Photo of the Day: A participant introduces himself to the crowd to appeal his case during the mass blind date on Christmas Eve at a park in Seoul. More than 3,000 young South Korean men and women converged on a park, highlighting the woes of the lovelorn in a rapidly aging nation. The singles braves sub-zero weather for the flash-mob blind date that was organized on social media. (Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji)
Photo of the Day: People walk past a soldier participating in an anti-terror drill at a subway station in Seoul.
South Korean and US forces began on Monday the Ulchi Freedom Guardian drill, an annual joint exercise to practice their defense ability against North Korea.
About 56,000 South Korean soldiers and 30,000 US troops will attend in the computer-aided military drill. (Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji)
Song Byeok was a propaganda artist in North Korea for the late Kim Jong Il. Now he’s in exile in in South Korea and does satirical art critical of the regime in Pyong Yang, including this painting of Marilyn Monroe’s body, with the head of Kim Jong Il. Reporter Jason Strother visited Song Byeok in Seoul. Listen to his report and see a slideshow of Song’s work.
