Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: South Korea Completes Deployment of Counterfire Radars

| April 1, 2024
Deployment of radar against N. Korean artillery
Deployment of radar against N. Korean artillery
This photo, provided by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration on March 29, 2024, shows an AN/TPQ-II system, whose deployment throughout the entire Army Corps and on northwestern islands bordering North Korea has been completed against the North’s long-range artillery targeting Seoul and its adjacent areas. AN/TPQ stands for Army/Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Remembering the Sinking of the Cheonan

| March 28, 2024
Anniversary of Cheonan warship incident
Anniversary of Cheonan warship incident
A grieving mother sheds tears while caressing a relief depicting her son, one of 46 sailors who perished in North Korea’s torpedo assault on the South Korean corvette Cheonan in 2010, during a ceremony marking the 14th anniversary of the incident at the Second Fleet in Pyeongtaek, 60 kilometers south of Seoul, on March 26, 2024. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Flag Flies at Half Mast at Russian Embassy in Seoul After Terror Attack in Moscow

| March 25, 2024
Mourning Russian terror attack victims
Mourning Russian terror attack victims
The Russian national flag is flown at half-staff at the Russian Embassy in Seoul on March 24, 2024, to mourn for the victims of last week’s deadly shooting in Russia. On March 22, a group of gunmen attacked Crocus City Hall in the Moscow region, killing at least 143 people and leaving more than 100 hospitalized, according to foreign media reports. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: KF-21 Conducts First Ever Aerial Refueling

| March 21, 2024
KF-21 fighter succeeds in 1st aerial refueling test
KF-21 fighter succeeds in 1st aerial refueling test
This photo, provided by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration on March 19, 2024, shows the fifth prototype (bottom) of the homegrown KF-21 fighter jet under development successfully undergoing air-to-air refueling for the first time over waters off the southern coast after the fighter took off from an air base in Sacheon, 296 kilometers southeast of Seoul, earlier in the day. (Yonhap)