A firefighting service vessel (L) directs water at a pleasure boat on Soyang Lake in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, northeastern South Korea on October 25, 2023, in a drill that simulates a fire on the boat and an oil leak from it. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA/EFE)





Buddhist monks pray for the victims to mark the first anniversary of the harrowing crowd surge that killed about 160 people in a Seoul alleyway, at the Itaewon district in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, October 29, 2023. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





A family member of a victim who died from the Halloween crowd crush a year ago, mourns at a rally to commemorate one year anniversary of the deadly Halloween crowd crush in Seoul, South Korea on October 29, 2023. (Photo by Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters)





Women wearing traditional Hanbok dresses pose for a selfie under a gingko tree with autumnal foliage in the Gyeongbokgung Palace grounds in Seoul on November 2, 2023. Built in 1395, the Gyeongbokgung Palace was the largest of the five grand palaces built by the Joseon dynasty, the last dynastic kingdom of Korea. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





Buddhist nuns walk amongst trees with autumnal foliage in Seoul on November 2, 2023. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





A woman wears a traditional Hanbok dress as she stands under a gingko tree with autumnal foliage in the Gyeongbokgung Palace grounds in Seoul on November 2, 2023. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





A currency trader works near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), right, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, November 7, 2023. Shares mostly fell in Asia on Tuesday after a mixed close on Wall Street, where wild recent moves calmed a bit at the beginning of a quiet week for data releases. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





South Korean activists supporting Palestinians in Gaza, attend an anti-U.S. protest on the occasion of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit, in front of the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea on November 9, 2023. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





A father hugs her daughter as she takes the College Scholastic Ability Test in Seoul, South Korea on November 15, 2023. (Photo by Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters)





Thousands of pairs of shoes are displayed, symbolizing the Palestinian victims of the conflict in Gaza between Hamas and the Israeli Defense Force (IDF), during a protest held to show support for Palestinian human rights, in Seoul, South Korea, 17 November 2023. Thousands of Israelis and Palestinians have died since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October, and the Israeli strikes on the Palestinian enclave which followed it. (Photo by Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA)





An activist places a floral tribute on a pair of shoes symbolising Palestinians killed, amid the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, during a rally in solidarity of Palestinians in Gaza, in Seoul, South Korea on November 17, 2023. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





Shoes are displayed to symbolise all the victims from Gaza, West Bank and Israel after a rally in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Seoul on November 17, 2023. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





People walk in front of a huge temporarily installed “Teemo” at the “2023 Worlds Fan Fest” for the League of Legends World Championship 2023, also known as LoL Worlds 2023 or Worlds 2023, at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on November 17, 2023, ahead of the grand final on November 19. The LoL season will culminate in a best of five match between South Korea's T1 and Chinese team Weibo Gaming at the sold 18,000-seat Gocheok Sky Dome in western Seoul on November 19. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





People walk in front of a huge temporarily installed “Teemo” at the “2023 Worlds Fan Fest” for the League of Legends World Championship 2023, also known as LoL Worlds 2023 or Worlds 2023, at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on November 17, 2023, ahead of the grand final on November 19. The LoL season will culminate in a best of five match between South Korea's T1 and Chinese team Weibo Gaming at the sold 18,000-seat Gocheok Sky Dome in western Seoul on November 19. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





“Haenyeo” divers carry their diving gear at Seongsan beach, Jeju island, South Korea, 19 November 2023. “Haenyeo”, female divers in the South Korean province of Jeju, hunt for shell fish, abalones, sea urchins, squid, octopus, small snails and seaweed without oxygen masks. UNESCO included the haenyeo diving culture on its Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2016. (Photo by Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA/EFE)





“Haenyeo” divers show their catch after diving near Seongsan beach, Jeju island, South Korea, 19 November 2023. “Haenyeo”, female divers in the South Korean province of Jeju, hunt for shell fish, abalones, sea urchins, squid, octopus, small snails and seaweed without oxygen masks. (Photo by Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA/EFE)





Participants make kimchi during an event where soldiers from the US, South Korea and residents collaborated by making the side dish for needy members of the local community in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, about 38 kilometers north of Seoul, on November 22, 2023. Participants produced 2,500 kilograms of fresh kimchi, which was divided into 250 boxes and distributed to needy households in the local community after the event. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





An elderly woman rests her eyes while sitting in front of a mural outside a property in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, about 38 kilometers north of Seoul, on November 22, 2023. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





Children wearing Santa Claus outfits leave after attending a ceremony by the Salvation Army to prepare charity pots for a year-end fundraising campaign for the underprivileged in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, November 28, 2023. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Dog farmers scuffle with South Korean policemen during a protest to demand the government to scrap plans to pass a bill to enforce a ban on eating dog meat, in front of the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea on November 30, 2023. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)