A hearse carrying the body of the late former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan leaves a funeral hall in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, November 27, 2021. Former South Korean military strongman Chun, who crushed pro-democracy demonstrations in 1980, died on Tuesday. He was 90. The flags read: “President Chun Doo-hwan rests in peace”. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
A child gestures as he visits the 13th Seoul Lantern Festival in the Cheonggyecheon area of Seoul on November 26, 2021. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)
Kim Ji-eun and Lee Hyun-joo, fans of K-pop boy band BTS, walk at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, November 25, 2021. (Photo by Heo Ran/Reuters)
Emily Seo, fan of K-pop boy band BTS, watches a video clip of BTS performance at her home in Seoul, South Korea, November 24, 2021. (Photo by Heo Ran/Reuters)
A medical worker wearing protective gear in a booth, wears plastic gloves at a temporary screening clinic for the coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, November 29, 2021. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)
A man wearing a face mask passes by a makeshift COVID-19 testing site in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk by lanterns at the public stream in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, December 2, 2021. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
People wait for the coronavirus testing at a makeshift testing site in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, December 2, 2021. South Korea broke its daily record for coronavirus infections for a second straight day on Thursday with more than 5,200 new cases, as pressure mounted on a health care system grappling with rising hospitalizations and deaths. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
A medical worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) checks a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient inside the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Bagae Hospital in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do province, South Korea, 01 December 2021. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported on 01 December a new daily record of 5,123 COVID-19 cases, raising the total caseload to over 452,000. (Photo by Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA/EFE)
A girl waits for his father undergoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at its testing site in central Seoul, South Korea on December 1, 2021. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)
South Korean 2nd army command’s soldiers perform taekwondo as U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook (both not pictured) watch during a ceremony of the SCM (Security Consultative Meeting) at the great parade ground in the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, December 2, 2021. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday that China’s pursuit of hypersonic weapons “increases tensions in the region” and vowed the U.S. would maintain its capability to deter potential threats posed by China. (Photo by Jeon Heon-ky/Pool Photo via AP Photo)
Participants prepare kimchi, a traditional Korean dish of spicy fermented cabbage and radish, during a kimchi making festival at the Jogyesa Buddhist temple in Seoul on December 2, 2021, before it is distributed among the less privileged from the local neighbourhood. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)
A diver dressed as Santa Claus performs during a Christmas-themed underwater show at the COEX aquarium in Seoul on December 3, 2021. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)
A visitor wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus, walks near a banner at a park in Goyang, South Korea, Saturday, December 4, 2021. South Korea again broke its daily records for coronavirus infections and deaths and confirmed three more cases of the new omicron variant as officials scramble to tighten social distancing and border controls. The banner reads “Mandatory mask wearing”. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)
A girl looks at a water tank full of jellyfish at an aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, December 3, 2021. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)
People queue in line to wait for the coronavirus testing at a makeshift testing site in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, December 8, 2021. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
A medical worker holds a sign for visitors to prepare for the coronavirus tests at a temporary screening clinic for coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, December 10, 2021. New coronavirus infections in South Korea exceeded 7,000 for the third consecutive day on Friday in a record-breaking surge that has crushed hospitals and threatens the country’s goals to weather the pandemic without lockdowns. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)
Visitors view the North Korean side from the Unification Observation Post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Friday, December 17, 2021. North Korea on Friday commemorated the 10th anniversary of former leader Kim Jong Il’s death with calls for greater public loyalty toward his son and current leader Kim Jong Un, who is struggling to navigate the country out of deepening pandemic-related hardships. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
A woman hangs a paper note bearing her New Year wishes to a wire at a Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, December 21, 2021. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
A small business owner wears a mask of the “Younghee”, a doll from Netflix’s series “Squid Game”, during a rally against the government’s social distancing rules near the Government Complex in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, December 22, 2021. Hundreds of small business owners rallied on Wednesday, calling for the withdrawal of curfews and other strict COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants, cafes, gyms and other facilities. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
