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#ChangWon, #MirangCity, #FringeTrees

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A pavillion sunk in between numerous Fringe trees

CHANGWON, May 3 (Yonhap) -- Located in Miryang-si, Gyeonsangnam-do, the southeastern part of the Korean Peninsula lies the fully bloomed Fringe trees surrounding the pavilion called Wanjaejeong near t
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Rare bird hunts fish

Rare bird hunts fish A pied avocet, a rare migratory bird, searches for prey at Namdae Stream in the city of Gangneung on South Korea's east coast on May 3, 2021, in this provided photo. (PHOTO NO
#Damyang, #crape myrtles

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Crape myrtles on the brink of summer

DAMYANG, May 2 (Yonhap) — With a blink of an eye, spring season has gone and the weather is beginning to enter the threshold of summer. Myeongokheon, a renowned pavilion and garden during the Joseon D
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Spring snow in Gangwon Province

Spring snow in Gangwon ProvinceThe top of Mount Balwang in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, is covered with snow on May 2, 2021, after many mountainous areas of the province received unseasonal heavy sn
#agriculture, #cattle, #farming, #plow, #Okcheon

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Cattle used as a traditional plowing method on rice paddy fields

OKCHEON, April 29 (Yonhap) -- An old couple plows a rice paddy with the help of a cow at the foot of Daecheong Lake in Gunbuk-myeon, Okcheon County, North Chungcheong Province on April 28, 2021. The c
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Ahead of Buddha's Birthday

Ahead of Buddha's BirthdayA large light installation in the form of Iksan Mireuksaji Stone Pagoda, the oldest remaining stone pagoda in South Korea, stands in central Seoul on April 28, 2021, ahea
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Ahead of Buddha's Birthday

Ahead of Buddha's BirthdayBuddhist monks and followers walk carrying lotus lanterns at Jogye Temple in downtown Seoul on April 27, 2021, three weeks ahead of Buddha's Birthday, which falls on
#Gyeonghuigung, #Joseon, #Dynasty, #Inwangsan

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Gyeonghuigung--another heart of Joseon Dynasty

SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- The Joseon Dynasty, which lasted 500 years, built several palaces in Seoul. Located in central Seoul, Gyeonghuigung Palace is one of the five most representative palaces of
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Tri-color willows

Tri-color willows Visitors walk through a field of tri-color willows, a shrub that can be planted to form a colorful hedge, at a farm in the city of Seogwipo on South Korea's largest island of Jej
#Gyeongbokgung, #Palace, #Peonies, #Joseon, #Amisan

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A palace imbued with the scent of peonies

SEOUL, April 23 (Yonhap) -- Peonies, known to be the most colorful flowers, have fully bloomed and filled the Gyeongbokgung Palace with their sweet scents. Within the Gyeongbokgung Palace, the main ro
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Buddhist ordination

Buddhist ordination Buddhist monks and nuns hold up surplices, oblong pieces of ornamental cloth to be worn over their robes, during an ordination ceremony at Jogye Temple in Seoul on April 22, 2021,
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Barley field

Barley field This photo, released by the Hamyang municipality on April 22, 2021, shows a green barley field at a park in the town of Hamyang, South Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea, amid
#sunset, #Savage, #Jeongseon-gun, #time capsule park, #pine tree

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Sunset at Saebijae in Jeongseon-gun

초승달과 소나무가 그려낸 환상 석양…정선 새비재 언덕정선군 발굴 첫 사진 명소…"관광객에게 인생 최고 장면 선사" (정선=연합뉴스) 배연호 기자 = 2001년 개봉 영화 '엽기적인 그녀'의 촬영지로 유명한 강원 정선군 신동읍 새비재 언덕에 아름다운 초승달이 떴다.정선군이 비대면 개별여행으로 변하는 포스트 코로나 시대 관광
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Tea picking

Tea picking Women harvest the first green tea crop of the season, called "Ujeon" tea that literally translates to "best herbal green tea obtained before the rain" in Korean, at
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Harvesting tea leaves

Harvesting tea leaves Workers pick green tea leaves at a tea field in Boseong, 395 kilometers south of Seoul, on April 19, 2021, in this photo provided by the county office. (Yonhap)(END)
#Gyeongju, #Buddha, #Namsan, #Tapgok, #Valley

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Buddha happily welcomes the clear sky

SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- On Sunday, the sky of Gyeongju, the capital of the millennium kingdom of Silla, is clearer than ever after the fine dust has disappeared. Buddha who is flanked by a pair of
#Gameunsa, #temple, #Gyeongju

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Temple site on a sunny spring day

SEOUL, April 18 (Yonhap) -- People visit the historic Gameunsa Temple site located at the east of Gyeongju, also known as the capital of Silla, the millennium kingdom, and under a fine dust free sky.
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Hoping for end of COVID-19

Hoping for end of COVID-19This bird eye's view shot of Anseong Farmland park in Gyeonggi Province on April 18, 2021, shows visitors at the park's flower field with the phrase "Good Bye C
#Gyeongbokgung, #Palace, #azalea, #flower

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A palace sits on a cushion of flowers

SEOUL, April 18 (Yonhap) -- On April 18th, 2021 fully bloomed royal azalea flowers were spotted surrounding the Gyeongbokgung Palace, located in Central Seoul. (Photo taken by Kim Tae-shik)(END)
#Ggotiji, #Beach, #Taean

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Sunset over the West Sea

SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- The sun sets down into the sea beyond the Taean Ggotji Beach Park on the west coast of the central Korean Peninsula while seagulls use the sunset to dance with each other.