Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: First Snow Falls on Mt. Seorak

Season's 1st snow on Mount Seorak
Season’s 1st snow on Mount Seorak
The season’s first snow falls on parts of Mount Seorak in the northeastern region of South Korea on Oct. 10, 2022, in this photo provided by the Seoraksan National Park Office. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Gender Ministry to be Abolished

Gov't announces plan to abolish gender ministry
Gov’t announces plan to abolish gender ministryPhotos of former and sitting gender equality ministers are hung on the wall of an office of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family at the government complex in Seoul on Oct. 6, 2022. The government announced a reorganization plan, including the abolishment of the gender equality ministry, on the day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Mt. Seorak Sunrise

Sun rises above clouds
Sun rises above clouds
This photo provided by Inje County, Gangwon Province, on Oct. 2, 2022, shows the sunrise above a sea of clouds formed at Mount Seorak in Inje, some 120 kilometers east of Seoul. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: South Korea Lifts PCR Travel Test Requirement

Lifting post-entry PCR test requirement
Lifting post-entry PCR test requirement
This photo, taken Oct. 2, 2022, shows a statement posted at a virus testing center in Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, about the lifting of a COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction testing requirement for inbound travelers on the first day of their arrival. The move took effect from Oct. 1. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: ROK Armed Forces Day Ceremony

Armed Forces Day ceremony
Armed Forces Day ceremony
President Yoon Suk-yeol salutes troops while reviewing them at a ceremony marking the 74th Armed Forces Day at the Gyeryongdae military headquarters, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, on Oct. 1, 2022. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: First Flight of the KF-21

Maiden flight of indigenous KF-21 fighter
Maiden flight of indigenous KF-21 fighter
South Korea’s indigenous fighter jet KF-21 takes off from the runway of the Air Force’s 3rd Flying Training Wing in Sacheon, about 300 kilometers south of Seoul, on Sept. 28, 2022, during a ceremony to celebrate its successful first flight in July, in this photo provided by the Defense Daily. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: Crowds Continue to Visit Cheongwadae

Visiting Cheong Wa Dae during weekend
Visiting Cheong Wa Dae during weekend
This photo, taken Oct. 2, 2022, shows a stream of visitors to the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul. The total number of visitors there has topped the 2 million mark since Cheong Wa Dae opened its doors to the public on May 10, following the relocation of the top office to the former defense ministry building in Yongsan in central Seoul. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Vice President Harris Visits the DMZ

U.S. Vice President Harris visits DMZ
U.S. Vice President Harris visits DMZ
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (2nd from L) visits the truce village of Panmunjom between South and North Korea inside the Demilitarized Zone, which separates the two Koreas, at the western section of the inter-Korean border in Paju, north of Seoul, on Sept. 29, 2022. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: North Korea Prepares Restaurant Boat for Quarantine Duty

Quarantine on N.K.'s restaurant ship
Quarantine on N.K.’s restaurant ship
In this undated photo provided by the Korean Central News Agency on Sept. 21, 2022, quarantine work is under way on the restaurant boat Taedongkang in Pyongyang. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Haenyeo Festival

Fete on Korean women divers
Fete on Korean women divers
A group of “haenyeo,” female divers who make their living harvesting seafood by hand from the ocean floor without breathing equipment, marches in a parade as part of an event to mark the 15th Jeju Haenyeo Festival in the city of Jeju on South Korea’s largest island of the same name on Sept. 24, 2022. The two-day event kicked off the same day following a three-year hiatus due to a typhoon and the coronavirus pandemic. (Yonhap)