Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: North Korea Displays Drone It Claims is from South Korea

Remains of drone N. Korea claims sent by S. Korea
Remains of drone N. Korea claims sent by S. Korea
This image, provided by the Korean Central News Agency on Oct. 19, 2024, shows the remains of a drone that Pyongyang claims was sent from South Korea. The drone is being described by Pyongyang as the same type that was publicly displayed on Armed Forces Day in Seoul earlier this month. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Korean Nationals Arrive Home from Lebanon

Military jet carrying S. Korean nationals arrives home from Lebanon
Military jet carrying S. Korean nationals arrives home from Lebanon
South Korean nationals staying in Lebanon get off a military jet at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, on Oct. 5, 2024, as the KC-330 military transport plane carrying 96 nationals arrived home from the Middle East country amid military tensions between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Dokdo Exhibits Open at War Memorial

Dokdo model exhibition to resume
Dokdo model exhibition to resume
This photo, provided by the Korean War Memorial Organization on Sept. 30, 2024, shows a model featuring South Korea’s easternmost Dokdo Islets at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul. Its exhibition is set to reopen the following day after months of preservation treatment. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: The Hyunmoo-5

Hyunmoo-5 missiles
Hyunmoo-5 missiles
Transporter erector launchers carrying Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missiles move on the tarmac at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, for South Korea’s Armed Forces Day ceremony on Oct. 1, 2024. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Firefighting Robot

Firefighting robot
Firefighting robot
This photo provided by Hyundai Motor Group on Sept. 26, 2024, shows a rendered image of its envisioned unmanned firefighting robot for underground parking lot fires. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: KIA’s Electric Vehicle Only Plant

Electric vehicle-only plant
Electric vehicle-only plant
This photo provided by Kia Motors on Sept. 27, 2024, shows the first electric vehicle-only plant of the Hyundai Motor Group in Gwangmyeong on the southwestern outskirts of Seoul. The plant, named “Gwangmyeong EVO Plant,” was dedicated on the day.

Picture of the Day: Pill Seizure

Fake pills seized from smugglers
Fake pills seized from smugglers
Customs officials check fake erectile dysfunction medications smuggled from China at the Incheon Regional Customs in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Sept. 26, 2024. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Robot Drill

Robots in drill against nuclear power accidents
Robots in drill against nuclear power accidents
Robots are employed in a drill for earthquake and nuclear accident scenarios at Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power’s Saeul Nuclear Power Plant in Ulju, 362 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Sept. 25, 2024. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: ROK Troops Depart for Overseas Training

Mechanized troops' overseas drill
Mechanized troops’ overseas drill
South Korean mechanized troops salute during their departure ceremony for their first overseas drill at the Navy’s 2nd Fleet Command in Pyeongtaek, 65 kilometers south of Seoul,
on Sept. 23, 2024, in this photo provided by the Army. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: South Korea Hosts Homeless World Cup

Homeless World Cup
Homeless World Cup
The 19th Homeless World Cup, an annual association football tournament organized by the Homeless World Cup Foundation, takes place at Hanyang University in Seoul on Sept. 23, 2024. (Yonhap)