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Children play in a water fountain on July 25, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. The Korean Peninsula has been covered by a double layer of high pressure, pushing up the maximum daily temperatures to 37°C in Seoul, Daejeon and other parts of the country Friday, the state weather service said. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Children play in a water fountain in Seoul on July 25, 2025, as a severe heatwave pushes temperatures to 37°C (99°F) across South Korea.(Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

South Korean protesters carry a big banner showing a caricature of US President Donald Trump as a robber during a rally against Trump's tariff policy near the US embassy in Seoul on July 27, 2025. South Korea's deputy prime minister will meet with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent next week, ahead of Washington's deadline to reach a trade deal, Seoul's presidential office said on July 26. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je/AFP Photo)

Protesters in Seoul rally against US trade policy on July 27, 2025, displaying a banner depicting former US President Donald Trump as a robber.(Photo by Jung Yeon-je/AFP Photo)

On August 3, 2025, visitors to the National Museum of Korea's private room in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, repeatedly took pictures of the Bangasayusang. The Bangasayusang is widely acknowledged to be one of the finest Buddhist sculptures ever produced and is a masterpiece of Korean art. (Phoot by Jang Gyeong-sik)

Visitors photograph the renowned Bangasayusang Buddhist statue at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul on August 3, 2025.(Phoot by Jang Gyeong-sik)

On the August 3, 2025, vacationers enjoyed a day of water play at the Sangso-dong Forest Recreation Area in Dong-gu, Daejeon. This pool was created by damming a stream. (Photo by Shin Hyeon-jong)

Vacationers cool off in a stream-fed pool at the Sangso-dong Forest Recreation Area in Daejeon on August 3, 2025.(Photo by Shin Hyeon-jong)

On the afternoon of the August 13, 2025, ahead of the 80th anniversary of liberation, officials made a handprint Taegeukgi at the National Academy of Korean Studies in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul. (Photo by Park Seong-won)

Officials create a handprint Korean flag at the National Academy of Korean Studies in Seoul on August 13, 2025, commemorating the 80th anniversary of liberation.(Photo by Park Seong-won)

On the afternoon of the August 16, 2025, citizens were using a franchise cafe in Guri-si, Gyeonggi-do with their dogs. (Photo by Park Seong-won)

A dog-friendly franchise cafe in Guri, Gyeonggi-do, attracts citizens with their pets on the afternoon of August 16, 2025.(Photo by Park Seong-won)

On the August 20, 2025, three days before the beginning of the solar term, while the heat wave was still raging, yellow cosmos flowers were in full bloom along the Yangjicheon Stream in Sunchang-eup, Sunchang-gun, Jeollabuk-do. (Photo by Kim Young-geun)

Yellow cosmos flowers bloom along the Yangjicheon Stream in Sunchang-gun on August 20, 2025, amid an ongoing heatwave.(Photo by Kim Young-geun)

On the morning of the August 20, 2025, three days before the start of the solar term, people visiting Daejeo Ecological Park in Gangseo-gu, Busan are taking pictures and making memories among the pampas grass. (Photo by Kim Dong-hwan)

Visitors take pictures among the pampas grass at Daejeo Ecological Park in Busan on the morning of August 20, 2025.(Photo by Kim Dong-hwan)

On the August 21, 2025, children were collecting insects with cicada nets at the Sangdae Green Park Children's Forest Experience Center in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon. The children, participating in the forest ecology experience, are holding dead cicadas in their hands and examining them closely with magnifying glasses. (Photo by Shin Hyeon-jong)

Children examine cicadas with magnifying glasses during a forest ecology experience in Daejeon on August 21, 2025.(Photo by Shin Hyeon-jong)

On the morning of the August 26, 2025, a joint inspection team comprised of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Dongdaemun Police Station, and Dongdaemun Public Health Center is conducting an on-site inspection as part of an intensive crackdown on “drug throwing” in the university district of Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul. (Photo by Go Woon-ho)

A joint inspection team conducts a crackdown on “drug throwing” in a university district in Seoul on the morning of August 26, 2025.(Photo by Go Woon-ho)

South Korean soldiers participate in a river crossing exercise as part of the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise on August 27, 2025 in Yeoju-gun, South Korea. The 11-day Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise is a regular joint military exercise between U.S. and South Korean troops to prepare for potential emergencies on the Korean Peninsula. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

South Korean soldiers participate in a river crossing exercise during the Ulchi Freedom Shield joint military drills in Yeoju-gun on August 27, 2025.(Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Wearing hats and dancing to Sodapop. As the popularity of “K-Pop Demon Hunters (K-Pop Demon Hunters)” spreads around the world, foreign tourists wearing hats and dancing to the K-Pop Demon Hunters song “Sodapop” are seen in Gwanghwamun, Seoul on the afternoon of the August 29, 2025. (Photo by Park Seong-won)

Foreign tourists dance to the K-Pop song “Sodapop” in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, on the afternoon of August 29, 2025.(Photo by Park Seong-won)

On the evening of August 31, 2025, Laurent Grasso's “Solar Wind” is being projected on the exterior wall of the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul during the ”Seoul Light DDP 2025 Fall” event. (Photo by Park Sang-hoon)

Laurent Grasso’s “Solar Wind” is projected onto the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul on the evening of August 31, 2025, as part of a light festival.(Photo by Park Sang-hoon)

Philip Colbert poses with his monumental steel sculpture and video installation titled “Lobster Sunflower” at COEX K-POP Square, presented by COEX ART PROJECT on September 02, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images for Philip Colbert)

Artist Philip Colbert poses with his sculpture “Lobster Sunflower” at COEX K-POP Square in Seoul on September 2, 2025.(Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images for Philip Colbert)

At the 8th Yeongnam Dance Festival exhibition 'Dancing Lego' held at the Busan National Gugak Center in Busanjin-gu, Busan on September 3, 2025, visitors are enjoying a traditional Korean dance reinterpreted with Lego blocks. (Photo by Kim Dong-hwan)

Visitors experience a traditional Korean dance reinterpreted with Lego blocks at an exhibition in Busan on September 3, 2025.(Photo by Kim Dong-hwan)

A model walks the runway during the Lie show at Seoul Fashion Week S/S 2026 on September 04, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Justin Shin/Getty Images)

A model walks the runway at the Lie show during Seoul Fashion Week on September 4, 2025.(Photo by Justin Shin/Getty Images)

On the morning of the September 5, 2025, a citizen is taking a photo with cosmos in the background at the Tapdong Citizen Farm in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. (Photo by Park Seong-won)

A citizen takes a photo among cosmos flowers at the Tapdong Citizen Farm in Suwon on the morning of September 5, 2025.(Photo by Park Seong-won)

Participants in the “Beach Barefoot Walking Festival” held at Daecheon Beach in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province on the afternoon of the September 6, 2025 are taking a commemorative photo in front of a sculpture symbolizing the festival. (Photo by Shin Hyeon-jong)

Participants pose for a photo at the “Beach Barefoot Walking Festival” at Daecheon Beach on the afternoon of September 6, 2025.(Photo by Shin Hyeon-jong)

Hyeonbin, Yoon, Jinhyuk, Siyun, and Yeonwoo of South Korean boy band NOWZ performs on the runway as a part of Arts De Base show at Seoul Fashion Week S/S 2026 on September 07, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Justin Shin/Getty Images)

Members of the K-pop boy band NOWZ perform on the runway at Seoul Fashion Week on September 7, 2025.(Photo by Justin Shin/Getty Images)

Members of the press interview a South Korean worker who was detained in a huge immigration raid last week at the site of a U.S. car battery project involving Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution in the U.S. state of Georgia, at the parking lot of the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, on September 12, 2025. (Photo by Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters)

The press interviews a South Korean worker detained in a US immigration raid, upon his arrival at Incheon International Airport on September 12, 2025.(Photo by Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters)

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Julia Everson

Julia Everson

Julia is a freelance writer and lifelong learner with an ongoing curiosity to study new things. She enjoys checking out the latest grammar books and writing about video games more than anything else. If she's not running through Colorado’s breathtaking landscape, she's indoors hidden away in her cozy game room trolling noobs and leveling up an RPG character. She is a Final Fantasy IX apologist (although she loves them all… except XV), coffee aficionado, and a bit of a health nut. Julia graduated from Western Kentucky University with a B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Creative Writing.
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