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province on Sunday.[Chosun Ilbo]

Three child monk preschoolers come out of the main hall of Sinheung Temple on Mount Seorak in the eastern coastal city of Sokcho on April 28, 2015, after taking part in a British ritual to have their heads shaved and receive their Buddhist names. The ritual is part of a 30-day program to experience the life of Buddhist monks on the occasion of Buddha’s Birthday that falls on May 25. (Yonhap)

Members of South Korea’s emergency response team arrive at Incheon airport, west of Seoul, on April 27, 2015, before heading to Nepal to assist South Korean citizens in the earthquake-stricken country. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit two days earlier has devastated Nepal, leaving more than 2,000 people dead with some estimates putting the death toll as high as 4,500. (Yonhap)

Members of civic groups tear a banner with a printed image of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s face during a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on April 28, 2015, to demand Abe offer an unequivocal apology over Japan’s wartime sexual enslavement of Korean and other Asian women. (Yonhap)

Visitors have fun at Haeundae Beach in Busan on Sunday.[Chosun Ilbo]

Actress Kim Soo-hyun attends the annual Asia Model Awards in Seoul on Friday.[Chosun Ilbo]

The number of cigarettes released in the domestic market dropped 44.2 percent following price increases in January, data showed Tuesday.  [Korea Herald]

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Choi Yoon-hee (L, front), accompanied by Thomas S. Vandal (R, front), head of the 2nd Infantry Division of U.S. Forces Korea, tours the division in the city of Dongducheon, north of Seoul, on April 20, 2015, in this photo released by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (Yonhap)

A model displays two of the five newly launched stand-type models of “Whisen” air conditioners, manufactured by South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc., in Seoul on April 21, 2015, in this photo provided by LG. (Yonhap)

An amphibious bus sails on the Seoul-Incheon Canal in the port city of Incheon, west of Seoul, on April 21, 2015, as the operator of the bus, the first of its kind in South Korea, implemented a test run. The canal, dubbed the “Ara Waterway,” connects the Han River, flowing through central Seoul, and the Yellow Sea, enabling seagoing ships to enter Seoul. (Yonhap)