The Aegis destroyer “King Sejong the Great” patrols seas off South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo on Jan. 1, 2015. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: ROK Naval Drill Off of Icy Dokdo
| January 3, 2015
Category: Picture of the Day
Picture of the Day: End of the Year for Girls’ Generation
| January 2, 2015
Girls’ Generation attend KBS’ year-end music awards in Yeouido, Seoul on Friday. [Chosun Ilbo]
Picture of the Day: Eating Lamb for the New Year
| December 31, 2014
Models pose with lamb imported from Australia to celebrate the year of the sheep in 2015 at an E-mart outlet in Seoul on Dec. 29, 2014. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: The Pororo Taxi
| December 30, 2014
Children join an event in Seoul on Dec. 24, 2014, to ride a taxi with the popular cartoon character “Pororo.” (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Idiot Returns to South Korea via Panmunjom
| December 29, 2014
A South Korean man (C) is being repatriated at the truce village of Panmunjeom on Dec. 26, 2014. The 52-year-old, identified only by his surname Ma, illegally entered North Korea in November. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Fatman at a Greenhouse
| December 28, 2014
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un tours a greenhouse at a military farm growing vegetables. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency reported it on Dec. 26, 2014, without elaborating on the venue or timing of the visit. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: US Marines Train In Pohang
| December 27, 2014
South Korean and U.S. Marines hold a joint firing drill in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, on Dec. 23, 2014. (Photo courtesy of First Marine Division) (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Nice Coconuts
| December 26, 2014
Models display “easy coconuts” equipped with full taps at an event in Seoul on Dec. 24, 2014. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Party Crasher
| December 25, 2014
Here is a ROK Drop Christmas present for all you male readers out there:
Rookie actress No Soo Ram was recently accused of intruding on the ‘Blue Dragon Film Awards‘ without an invitation.
According to the film award representatives, No Soo Ram was not on the official list of invited actresses, but because she arrived at the event dressed for the occasion, they weren’t able to turn her away. [AllKpop.com]
Picture of the Day: UPP Banned
| December 23, 2014
Lee Jung-hee, the head of the minor opposition Unified Progressive Party (UPP), speaks to reporters in front of the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2014, after the court ordered the disbandment of the party, which holds five seats in the 300-member parliament. Several UPP members, including Rep. Lee Seok-ki, have been convicted of plotting to overthrow the government in the event of a war with North Korea. (Yonhap)
