Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Korean Traditional Rice Tilling

| May 22, 2025
Bull-powered rice paddy tilling
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

| May 21, 2025
Man nabbed for allegedly killing 2 people, injuring 2 others
Man nabbed for allegedly killing 2 people, injuring 2 othersA 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

| May 20, 2025
N. Korea's Kim pays tribute to prominent military figure
N. Korea’s Kim pays tribute to prominent military figureNorth 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

| 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)

Picture of the Day: North Korean Military Drill

| May 16, 2025
N. Korea's tactical drill demonstrations of different arms
N. Korea’s tactical drill demonstrations of different arms
A North Korean tank fires a shot during tactical drill demonstrations of different arms under the training course of the conference of training officers at a boot camp of the North Korean army’s Capital City Defence Corps on May 13, 2025, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. The North’s leader Kim Jong-un watched the drill demonstrations, stressing that the most “crucial” task for the North’s armed forces is to make full preparations for war. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Jeju Green Tea

| May 15, 2025
Green tea fields in S. Korea
Green tea fields in S. Korea
This photo taken May 14, 2025, shows green tea fields of premium tea brand Osulloc in the city of Seogwipo on South Korea’s resort island of Jeju. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Verdict Against Lee Jae-Myung’s Wife Upheld

| May 14, 2025
Guilty verdict upheld for DP presidential candidate's wife
Guilty verdict upheld for DP presidential candidate’s wife
Kim Hye-kyung, the wife of Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, exits the High Court in Suwon, south of Seoul, on May 12, 2025, after the court upheld a lower court’s ruling of a 1.5 million-won (US$1,067) fine for illegal use of a Gyeonggi provincial government credit card in August 2021, during Lee’s term as Gyeonggi governor, to support her husband’s intraparty campaign to become the DP presidential runner. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Tractor Protest

| May 13, 2025
Farmers on tractors head for protest rally in Seoul
Farmers on tractors head for protest rally in Seoul
Farmers drive tractors through the rain in Geumcheon Ward, southwestern Seoul, on their way to a protest rally downtown on May 10, 2025, calling for a halt to rice imports. Some 1,500 police officers later blocked their advance out of concerns of traffic jams. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Joseon Era Ship Visits Japan

| May 12, 2025
Replica ship of Joseon Dynasty diplomatic delegation in Japan
Replica ship of Joseon Dynasty diplomatic delegation in Japan
A replica ship of the Joseon Tongsinsa, a diplomatic delegation sent by the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) to Japan, sails off a port in Tomonoura, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on May 9, 2025, on its voyage for the western Japan city of Osaka as part of events to mark the 60th anniversary this year of diplomatic ties between South Korea and Japan, in this photo released by the National Research Institute of Maritime Heritage. The dispatch of the Korean envoys began in 1607 for political reasons to promote peace after a destructive seven-year war between the two sides, but its functions were later transformed into something more cultural. A total of 12 such teams of envoys were dispatched until 1811. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Tom Cruise Visits South Korea

| May 8, 2025
Tom Cruise in S. Korea
Tom Cruise in S. Korea
U.S. actor Tom Cruise (L) and director Christopher McQuarrie acknowledge fans after arriving at Seoul Gimpo Business Aviation Center in the capital on May 7, 2025, for a promotional event for the film “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.” (Yonhap)