This photo, taken Sept. 15, 2026, shows terraced rice paddies in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, as they turn a golden hue ahead of harvesting. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Korean Gold
| September 17, 2026
Tag: rice
Picture of the Day: Rice Planting Season
| June 3, 2025
Residents participate in a traditional farming event to plant rice seedlings at a paddy in Yeongam, South Jeolla Province, southwestern South Korea, on May 30, 2025. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Korean Traditional Rice Tilling
| May 22, 2025
A farmer drives two bulls, connected with a plow, called “gyeori” in Korean, to till a rice field during a demonstration of traditional Korean rice planting at the National Agricultural Museum in Suwon, south of Seoul, on May 21, 2025. The use of animals for farmwork is rare in South Korea, where farming machinery has almost entirely replaced animals. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Rice Harvesting Season
| October 9, 2024
Farmers harvest rice in Boseong, 309 kilometers south of Seoul, on Oct. 8, 2024. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Rice Protest
| September 13, 2024
Farmers destroy their rice fields ahead of the harvest in Anseong, 77 kilometers south of Seoul, on Sept. 12, 2024, in protest against rice imports and to demand that the government guarantee rice prices. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Checking the Rice
| September 17, 2021
North Korean Premier Kim Tok-hun (C) visits a rice paddy at a cooperative farm in Ryongchon, North Pyongan Province, northwestern North Korea, as part of his inspection of several units of the national economy, in this undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency on Sept. 15, 2021. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Giant Rice Bowl
| July 1, 2021
Models promote CJ CheilJedang’s new ready-to-eat cooked rice product with a giant pot and a wooden spoon at Time Square shopping mall in central Seoul on June 27, 2021. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Rice Paddy Concert
| October 1, 2019
Tweet of the Day: South Korea’s 53% Rice Tariff
| September 24, 2019
SKorea has imposed a 513% tariff on imported rice for years. It's ridiculous.
— John Lee (The Korean Foreigner) (@koreanforeigner) September 20, 2019
As a member state of the WTO, SKorea is obligated to import rice even if doesn't want to. In 2014, it had to import up to 409,000 tonnes of rice.https://t.co/CnCL80tYQZ
Picture of the Day: Rice Harvest Season
| September 19, 2019
