Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Drone Show on Election Night

| April 12, 2024
On night of ballot counting
On night of ballot counting
A drone show takes place over the National Assembly in Seoul on April 10, 2024, as ballot counting is under way nationwide following the conclusion of the general elections to select 300 lawmakers at 6 p.m. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Ballot Counting

| April 11, 2024
Ballot counting
Ballot counting
Work to count ballots begins at a ballot counting station set up at a gym on the country’s southern Jeju Island on April 10, 2024, as the general elections to choose 300 lawmakers ended at 6 p.m. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Incheon Bids for 2025 APEC Summit

| April 10, 2024
Incheon's bid for APEC 2025
Incheon’s bid for APEC 2025
A monorail promoting Incheon’s efforts to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit 2025 is in operation at Wolmi Park in the western port city on April 8, 2024, ahead of its APEC on-site inspection in May. The host city will be decided in June. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Looks at Apartments

| April 9, 2024
N.K. leader inspects apartment construction site in Pyongyang
N.K. leader inspects apartment construction site in Pyongyang
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) inspects the construction site for a new apartment complex in Pyongyang on April 5, 2024, ahead of its completion, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency reported the following day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Early Voting Starts in South Korea

| April 8, 2024
Early voting
Early voting
Voters wait in line to cast ballots at a polling station in Incheon, just west of Seoul, on April 6, 2024, the second and final day of early voting for the parliamentary elections on April 10. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Inspects New IRBM

| April 5, 2024
N. Korea's test-fire of new IRBM Hwasongpho-16B
N. Korea’s test-fire of new IRBM Hwasongpho-16B
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (R, bottom) inspects the launch of a Hwasongpho-16B, a new type of intermediate-range solid-fueled ballistic missile equipped with a newly-developed hypersonic gliding warhead, on April 2, 2024, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the following day. “The hypersonic glide warhead, separated from the missile after its launch towards the northeast at an army unit’s training field on the outskirts of Pyongyang, reached its first peak at the height of 101.1 kilometers and the second 72.3 kilometers while making 1 000-km-long flight as scheduled to accurately hit the waters of the East Sea,” the agency reported. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: North Korea’s New IRBM

| April 4, 2024
N. Korea's test-fire of new IRBM Hwasongpho-16B
N. Korea’s test-fire of new IRBM Hwasongpho-16B
A Hwasongpho-16B, a new type of intermediate-range solid-fueled ballistic missile equipped with a newly-developed hypersonic gliding warhead, is launched under the inspection of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on April 2, 2024, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the following day. “The hypersonic glide warhead, separated from the missile after its launch towards the northeast at an army unit’s training field on the outskirts of Pyongyang, reached its first peak at the height of 101.1 kilometers and the second 72.3 kilometers while making 1 000-km-long flight as scheduled to accurately hit the waters of the East Sea,” the agency reported. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: President Yoon Christens Next Generation KTX Train

| April 3, 2024

Yoon at christening ceremony for next-generation bullet train

President Yoon Suk Yeol (2nd from R) applauds during a ceremony naming the country’s next-generation super-speed bullet train, as “KTX Cheong-Ryong (blue dragon),” at Daejeon Station in the namesake city, 164 kilometers south of Seoul, on April 1, 2024. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Six U.S. Senators Visit South Korea

| April 2, 2024


Defense chief meets U.S. congressional group

South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik (4th from L, front row) poses for a photo with a U.S. delegation of six senators, including Kirsten Gillibrand (4th from R, front row), and a representative at the defense ministry in Seoul on March 29, 2024, in this photo provided by the ministry. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: South Korea Completes Deployment of Counterfire Radars

| April 1, 2024
Deployment of radar against N. Korean artillery
Deployment of radar against N. Korean artillery
This photo, provided by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration on March 29, 2024, shows an AN/TPQ-II system, whose deployment throughout the entire Army Corps and on northwestern islands bordering North Korea has been completed against the North’s long-range artillery targeting Seoul and its adjacent areas. AN/TPQ stands for Army/Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance. (Yonhap)