Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Acting President Choi Visits with U.S. Secretary of State

| January 7, 2025
S. Korean acting president meets Blinken
S. Korean acting president meets Blinken
South Korean acting President Choi Sang-mok (R) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the government complex in Seoul on Jan. 6, 2025. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Stop the Steal in South Korea?

| January 6, 2025
People supporting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol rally near his official residence in Seoul on Jan. 3, 2025, to stop investigators from the state anti-corruption agency from executing a warrant to detain Yoon over his failed bid to impose martial law in December. (Yonhap)

People supporting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol rally near his official residence in Seoul on Jan. 3, 2025, to stop investigators from the state anti-corruption agency from executing a warrant to detain Yoon over his failed bid to impose martial law in December. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: North Korea Celebrates the New Year

| January 3, 2025
N. Korea's art performance celebrating new year
N. Korea’s art performance celebrating new year
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waves as he attends an art performance ushering in the new year at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Dec. 31, 2024, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Korea’s First Babies of 2025

| January 2, 2025
Newborns on New Year's Day
Newborns on New Year’s Day
Fathers hold their newborn babies with their baby bump nicknames — (from L to R) Nikke, Kkomuri and Dingguri — at a hospital in Goyang, near Seoul, on Jan. 1, 2025. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Ringing In the New Year in South Korea

| January 1, 2025
Annual bell-ringing ceremony to usher in new year
Annual bell-ringing ceremony to usher in new year
Actress Ko Doo-sim (L, rear) and other civil representatives toll the bell at Bosingak Pavilion in Seoul on Jan. 1, 2025, in a ceremony to usher in the new year. The popular midnight bell-ringing celebration has been held every year since 1953 to ring out the old year and ring in the new year, though public attendance was prohibited during the 2019-2021 COVID-19 pandemic period. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Digital ID Cards

| December 30, 2024
People show off their mobile resident registration certificates at a community service center in the southeastern city of Daegu on Dec. 27, 2024, as the government began the pilot issuance of the new mobile ID card in nine districts nationwide. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Snowy Cheongwadae

| December 27, 2024
Snowy Mount Bugak
Snowy Mount Bugak
Mount Bugak, north of the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae in central Seoul, is covered in snow on Dec. 21, 2024. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: Snow Covered Park in Seoul

| December 26, 2024
Snow-covered park
Snow-covered park
A person takes a walk in a snow-covered park in central Seoul on Dec. 21, 2024. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Trainers Campaign for Organ Donation

| December 24, 2024
Organ donation campaign
Organ donation campaign
Sports trainers participate in the “Nine Parade Campaign,” an organ donation movement, in Myeongdong, Seoul, on Dec. 20, 2024. The campaign highlights that a single brain-dead donor can save up to nine lives through organ donation. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Ice Rink Opens in Front of Seoul City Hall

| December 23, 2024
Seoul Square ice rink returns ahead of Christmas
Seoul Square ice rink returns ahead of Christmas
Citizens enjoy skating on the ice rink temporarily set up each year in front of Seoul City Hall, on Dec. 20, 2024. The rink officially opened earlier in the day, marking the festive season. (Yonhap)