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Picture of the Day: ROK Ship Receives Top Gun Honors at RIMPAC 2026

GIKorea | August 4, 2026

ROKS Daejeon named ‘Top Gun’

Navy sailors pose for a group photo aboard the ROKS Daejeon at U.S. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii on Aug. 1, 2026, after the warship was crowned the top gunnery combat ship for its performance at the biennial Rim of the Pacific Exercise, in this photo provided by the Navy. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Meets with War Veterans

GIKorea | July 31, 2026

**N.K. leader meets war veterans, persons of wartime merits**
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) meets with war veterans, who took part in the celebrations of the 73rd anniversary of the 1950-53 Korean War armistice, as he joins a photo session with them in Pyongyang on July 28, 2026, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. North Korea refers to the three-year conflict as the Great Fatherland Liberation War and designates the date of the armistice signing, July 27, as Victory Day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: White Phosphorus Protesters

GIKorea | July 30, 2026

**Rally over white phosphorus leak at U.S. air base**
Members of a civic group stage a protest rally in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on July 29, 2026, to urge the United States to investigate the case of a white phosphorus leak at a U.S. air base with the South Korean government and draw up measures to prevent a recurrence. The U.S. military reported the leak of the toxic chemical substance at the K-55 U.S. Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, the previous day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: President Lee Meets with Brazil’s President

GIKorea | July 29, 2026

**S. Korea-Brazil summit in Brasilia**
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (L) and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva form the shape of hearts with their fingers after holding a joint press conference at the presidential office in Brasilia on July 27, 2026. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Attends Ceremony Marking 73 Years Since Korean Armistice

GIKorea | July 28, 2026

**N. Korea marks 73rd anniv. of Korean War armistice**
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) shakes hands with a war veteran while his daughter, Ju-ae (2nd from R), embraces another war veteran as he visits the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery in Pyongyang on July 26, 2026, to mark the 73rd anniversary of the 1950-53 Korean War armistice that falls on the next day, in this photo taken from the North’s official Korean Central Television. North Korea refers to the three-year conflict as the Great Fatherland Liberation War and designates the date of the armistice signing as Victory Day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: President Lee Meets Koreans in San Francisco

GIKorea | July 27, 2026

Picture of the Day: North Korean Foreign Minister Meets with Putin

GIKorea | July 24, 2026

N. Korea FM in Moscow

North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 19, 2026, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency on July 21. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Chinese and Russians Send Kids to Summer Camp in North Korea

GIKorea | July 23, 2026

N. Korea-China-Russia children’s camp

North Korean, Chinese and Russian children take part in a ceremony at the Songdowon International Children’s Camp in the North’s eastern coastal city of Wonsan on July 19, 2026, to mark their entry into the camp as part of deepening their friendship, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)