Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Winter Skiing in South Korea

Winter skiers
Winter skiers
Skiers wait in long lines for lifts at a ski resort in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, on Dec. 1, 2024, the first weekend after its opening for the season. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Anti-Government Protest in Seoul

Anti-gov't protest in Seoul
Anti-gov’t protest in Seoul
Protestors against the Yoon Suk Yeol government stage a candlelight vigil in central Seoul on Nov. 30, 2024. (Yonhap)
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Picture of the Day: Heavy Snow Covers the Blue House

Snow in Seoul
Snow in Seoul
Mount Bukak and Cheong Wa Dae, the former presidential office, in downtown Seoul are blanketed with snow on Nov. 27, 2024, amid a heavy snow alert in the capital. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Frozen Secret Garden

Secret Garden in Gangwon Province
Secret Garden in Gangwon Province
The Secret Garden, a mountainous area in Inje, about 120 kilometers northeast of Seoul, is seen in this photo provided by the county office on Nov. 24, 2024. 

Picture of the Day: Seoul’s Thermometer of Love

Thermometer of Love

Workers set up the “Thermometer of Love” at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Nov. 25, 2024, as part of a two-month donation drive by the Community Chest of Korea. This annual nationwide charity campaign encourages people to donate to the needy, with the thermometer rising by one degree for every 1 percent of the target donations collected. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: First Snow Fall in Gangwon Province

1st snowfall in Gangwon
1st snowfall in Gangwon
Snow falls on a road in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, on Nov. 23, 2024. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Training Foreign Soldiers on the K9 Howitzer

Army int'l course on Korean-made weapons
Army int’l course on Korean-made weapons
This photo, provided by the Army on Nov. 22, 2024, shows foreign soldiers from countries operating Korean-made K9 howitzers listening to an introduction to the weapon as part of the Korea-Army International Course (K-AIC) program. The three-week program, which began on Nov. 18, is designed to teach them how to operate the howitzers. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Autumn Colors in Gwangju

Autumn splendor
Autumn splendor
Autumn leaves create a stunning view on the campus of Chunnam National University in Gwangju, 267 kilometers south of Seoul, on Nov. 21, 2024. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Korean Coast Guard Arrests Thai Citizens for Drug Trafficking

Illegal Thai stayers nabbed for drug trafficking
Illegal Thai stayers nabbed for drug trafficking
This photo, provided by the Korea Coast Guard on Nov. 18, 2024, shows officers arresting four Thai overstayers in South Korea on charges of supplying drugs to foreign fishermen working along South Korea’s southwestern coast. The Coast Guard also arrested another 12 Thai individuals for drug use after purchasing the substances from them. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Balloon Planners

On flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets
On flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets
Choi Seong-ryong (L), head of a group representing families of individuals abducted by North Korea, and Park Sang-hak, a North Korean defector and leader of Fighters for Free North Korea, outline their plan to launch balloons carrying anti-North Korea leaflets toward the North at the Sokcho Maritime Police Station in Sokcho, 213 kilometers east of Seoul, on Nov. 19, 2024. (Yonhap)