Picture of the Day: Chinese Foreign Minister Visits South Korea
| August 20, 2026
Category: Picture of the Day
Picture of the Day: Drought Hit Reservoir
| August 18, 2026
This photo, taken Aug. 14, 2026, shows Ungdong Reservoir in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea, dry as a prolonged drought continues in the area. The water level of the agricultural reservoir has fallen to zero percent of normal levels, according to government data on droughts. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Bringing Guns to the Pool
| August 17, 2026
Members of the South Korea men’s national modern pentathlon team train at the National Training Center in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, central South Korea, on Aug. 13, 2026, ahead of the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 Asian Games to be held in the central Japanese city of Nagoya. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Korean Schools Reopen
| August 13, 2026
Pupils hold up their textbooks for the second semester of the year at an elementary school in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Aug. 11, 2026, as they returned to school after the summer vacation. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Looking Ahead to Liberation Day
| August 12, 2026
A board bearing a message reading, “That Day of 1945 When It Was Coolest Due to the Wave of the National Flag, the Taegeukgi,” is hung on the wall of the Seoul Library in the capital on Aug. 10, 2026, five days ahead of the 81st anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan’s colonial rule. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Green Algae Forms on the Naktong River
| August 11, 2026
People play in the water at an outdoor pool over which shading curtains are installed against the scorching sun, with the formation of hazardous green algae blooms seen on the Nakdong River, in Chikgok, North Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea, on Aug. 7, 2026, as the highest-level heat wave warning was issued for the region. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: NEC Raided Again
| August 10, 2026
The entrance to an office of the National Election Commission (NEC) is seen in Seoul on Aug. 7, 2026. Investigators from a joint prosecution-police task force began a search and seizure at the NEC’s headquarters in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul, and other local commissions in the capital, Gyeonggi and North Chungcheong provinces to secure evidence over suspicions of data manipulation in connection with the June 3 local elections. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Hidden Forest Swimming Pool in Daejeon
| August 7, 2026
On the morning of the 4th, the forest bath park water play area in Sangsodong, Dong-gu, Daejeon, where a record-breaking heatwave approaching 40 degrees Celsius continues day after day. As one enters under the dense shade created by lush trees that have withstood decades, the scorching heat that bakes the asphalt disappears as if by magic. /Shin Hyun-jong
Picture of the Day: ROK Air Force Participates in Pitch Black Exercise in Australia
| August 6, 2026
A KF-16 fighter jet of South Korea’s Air Force enters the airspace over Mindil Beach in Darwin, Australia, in a flight to wish for the success the biennial Pitch Black exercise, in this undated photo released by the South Korean Air Force on Aug. 4, 2026. The multinational joint exercise, which began on July 17 and runs through Aug. 7, involved troops and some 110 aircraft from 16 nations, including the United States, Spain and Germany. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Korean Soprano Wins Award
| August 5, 2026
Renowned soprano Sumi Jo poses with the Maria Callas Special Award in Verona, Italy, on Aug. 2, 2026, during a ceremony held as part of the International Maria Callas Festival, in this photo released by her PR agency, the PRM. Jo has become the first Asian musician to receive the award, an annual Italian honor given to people who contribute to global opera and classical music. (Yonhap)
