Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Are Those Skid Marks?

Foreign 'ssireum' players

Foreigners join a traditional Korean wrestling competition, or ssireum, at an event in Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, on Nov. 14, 2014. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Young Park Geun-hye In Australia in 1968

Park in Australia in 1968

Then South Korean President Park Chung-hee (C) arrives in Canberra in 1968. At Park Chung-hee’s right is incumbent South Korean President Park Geun-hye. The junior Park accompanied her father to Australia at that time as a high school sophomore. (Photo courtesy of the National Archives of Korea)

Picture of the Day: Who Wants to Be Arrested By IU?

IU gets promotion

Singer IU salutes at an event in Seoul on Nov. 6, 2014, to promote her to an honorary police corporal. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: International Day In Suwon

Festival for foreign students

Foreign students attend an International Day event at the main plaza of Aju University in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, on Nov. 6, 2014. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Park Shin-hye Looking Good In Red

Lee Jong-suk in 'Pinocchio'

Actor Lee Jong-suk (R) attends an event in Seoul on Nov. 6, 2014, to promote the new SBS drama “Pinocchio,” the story of broadcast reporters chasing the truth. At left is actress Park Shin-hye. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Plastic Surgery Gone Bad?

Ahn Yong-jun in 'SOS Please Help Me'

Actor Ahn Yong-jun (L) attends an event in Seoul on Nov. 7, 2014, to promote the new KBSN drama “SOS Please Help Me.” At right is actress Kim Bora. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Drone that Runs on A LTE Network

LTE drone

Displayed at a booth at “Internet of Things Fair 2014 ” in Seoul on Nov. 5, 2014, is a drone capable of transmitting real-time pictures through a long-term evolution (LTE) network. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Rainbow on Cheju

'Rainbow' promotes Jeju tangerine fair

Members of the girl group “Rainbow” pose at an event in Sogwipo, Jeju Island, on Nov. 2, 2014, to promote a tangerine fair on the southern resort island. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Gate in 1900

Downtown Seoul in 1900

Shown is a picture of the main street in front of the Gwanghwamun, the main gate of the royal Gyeongbok Palace, in Seoul taken in 1900. The picture is displayed at a photo exhibition at the Seoul Museum of History. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Dutch King Visits Seoul with Wife

Dutch king in Seoul

Dutch King Willem-Alexander (C) tours Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal palace during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), in downtown Seoul on Nov. 4, 2014. His wife, Queen Maxima, is at his left. (Yonhap)