Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Buddhist Monks Protest Iran War

| March 20, 2026
Buddhist monks' anti-war rally
Buddhist monks’ anti-war rally
A group of Buddhist monks affiliated with the Jogye Order, South Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, engages in a practice of bowing, in which participants prostrate themselves, near Jogye Temple in Seoul on March 17, 2026, as they move toward the U.S. Embassy to express their objection to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for countries to dispatch warships to the Strait of Hormuz. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Seoul Police Chief Inspects BTS Concert Site

| March 19, 2026

Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Commissioner Park Jung-bo (left) inspects the setup of the stage being prepared for BTS’s comeback performance at Gwanghwamun Square at the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History in Jongno-gu, Seoul, Wednesday. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: North Koreans Participate in “Election”

| March 18, 2026
N. Korea holds parliamentary elections
N. Korea holds parliamentary elections
North Korean people visit a polling station to cast their ballots in an unspecified location on March 15, 2026, as the country held parliamentary elections nationwide to elect deputies to the Supreme People’s Assembly, 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)

Picture of the Day: Anti-Trump Protest in Seoul

| March 17, 2026
Anti-U.S. rally
Anti-U.S. rally
A protestor wearing a mask of U.S. President Donald Trump takes part in an anti-Trump rally organized by an alliance of civic groups in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on March 16, 2026, after Trump demanded in a social media post that other nations, including South Korea, deploy warships to the Strait of Hormuz to secure oil shipments. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Plum Blossoms Bloom in Gwangyang

| March 11, 2026
Plum blossoms in full bloom
Plum blossoms in full bloom
This photo, taken March 9, 2026, shows visitors viewing blooming plum blossoms at a village in Gwangyang, a town in South Korea’s southwestern province of South Jeolla. The village, known as Plum Blossom Village, will hold a festival of the spring flower from March 13-22. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Cold Weather Hits Seoul

| March 10, 2026
Sleet falls in Seoul
Sleet falls in Seoul
People walk in falling sleet at Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul’s Jongno Ward on March 6, 2026. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Ready for Deployment

| March 9, 2026
U.S. Patriot missile batteries relocated to Osan Air Base
U.S. Patriot missile batteries relocated to Osan Air Base
C-15 and C-17 U.S. transport aircraft are seen at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, on March 6, 2026. U.S. troops stationed in South Korea have relocated Patriot missile defense batteries to the air base from other U.S. bases, military sources said, amid speculation that the U.S. Forces Korea could deploy part of their assets to the Middle East amid the escalating Iranian conflict. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Visits Cement Factory

| March 6, 2026
N.K. leader visits cement factory
N.K. leader visits cement factoryNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un (3rd from R) visits the Sangwon Cement Complex in the central province of North Hwanghae on March 1, 2026, 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)

Picture of the Day: Gas Prices Set to Rise in South Korea

| March 5, 2026
Oil prices rise
Oil prices rise
An electronic bulletin board shows gasoline and diesel prices at a gas station in Seoul on March 2, 2026, with the prices set to rise as the Iran war threatens shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. (Yonhap)