Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: ROK National Assembly Speaker Meets with Indian PM

| October 17, 2023
Nat'l Assembly speaker with Indian PM
Nat’l Assembly speaker with Indian PM
South Korean National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo (R) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the ninth Group of 20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit in New Delhi on Oct. 13, 2023, in this photo provided by Kim’s office. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: ROK PM Honors Greek Korean War Veteran

| October 16, 2023
PM with Greek veteran in Korean War
PM with Greek veteran in Korean War
This photo provided by the Prime Minister’s Office shows South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (R) shaking hands with a Greek veteran who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War at a dinner event held in Athens on Oct. 13, 2023. (Yonhap)

You can read more about the Greek battalion during the Korean War at the below link:

Heroes of the Korean War: Lieutenant Colonel George Koumanakos

Picture of the Day: USS Ronald Reagan in Port at Busan

| October 13, 2023
The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier docks at a naval base in the southeastern port city of Busan on Oct. 12, 2023, in this photo provided by Yonhap News Television. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier docks at a naval base in the southeastern port city of Busan on Oct. 12, 2023, in this photo provided by Yonhap News Television. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: ROK Navy Training Ship in Port in Maryland

| October 12, 2023

A South Korean Navy cruise training group, including 151 naval cadets, arrived at a port in Maryland on Monday, for a visit to mark the 70th anniversary of the alliance between South Korea and the United States. ROKS Hansando (ATH-81), a training ship, and ROKS Hwacheon (AOE-59), a combat support ship, berthed at the Port of Baltimore — one of 14 destinations during the Navy’s annual 141-day cruise program that set sail on Aug. 28.

Picture of the Day: Ralph Monclar Bike Path

| October 11, 2023
Bike path named after French lieutenant general
Bike path named after French lieutenant general
Patriots and Veterans Affairs Minister Park Min-shik attends 
an event to officially name a bike path in Yangpyeong County, 52 kilometers east of Seoul, as the “Road of Ralph Monclar” after the nickname of Raoul Charles Magrin-Vernerey, a lieutenant general who led a French battalion in the Korean War, on Oct. 9, 2023, in this photo provided by his ministry. (Yonhap)

If you want to read more about General Monclar read my prior Heroes of the Korean War posting about him.

Picture of the Day: Army Expo

| October 10, 2023
Hanwha at U.S. Army expo
Hanwha at U.S. Army expo
Hanwha Defense USA plans to promote its artillery and other defense products at the Association of the U.S. Army’s Annual Meeting & Exposition scheduled from Oct. 9-11, 2023, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., for possible deals in the U.S. market. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Ex-Justice Minister Cho Kuk’s Wife Released on Parole

| October 5, 2023
Wife of ex-Justice Minister Cho Kuk released on parole
Wife of ex-Justice Minister Cho Kuk released on parole
Chung Kyung-sim (in wheelchair), wife of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk, is released on parole from the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, 25 kilometers south of Seoul, on Sept. 27, 2023, after serving one third of her four-year prison term for her involvement in document forgery related to her daughter’s college admission. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Korean Lunar Orbiter Takes Picture of Apollo 11 Landing Site

| October 4, 2023
Danuri takes image of Apollo 11 landing site
Danuri takes image of Apollo 11 landing site
This photo, provided by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute on Sept. 26, 2023, shows an image of the site of Apollo 11’s landing in July 1969 (arrows indicate site) on the moon that South Korea’s first lunar orbiter, Danuri, took with its high-definition camera while it was orbiting above the moon on Sept. 10. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Earth from ROK Lunar Orbiter

| October 3, 2023
Danuri takes image of Earth from moon
Danuri takes image of Earth from moon
This photo, provided by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute on Sept. 26, 2023, shows an image of the Earth that South Korea’s first lunar orbiter, Danuri, took with its high-definition camera while it was orbiting above the moon on Sept. 15. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: North Korean Rice Harvest

| October 2, 2023
Rice harvest in N. Korea
Rice harvest in N. Korea
North Korean farmers use machines to harvest rice on a sprawling area of rice paddies in the North Korean county of Anbyon, Kangwon Province, North Korea, on Sept. 24, 2023, in this photo captured from the North’s Korean Central Television the next day. The broadcaster reported that the farmland, damaged by Typhoon Khanun this summer, is expected to produce more yield than in the average year. (Yonhap)