South Korean soldiers give a demonstration of their skills in the traditional Korean martial art of taekwondo during a celebration to mark the 75 anniversary of Armed Forces Day, in Seongnam, South Korea, Tuesday, September 26, 2023.(Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP Photo)





Military personnel take part in a military parade to celebrate South Korea's 75th Armed Forces Day in Seoul on September 26, 2023. South Korea staged its first military parade in a decade on September 26, showcasing its advanced arsenal in the face of plummeting ties with nuclear-armed North Korea. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





People react as they watch a military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of South Korea's armed forces, the first such large scale parade through the capital city in 10 years, in Seoul, South Korea on September 26, 2023. (Photo by Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters)





Hyunmoo-3 vehicles (front) take part in a military parade to celebrate South Korea's 75th Armed Forces Day in Seoul on September 26, 2023. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) personnel take part in a parade to celebrate South Korea's 75th Armed Forces Day in Seoul on September 26, 2023. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





South Korean army's armored vehicles take part in a parade during the 75th South Korea Armed Forces Day ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, September 26, 2023. South Korea's president vowed to retaliate immediately against any potential provocations by North Korea in his Armed Forces Day speech Tuesday, as thousands of troops prepared to march through the capital in the country's first such military parade in 10 years. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





A TV screen shows a file image of American soldier Travis King during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, September 28, 2023. The U.S. has secured the release of King who sprinted across a heavily fortified border into North Korea more than two months ago, and he is on his way back to America, officials announced Wednesday. U.S. ally Sweden and rival China helped with the transfer. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Artists stage a performance on a street in Seoul, South Korea, 29 September 2023 (issued 30 September 2023), during the Seoul Street Art Festival set to run until 01 October. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)





People wearing South Korean traditional “Hanbok” costume stand to take a picture as they visit to celebrate Chuseok holidays, the Korean version of Thanksgiving Day, at the Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, October 1, 2023. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Female giant panda cub twins are made public at Everland in Yongin, 42 km south of Seoul, South Korea, on 12 October 2023, as their names have been decided as “Rui Bao” and “Hui Bao”, respectively, via a public contest. The cubs were born to 9-year-old giant panda Ai Bao and her partner, the 10-year-old Le Bao, at the amusement park on 07 July. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)





A model walks the runway during the LIE Womenswear as part of 34th Daegu Collection on October 13, 2023 in Daegu, South Korea. (Photo by Justin Shin/Getty Images)





People enjoy time in a pink muhly grass field at a park in Hanam, South Korea on October 16, 2023. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





Women take a selfie in a pink muhly grass field at a park in Hanam, South Korea on October 16, 2023. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





Members of South Korea's 'Black Eagle' aerobatics team perform a display at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (ADEX) in Seongnam, south of Seoul on October 16, 2023. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





This handout photo taken on October 17, 2023 and provided by the South Korean Defence Ministry shows a US Air Force B-52H strategic bomber (C) flying with South Korean Air Force F-35A fighter jets during a joint air drill in South Korea. (Photo by South Korean Defence Ministry/Handout via AFP Photo)





A soldier uses an umbrella to shield himself from the rain as he walks past the front wheels of a B-52H strategic bomber parked at a South Korean Air Force base at Cheongju Airport on October 19, 2023. The nuclear-weapons-capable B-52 bomber landed in South Korea on October 17 in the latest show of US support for longtime ally Seoul in the face of North Korean military threats. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Visitors walk in a field of blooming cosmos flowers in Goyang, South Korea, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





Members of South Korea's Black Eagle aerobatics team perform a display at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (ADEX) in Seongnam, south of Seoul on October 18, 2023. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





A woman wearing a traditional Hanbok dress visits the Gyeongbokgung Palace grounds in Seoul on October 23, 2023. A woldae terrace for public rituals and ceremonies in front of Gyeongbok Palace’s Gwanghwamun gate was restored and opened to the public earlier this month, after being removed in 1923, during the 1910-45 Japanese colonial period. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)