Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Leftists Protest THAAD

| September 15, 2014
A group of South Korean activists hold a rally in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2014, against South Korea’s reported move to sign a military intelligence sharing agreement with the United States and the Pentagon’s possible deployment of an advanced missile defense system named THAAD to South Korea. Kim Kwan-jin, chief security aide to President Park Geun-hye, headed to Washington earlier in the day to discuss pending alliance issues and North Korea. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Spy Chief Guilty of Election Meddling

| September 13, 2014
Won Sei-hoon (C), former head of the National Intelligence Service, leaves a courtroom at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on Sept. 11, 2014. The court sentenced him to two years and six months in prison for meddling in the 2012 presidential election but suspended the sentence for four years. He was found guilty of spearheading an online smear campaign in favor of President Park Geun-hye, then the ruling party candidate. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: iPhone6 Coming to Korea

| September 10, 2014
A local smartphone retailer advertises pre-orders for the iPhone 6 showcased in the United States on Sept. 10, 2014. The release date for the South Korean market has not yet been announced. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Sad Chuseok for K-Pop Singer’s Family

| September 9, 2014
Bereaved family members of Ladies’ Code singer Kwon Ri-sae, who was killed in a car crash, carry her portrait and body during a funeral held at Korea University Anam Hospital in Seoul on Sept. 9, 2014. She died at the age of 23. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: The Best Part of Chuseok

| September 8, 2014
A major road in central Seoul is left nearly empty on Sept. 7, 2014, as many South Koreans have left for their hometowns to mark Chuseok, the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving, which this year falls on Sept. 8. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Choi Song-hyun Looking Good in Red

| September 7, 2014
Choi Song-hyun at Seoul Drama Awards
Actress Choi Song-hyun attends the Seoul International Drama Awards 2014 at the National Theater in Seoul on Sept. 4, 2014. (Yonhap)

 

Picture of the Day: Happy Chuseok

| September 6, 2014
Senior citizens perform joint ancestral rites at a seniors hall in downtown Seoul on Sept. 5, 2014, ahead of Chuseok, which falls on Sept. 8. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Chuseok Send Off

| September 5, 2014
Employees of the country’s rail operator, KORAIL, see off passengers in a train heading to their hometowns from Seoul Station in downtown Seoul on Sept. 5, 2014, for the five-day Chuseok holiday that begins the following day. (Yonhap)

For ROK Heads living in Korea that are heading out of town for Chuseok be safe while traveling.

Picture of the Day: Comfort Women Protest In California

| August 1, 2014
A performance is under way in front of a statue at a park of a public library in Glendale, California, on July 28, 2014, in memory of the victims of Japan’s sex slavery during World War II. The statue of a girl was built last year to mourn the victims. It is a replica of the one set up in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. Despite Japan’s strong protest, the city government provided the land for the statue, which is designed to urge Japan to apologize and compensate the victims of the wartime sex slavery. Japan has so far refused to do so, while denying historic facts. Historians estimate that more than 200,000 Asian women, mostly Koreans, were forced to serve as sex slaves for front-line Japanese soldiers in the war. (Yonhap)