Signs for social distancing are seen as passengers wait to board planes ahead of the upcoming Chuseok holiday, the Korean version of Thanksgiving Day, which falls on Sept. 21, at the domestic flight terminal of Gimpo airport in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, September 18, 2021. The signs read: “Keep together”. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
A visitor wears traditional hanbok dress at the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul on September 20, 2021, a day before the Chuseok holiday. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)
Men wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus take photos as they visit to celebrate Chuseok holidays, the Korean version of Thanksgiving Day, at the Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, September 22, 2021. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
A girl wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus plays as she visits with her family members to celebrate Chuseok holidays, the Korean version of Thanksgiving Day, at the Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, September 22, 2021. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
A couple wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus takes a selfie in the middle of a cosmos field at Olympic Park in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, September 23, 2021. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
People wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus take pictures amid cosmos flowers at Olympic Park in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, September 23, 2021. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus are silhouetted as they ride bicycles near the Han River in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, September 23, 2021. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)
A general view seen from the 123-story Lotte World Tower skyscraper shows residential buildings in Seoul on September 22, 2021. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)
An eldery man rests at a pavilion which has been cordoned off as a measure to avoid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a park in Seoul, South Korea, September 27, 2021. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)
A visitor uses binoculars to see the North Korean side from the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, September 28, 2021. North Korea fired a short-range missile into the sea early Tuesday, its neighboring countries said, in the latest weapon tests by North Korea that has raised questions about the sincerity of its recent offer for talks with South Korea. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)
People watch a TV screen showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a news program, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, September 30, 2021. Kim expressed his willingness to restore stalled communication lines with South Korea to promote peace in early October, while he shrugged off recent U.S. offers for dialogue by calling them “more cunning ways” to conceal its hostility against the North, state media reported Thursday. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
A South Korean official wearing a royal guard raincoat uniform and a face mask, stands before the empty Royal Palace gates at the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, South Korea, 29 September 2021. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on 29 September that the number of coronavirus infections rose by nearly 3,000, raising the total caseload to over 300,000. (Photo by Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA/EFE)
A woman using a mobile phone takes a photo in a field of pink muhly grass at a park in Siheung, west of Seoul, South Korea, 30 September 2021. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA/EFE)
South Korean soldiers stand guard at a military post at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday, October 4, 2021. North Korea restored dormant communication hotlines with South Korea in a small, fragile reconciliation step Monday in an apparent hard push to win outside concessions with a mix of conciliatory gestures and missile tests. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
A staff member sets up seats ahead of the opening ceremony for the 26th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan on October 6, 2021. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je/AFP Photo)
People wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus attend a service at the Jogyesa Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, October 6, 2021. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
Musicians film their musical performance to upload to the online site for people inside a plastic bubble in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, October 8, 2021. A local foundation for Arts and Culture organizes the event supporting musicians and allowing more people to enjoy concerts amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)
A street vendor sells Dalgona candy from the Korean Netflix series “Squid Game” at a Dalgona shop in Seoul, South Korea, October 1, 2021. (Photo by Heo Ran/Reuters)
A street vendor sells Dalgona candy from the Korean Netflix series “Squid Game” at a Dalgona shop in Seoul, South Korea, October 1, 2021. (Photo by Heo Ran/Reuters)
South Korean Air Force’s Black Eagles aerobatic team performs during the press day of the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition 2021 at the Seoul Military Airport in Seongnam, South Korea, Monday, October 18, 2021. The event will be held from Oct. 19 to Oct. 23 with many other affiliated events. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
