Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Independence Movement Reenactment

Reenactment of 1919 independence movement
Reenactment of 1919 independence movement
People clad in traditional costumes clash with others portraying Japanese police officers in the southeastern port city of Busan on March 11, 2025, reenacting the independence movement in 1919, which students of Busanjin Ilshin Girls’ School led as part of the popular movement the same year that protested for independence from Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Opposition Party Protests Yoon’s Release

Opposition party's rally over Yoon's release
Opposition party’s rally over Yoon’s release
Lawmakers of the main opposition Democratic Party, including its chief Lee Jae-myung (C, 1st row), rally during a hastily convened meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul on March 8, 2025, in protest of the prosecution’s decision not to appeal a court’s ruling the previous day that allowed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol to stand trial without physical detention over his failed bid to impose martial law in December. (Yonhap)

A Record Number of Foreigners Are Now Residents of South Korea

If it seems like there are a lot of foreigners living in South Korea now a days it is because there are compared to the recent past:

The number of foreign residents in Korea reached a record high last year, accounting for more than 5 percent of the country’s total population, justice ministry data showed Monday.

According to the Korea Immigration Service, a justice ministry agency, the number of foreigners living in Korea stood at 2.65 million, making up 5.17 percent of the total population. This marks an increase of 126,127 from the previous high in 2019 and surpasses the 4.89 percent level recorded in 2023.

Over the past decade, Korea has seen a steady rise in foreign residents, from 1.9 million in 2015 to 2.52 million in 2019. Although the numbers declined due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they rebounded in 2022 and have continued to rise since.

Korea Times

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Picture of the Day: Samgyeopsal Day

Campaign to promote pork consumption
Campaign to promote pork consumption
Shoppers buy “samgyeopsal,” or three-layered pork strips, the type of pork most preferred by South Korean consumers, in Seoul on Feb. 28, 2025, as the industrial body for Korean pork implements a bargain sale as part of a campaign to promote pork consumption to mark Samgyeopsal Day that falls on March 3. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Inspects Officer Training Academy

N.K. leader inspects military academy
N.K. leader inspects military academy
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) meets with a cadet practicing on the parallel bars during his visit to the Kang Kon Military Academy, the country’s most prestigious commanding officers training center, in Pyongyang on Feb. 25, 2025, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. (Yonhap)