Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: People Rescue Woman Hit By Drunk Driver on Jeju

Rescuing woman trapped under car
Rescuing woman trapped under car
People lift a car to save a woman in her 70s under it at an alley on South Korea’s southern Jeju Island on Nov. 24, 2022, in this photo captured from a video provided by the Seogwipo city government. The car was driven by an unlicensed drunk driver. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Chopper Crash in Yangyang Kills 5

Chopper crashes in Yangyang
Chopper crashes in Yangyang
First responders search for survivors after a helicopter crashed into a hill near a Buddhist temple in the eastern coastal county of Yangyang on Nov. 27, 2022. Five people were found dead and identification was under way. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Seoul City Hall Hires a Robot

Seoul city hires robot official
Seoul city hires robot official
A robot official passes through a security gate at Seoul City Hall on Nov. 22, 2022. The city employed the robot official for the first time to deliver documents and guide visitors earlier in the day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Greenhouse Homes in North Korea

Newly built homes around N. Korea's new greenhouse farm
Newly built homes around N. Korea’s new greenhouse farm
This undated photo, released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Nov. 21, 2022, shows North Korean residents taking part in a ceremony to mark their moving into new homes built around Ryonpho Greenhouse Farm in Hamju County, South Hamgyong Province. In October, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a ceremony to mark the greenhouse farm’s completion. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: North Korea Test Fire of the Hwasong-17 ICBM

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared a resolute nuclear response to threats by the United States during an on-site inspection of the country’s test-firing of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) earlier this week, Pyongyang’s state media said Saturday. The missile, launched from Pyongyang International Airport, flew 999.2 kilometers for 4,135 seconds at an apogee of 6,040.9km and landed in the international waters of the East Sea, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

Picture of the Day: MBS to Visit Seoul

Welcoming Saudi crown prince's visit
Welcoming Saudi crown prince’s visit
An S-Oil advertisement welcoming Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to South Korea is hung on the outer wall of the Aramco-owned oil refiner’s headquarters in Seoul on Nov. 16, 2022, one day ahead of his visit to Seoul to meet with the heads of South Korea’s leading conglomerates in relation to construction projects in Neom, a Saudi smart city project overseen by the crown prince. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: South Korean and Turkish First Ladies Meet in Bali

S. Korean, Turkish first ladies in Bali
S. Korean, Turkish first ladies in Bali
South Korean first lady Kim Keon-hee (R) and her Turkish counterpart, Emine Erdogan, pose for a photo during their tea meeting at a hotel in Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 15, 2022, in this photo provided by the presidential office. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: First Lady at Crazy Tukbokki in Cambodia

First lady visits bunsik restaurant in Phnom Penh
First lady visits bunsik restaurant in Phnom Penh
South Korean first lady Kim Keon-hee (R) poses for a photo with the South Korean owner of a bunsik restaurant in Phnom Penh while visiting the place to offer encouragement on Nov. 13, 2022, in this photo provided by the presidential office. Bunsik refers to inexpensive Korean dishes. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Quintuplets Gifts

Gifts from first lady to quintuplets
Gifts from first lady to quintuplets
Quintuplets pose for a photo with presents sent from first lady Kim Keon-hee in Incheon, 27 kilometers west of Seoul, on Nov. 11, 2022, marking their first birthday, in this photo provided by their mother on Nov. 13. Born to a South Korean Army captain couple, they are the first quintuplets born in South Korea in 34 years. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Autumn Picnic in Gwacheon

Autumn picnic
Autumn picnic
Visitors take a break at a picnic table in a park in Gwacheon, 18 kilometers south of Seoul, on Nov. 13, 2022. (Yonhap)