Category: Picture of the Day

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

| January 10, 2025
N.K. leader attends inauguration ceremony for regional factory
N.K. leader attends inauguration ceremony for regional factory
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) inspects a regional factory during its inauguration ceremony in Jaeryong County, South Hwanghae Province, on Jan. 7, 2025, in this photo released the next day by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency. The dedication of the factory is part of a project that Kim set forth in January 2024 to build modernized factories in 20 cities and counties over the next decade to enhance the living standards of the people. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: North Korea’s Hypersonic Missile

| January 9, 2025
N. Korea's test-firing of new hypersonic missile
N. Korea’s test-firing of new hypersonic missile
A new intermediate-range ballistic missile tipped with a hypersonic warhead is launched on Jan. 6, 2025, in this photo released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency the following day. North Korea said the missile flew some 1,500 kilometers at a velocity of 12 times the speed of sound the previous day during the testing guided by leader Kim Jong-un. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Ringing In the New Year in South Korea

| January 1, 2025
Annual bell-ringing ceremony to usher in new year
Annual bell-ringing ceremony to usher in new year
Actress Ko Doo-sim (L, rear) and other civil representatives toll the bell at Bosingak Pavilion in Seoul on Jan. 1, 2025, in a ceremony to usher in the new year. The popular midnight bell-ringing celebration has been held every year since 1953 to ring out the old year and ring in the new year, though public attendance was prohibited during the 2019-2021 COVID-19 pandemic period. (Yonhap)