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)





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)





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)





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)





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)





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)





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)





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)





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)





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)





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)





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)





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)





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)





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)





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)





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)





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)





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 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)