Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Wildfire Evacuation Center

Aftermath of wildfire in southeastern region
Aftermath of wildfire in southeastern region
Local government employees and volunteers work for evacuees at a middle school gymnasium used as a shelter in Sancheong, South Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea, on March 24, 2025, following a wildfire on March 21. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Rally in Support of Yoon in Chuncheon

Rally against Yoon's impeachment
Rally against Yoon’s impeachment
A rally opposing President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment, organized by conservative organizations, takes place in Chuncheon on March 22, 2025. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Snowy Seoul

Snowfall in Seoul
Snowfall in Seoul
This photo, taken March 18, 2025, shows Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal palace during the 1392-1910 Joseon Dynasty, covered with snow in Seoul amid an unseasonably heavy snow advisory issued for the capital. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Lee Jae-myung Wears Bullet Proof Vest

Main opposition party's chief clad in bullet-proof vest
Main opposition party’s chief clad in bullet-proof vest
Lee Jae-myung, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, wears a bullet-proof vest inside his coat as he arrives at the National Assembly in Seoul on March 19, 2025. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Snowy Seomyeon

Snow covers a valley in Seomyeon, Yangyang County, Gangwon Province on Monday. (Yonhap)
Snow covers a valley in Seomyeon, Yangyang County, Gangwon Province on Monday. 

Picture of the Day: Snow Hits Gangwon-do

Heavy snowfall hit Guryongryeong in Seomyeon, Yangyang County, creating a winter landscape on Monday. (Yonhap)
Heavy snowfall hit Guryongryeong in Seomyeon, Yangyang County, creating a winter landscape on Monday. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Pro-Yoon Protest in Seoul

Walls of police buses amid rally against Yoon's ouster
Walls of police buses amid rally against Yoon’s ouster
A barricade of police buses is set up at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on March 15, 2025, as protesters hold a rally opposing impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s ouster ahead of a court verdict on his fate. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Korean Air’s New Airplane Branding

Korean Air's new exterior insignia for planes
Korean Air’s new exterior insignia for planes
A Boeing 787-10 aircraft of Korean Air Co., South Korea’s flagship air carrier, bears the airline’s new aircraft livery, or the exterior insignia for planes, during a publicity event at its hangar in Seoul on March 11, 2025. The new design prominently displays “KOREAN” in large lettering on the aircraft’s forward fuselage but without “AIR” from the company’s full name. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Independence Movement Reenactment

Reenactment of 1919 independence movement
Reenactment of 1919 independence movement
People clad in traditional costumes clash with others portraying Japanese police officers in the southeastern port city of Busan on March 11, 2025, reenacting the independence movement in 1919, which students of Busanjin Ilshin Girls’ School led as part of the popular movement the same year that protested for independence from Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Chief of ROK Air Force Apologizes for Accidental Bombing Strike

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Lee Young-su bows while issuing a public apology during a briefing at the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul, Monday, after Air Force fighter jets accidentally dropped bombs on residential areas last Thursday. Yonhap

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Lee Young-su bows while issuing a public apology during a briefing at the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul, Monday, after Air Force fighter jets accidentally dropped bombs on residential areas last Thursday. Yonhap