Picture of the Day: Jane Goodall Receives Honorary Doctorate from Ewha Woman’s University
| July 10, 2023
Category: Picture of the Day
Picture of the Day: Task Force Smith Remembered in South Korea
| July 7, 2023
A children’s choir sings during a ceremony to mark the 73rd anniversary of the first battle by American soldiers in the Korean War at Jukmiryeong Peace Park in Osan, 55 kilometers south of Seoul, on July 5, 2023. The 540 members of Task Force Smith fought more than 5,000 North Koreans armed with Soviet-made tanks, with more than 150 of them killed or missing in the Battle of Osan on July 5, 1950. The city provided this photo. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Counterfeit Cigarette Ring Busted
| July 6, 2023
This photo, taken July 4, 2023, shows counterfeit cigarettes at the customs office in Incheon, west of Seoul. The office has arrested a crime ring on suspicion of smuggling 180,000 packs of bogus Esse cigarettes, a brand sold by KT&G Corp., and Chinese-made ones. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: New School Zone Crosswalks in South Korea
| July 5, 2023
A crosswalk near a school zone in Seoul has been newly painted in yellow on July 3, 2023, to help drivers easily recognize it one day ahead of the implementation of the toughened Traffic Law. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Clear Skies Over Chuncheon
| July 4, 2023
Clear skies prevail in Chuncheon, 76 kilometers northeast of Seoul, on June 30, 2023, as heavy rainfall temporarily halted. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Queer Festival Protest in Seoul
| July 3, 2023
This aerial view shows people staging a protest in Seoul on July 1, 2023, to oppose queer festivals. The Seoul Queer Culture Festival took place in Seoul’s Euljiro 2-ga area, rather than its usual venue of Seoul Plaza, the same day. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Successful Flight of the KF-21
| June 30, 2023
This photo provided by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) on June 28, 2023, shows the sixth prototype of the KF-21 fighter jet. DAPA said the sixth and final prototype of the homegrown fighter successfully performed its maiden flight earlier in the day. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: North Korea Holds Mass Rally Against the United States
| June 29, 2023
This photo, released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency, shows a mass rally by workers, youth and students against “U.S. imperialism” in Pyongyang on the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of the start of the 1950-53 Korean War on June 25, 2023. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Five Guys Opens in South Korea
| June 28, 2023
People stand in line to buy burgers at the country’s first store of U.S. made-to-order burger chain Five Guys in southern Seoul on its opening day on June 26, 2023. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: First Ladies Dinner
| June 27, 2023
South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee (L) talks with her Vietnamese counterpart, Phan Thi Thanh Tam, in Hanoi on June 23, 2023. (Yonhap)
