Tag: Gwanghwamun

Picture of the Day: Squid Game Comes to Gwanghwamun

| December 17, 2024
Props from 'Squid Game' at Gwanghwamun Square
Props from ‘Squid Game’ at Gwanghwamun Square
Props from Netflix’s megahit series “Squid Game” Season 1 are installed at Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul on Dec. 16, 2024. The display comes ahead of the highly anticipated release of “Squid Game” Season 2, scheduled for Dec. 26. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Seoul’s Bus Walls

| August 16, 2021
'Bus walls' in central Gwanghwamun
‘Bus walls’ in central GwanghwamunPolice buses are parked along sidewalks in Seoul’s central Gwanghwamun on Aug. 14, 2021, forming “bus walls” to block mass rallies as part of preventive measures against the spread of COVID-19 ahead of the Liberation Day holiday. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Empty Gwanghwamun

| January 6, 2021
Vacant street in Gwanghwamun
Vacant street in Gwanghwamun
The main street of Gwangwhamun, central Seoul, is frequented by few passers-by and cars on Jan. 3, 2021. (Yonhap) 

Tweet of the Day: Battling Protesters with Trees

| July 10, 2019

Picture of the Day: Part of the DMZ Fence Displayed in Seoul

| November 25, 2017

Barbed wire fence from DMZ relocated to downtown Seoul

This photo, taken on Nov. 23, 2017, shows a barbed wire fence, which was inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, relocated to Gwanghwaun Plaza in Seoul. The fence will be set up at the venue of the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics after people attach ribbons carrying their wishes for peace to it. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Gate in 1900

| November 9, 2014

Downtown Seoul in 1900

Shown is a picture of the main street in front of the Gwanghwamun, the main gate of the royal Gyeongbok Palace, in Seoul taken in 1900. The picture is displayed at a photo exhibition at the Seoul Museum of History. (Yonhap)