Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Coupang Warehouse on Fire In Incheon

| July 20, 2026


Coupang warehouse blaze

Smoke billows from a blaze at a warehouse of retail giant Coupang Corp. in Incheon, west of Seoul, on July 20, 2026, as firefighters continued to battle the fire that broke out more than 47 hours earlier and continued to rage and force residents to evacuate amid concerns of a potential collapse of the building. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: ROK Air Force to Participate in Australia’s Pitch Black Exercise

| July 17, 2026
Air Force to join Australia-led Pitch Black multinational exercise
Air Force to join Australia-led Pitch Black multinational exercise
A KC-330 fuel tanker aircraft carrying Air Force troops takes off from an air base in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province, central South Korea, on July 14, 2026, following a ceremony to mark their participation in the Australia-led Pitch Black multinational exercise to be held at an Australian military air base in the northern city of Darwin from July 17 through Aug. 7, in this photo released by the Air Force. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Belarus Communist Party Members Visit Pyongyang

| July 16, 2026
Delegation of Belarusian communist party in Pyongyang
Delegation of Belarusian communist party in Pyongyang
Sergei Syrankov (L), first secretary of the Party Central Committee at the Communist Party of Belarus, is greeted by an official of the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea at the international airport in Pyongyang on July 13, 2026, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. Syrankov is leading a delegation of the Belarusian communist party to the North. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: President Lee Meets with Britain’s Princess Anne

| July 15, 2026
Lee meets Britain's Princess Anne
Lee meets Britain’s Princess Anne
President Lee Jae Myung (R) talks with Britain’s Princess Anne during their meeting at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on July 14, 2026. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: South Korea’s and Turkey’s First Ladies Meet

| July 10, 2026
First ladies of S. Korea, Turkey meet
First ladies of S. Korea, Turkey meet
Kim Hea Kyung (L), wife of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, poses for a photo with Emine Erdogan, wife of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at Cankaya Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on July 8, 2026, during an event for spouses of leaders attending a summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (Pool photo) (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Seoul Subway Blackout

| July 9, 2026
Blackout hits Seoul subway
Blackout hits Seoul subway
Seoul’s Yongsan Station on subway Line No. 1 in the capital is crowded on July 8, 2026, as train services were temporarily suspended due to a blackout that hit parts of the line. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Who Is Paying These Coupang Protesters?

| July 6, 2026
Rally over U.S. report on discriminatory treatment of Coupang
Rally over U.S. report on discriminatory treatment of Coupang
Members of a civic group hold signs condemning the release of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s interim staff report accusing South Korea of “discriminatory attacks” on Coupang and other American-owned businesses as they stage a rally in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on July 3, 2026. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: South Korea Marks the U.S.’s 250th Anniversary

| July 3, 2026
Foreign Minister Cho Hyun (first from left) and James Heller, charge d’affaires ad interim at the US Embassy in Seoul (second from left), salute the US flag during a reception marking the 250th anniversary of US Independence Day at the Grand Hyatt Seoul in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Tuesday. (Pool photo via Yonhap)
Foreign Minister Cho Hyun (first from left) and James Heller, charge d’affaires ad interim at the US Embassy in Seoul (second from left), salute the US flag during a reception marking the 250th anniversary of US Independence Day at the Grand Hyatt Seoul in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Tuesday. (Pool photo via Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Haenyeo Protest

| July 2, 2026
Haenyeo's rally
Haenyeo’s rally
“Haenyeo” female divers, who make their living harvesting seafood by hand from the ocean floor without breathing equipment, stage a rally in front of Ssangyong Construction Co.’s headquarters in Seoul on June 29, 2026, to seek compensation from the builder for damage in their fishing ground off the southeastern port city of Pohang, caused by a port maintenance project. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Drone Show in Busan

| July 1, 2026
Drone show in Busan
Drone show in Busan
A drone show takes place at Gwangalli Beach in the southeastern city of Busan on June 27, 2026. (Yonhap)