Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Nature Republic in Myeongdong is the Most Expensive Land in Korea

| May 3, 2024
Most expensive land in S. Korea
Most expensive land in S. Korea
This photo, taken April 30, 2024, shows the building of the cosmetics shop Nature Republic in the Myeongdong area of Seoul. The plot of the building is priced at 175.40 million won (US$126,825) per square meter based on the government’s public land price calculation, the most expensive in South Korea. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Mandatory Mask Wearing Ends In Korean Hospitals

| May 2, 2024
Mask wearing at hospitals to be deregulated
Mask wearing at hospitals to be deregulated
A medical worker wearing a mask walks past a notice regarding mask-wearing guidelines at a university hospital in Daegu, 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on April 30, 2024, one day prior to the deregulation of mandatory mask wearing at hospitals in more than four years after the outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic in the country. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Foreigners Promote Korean Culture

| May 1, 2024
Foreign activists promoting Korean culture
Foreign activists promoting Korean culture
Culture Minister Yoo In-chon (4th from R) and foreigners pose for a group photo while holding up letters of appointment as activists to promote Korean culture during their launching ceremony in Seoul on April 30, 2024. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Future Space Center on Jeju

| May 1, 2024
Hanwha Systems breaks ground on space center
Hanwha Systems breaks ground on space center
This photo, provided by Hanwha Systems Co., a defense electronics and ICT solutions unit under Hanwha Group, shows a rendering of the Jeju Hanwha Space Center, whose ground-breaking ceremony took place on the country’s southern Jeju Island on April 29, 2024. The 11,000-square-meter center will develop and manufacture satellites. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Protest Against More Doctors

| April 30, 2024
Protest against increase of medical students
Protest against increase of medical students
Professors and students at the medical school of Chungbuk National University in Cheongju, 112 kilometers southeast of Seoul, stage a protest on April 29, 2024, opposing the faculty’s plan to expand its medical student intake in line with the government’s medical reform initiative. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Jeju Horses

| April 29, 2024
Horses indigenous to Jeju Island
Horses indigenous to Jeju Island
Jeju horses, designated as a natural monument, are released into a pasture in the city of Jeju on South Korea’s southern resort island of the same name on April 28, 2024, after spending the winter in sheds. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Admiral Yi Sun-shin’s 479th Birthday

| April 29, 2024
Ceremony for Adm. Yi Sun-shin
Ceremony for Adm. Yi Sun-shin
A representative of the descendants of Adm. Yi Sun-shin pays respect during a ceremony held in Asan, 83 kilometers south of Seoul, on April 28, 2024, marking his 479th birthday. Yi, a 16th-century war hero, invented the turtle ships to fight against the invading Japanese navy. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Jeju’s Green Tea Fields

| April 26, 2024

Green tea fields

Visitors take a stroll through green tea fields producing premium tea brand Osulloc on South Korea’s largest island of Jeju on April 25, 2024. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: South Korea and Romania Sign Defense Agreement

| April 25, 2024
S. Korea-Romania defense accord
S. Korea-Romania defense accord
South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik (R) and his Romanian counterpart, Angel Tilvar (L), sign an agreement on defense cooperation at the presidential office in Seoul on April 23, 2024, with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (rear, R) and his Romanian counterpart, Klaus Iohannis (rear, L), in attendance. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: British Korean War Veterans Visit the DMZ

| April 24, 2024
British Commonwealth Korean War vets in S. Korea
British Commonwealth Korean War vets in S. Korea
Korean War veterans and their family members from four British Commonwealth nations — Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — pose for a photo during a visit to the South Korean side of the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom in Paju, 30 kilometers north of Seoul, on April 22, 2024, in this photo provided by the veterans ministry. Sixteen nations fought for South Korea against invading North Korea during the 1950-52 conflict. (Yonhap)