Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: South Korea Sees Continuous Drop in Gas Prices

Gas prices drop for 8 consecutive weeks
Gas prices drop for 8 consecutive weeksThis photo shows a gas station in central Seoul displaying gas prices on Feb. 1, 2026, which have dropped for eight consecutive weeks. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: South Korean Athletes Arrive in Italy for Winter Olympics

S. Korean athletes arrive in Italy for Winter Olympics
S. Korean athletes arrive in Italy for Winter Olympics
South Korean athletes and officials competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics pose for a photo upon arriving at Milan Malpensa Airport in Milan, Italy, on Jan. 31, 2026, in this photo provided by the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Anti-Trump Protest in Seoul

Anti-U.S. rally
Anti-U.S. rally
Protestors wearing masks of U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Vice President JD Vance take part in an anti-Trump rally organized by an alliance of civic groups in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 27, 2026, after Trump said he’s raising “reciprocal” tariffs and auto duties on South Korea to 25 percent from 15 percent as he argued the Asian ally’s legislature has not yet completed a domestic process to implement a bilateral trade deal. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Inspects Long Caliber Rocket Launch

N. Korea test-fires large-caliber multiple rocket launcher
N. Korea test-fires large-caliber multiple rocket launcher
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (R) inspects a test-firing of an upgraded large-caliber multiple rocket launcher system to assess its effectiveness at an unspecified location on Jan. 27, 2026, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. South Korea’s military has said it detected multiple short-range ballistic missiles launched from north of Pyongyang toward the East Sea. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Former ROK Prime Minister’s Body Transported from Vietnam

A casket carrying the body of the late former South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan is being moved into Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, Monday. Yonhap

A casket carrying the body of the late former South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan is being moved into Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, Monday. Yonhap

Picture of the Day: Ice Camping

Camping on ice
Camping on iceCamping tents are spread across the Bukhan River in Chuncheon, 85 kilometers northeast of Seoul, amid a persisting cold wave in the country on Jan. 25, 2026. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Hunger Strike Against Corruption

Opposition leader on hunger strike
Opposition leader on hunger strike
Jang Dong-hyeok, leader of the main opposition People Power Party, puts his hands on his face at the National Assembly in Seoul on Jan. 19, 2026, as he stages a hunger strike for the fifth day to demand the ruling Democratic Party accept opposition-backed special probe bills on an alleged bribery scandal involving the Unification Church. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: North Korea Holds Dedication Ceremony for Workers’ Holiday Camp

N. Korea's dedication ceremony for workers' holiday camp
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) looks at men using a spa facility a spa facility as he attends a ceremony marking the completion of remodeling the Onpho Working People’s Holiday Camp in Kyongsong, North Hamgyong Province

Picture of the Day: Ice Fishing Festival in Hwacheon

Ice fishing festival
Ice fishing festival
Visitors crowd a fishing ground on the frozen Hwacheon Stream in Hwacheon, Gangwon Province, for the 2026 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival on Jan. 17, 2026, in this photo provided by the Hwacheon County Office. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Hyundai Robotaxi

Test drive of Hyundai Motor-backed Ioniq 5 robotaxi
Test drive of Hyundai Motor-backed Ioniq 5 robotaxi
Ioniq 5 robotaxis, a Hyundai Motor Group-backed fully driverless vehicle, are parked at the technical center of its U.S.-based autonomous driving joint venture, Motional, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 8, 2026. The vehicle, based on the South Korean automaker’s Ionic 5 electric car, and jointly developed by Hyundai and Motional, will be put into commercial service this year. (Yonhap)