A woman wearing a face mask passes by posters reminding of precautions against the coronavirus at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, February 10, 2023. South Korea says it will remove the entry restrictions it placed on short-term travelers from China since the start of the year as officials see the COVID-19 situation in that country as stabilizing. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Graduates bow as they pay homage to great sages during their graduation ceremony at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, February 15, 2023. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





An employee works at construction site themed cafe Area 092 in Seoul, South Korea on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Soo-Hyeon Kim/Reuters)





In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, a U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber, top, flies in formation with U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets over the South Korea Peninsula during a joint air drill in South Korea, Sunday, February 19, 2023. (Photo by South Korea Defense Ministry via AP Photo)





Footages of virtual girl group MAVE is played at the control room of MBC in Seoul, South Korea on February 28, 2023. (Photo by Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters)





Participants wear traditional costumes as they hold fire torches, while marching to celebrate the March 1 Independence Movement anniversary in Cheonan, 90 kilometers south of Seoul on February 28, 2023. South Koreans celebrate the public holiday of remembrance to mark the 1919 civilian uprising against Japanese colonial rule from 1910-1945. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol, center left, and his wife Kim Keon Hee, center right, give three cheers during a ceremony of the 104th anniversary of the March 1st Independence Movement Day against Japanese colonial rule, in Seoul Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP Photo)





Students and visitors walk around the campus of Ewha Womans University in Seoul on March 2, 2023, which was founded in 1886. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





Soldiers of the Army's 17th Division conduct an artillery live-fire drill with K-55A1 self-propelled howitzers at an Army training range in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, 03 March 2023. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





A South Korean soldier stands guard during a media tour of the Joint Security Area (JSA) in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the border village of Panmunjom in Paju on March 3, 2023. (Photo by Jeon Heon-Kyun/Pool via AFP Photo)





South Korean people hold placards as they attend a candlelight vigil that denounces a government plan to resolve a dispute over compensating people forced to work under Japan's 1910-1945 occupation of Korea, in Seoul, South Korea on March 6, 2023. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





South Korean forced labor victim Yang Geum-deok, bottom center, reacts after a rally against the South Korean government's announcement of a plan over the issue of compensation for forced labors at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday defended his government's contentious plan to use local funds to compensate Koreans enslaved by Japanese companies before the end of World War II, saying it's crucial for Seoul to build future-oriented ties with its former colonial overlord. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Participants hold signs representing International Women's Day during a rally in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





Environmental activists march during a rally marking the 12th anniversary of Fukushima nuclear disaster caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 9, 2023. They denounced Japan's planned release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





A TV screen shows an image of North Korea's missiles launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 10, 2023. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a frontline artillery drill simulating an attack on an unspecified South Korean airfield as he called for his troops to sharpen their combat readiness in the face of his rivals' “frantic war preparation moves”, state media said Friday. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Monks from the Jogye Order, South Korea's largest Buddhist sect, hold a service in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, 10 March 2023, calling for Tokyo to scrap a decision to release water containing radioactive materials from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA/EFE)





A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 16, 2023. North Korea test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile in a display of military might Thursday just hours before the leaders of South Korea and Japan were to meet at a Tokyo summit expected to be overshadowed by North Korean nuclear threats. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





U.S. soldiers try to remove the mock chemical pollutants during a joint military drill between South Korea and the United States in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, March 16, 2023. North Korea test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday just hours before the leaders of South Korea and Japan were to meet at a Tokyo summit expected to be overshadowed by North Korean nuclear threats. The North's first ICBM test in a month and third weapons tests this week also comes as South Korean and U.S. troops continue joint military exercises that Pyongyang considers a rehearsal to invade. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





A U.S Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter transports a M777 howitzer during a joint military drill between South Korea and the United States at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, South Korea, Sunday, March 19, 2023. North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, ramping up testing activities in response to U.S.-South Korean military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





South Korean Navy sailors look at the wreckage of the “Cheonan” warship, which was sunk by North Korea's torpedo attack on 26 March 2010, at the Navy's 2nd Fleet Command in Pyeongtaek, 65 kilometers south of Seoul, 20 March 2023. Forty-six South Korean sailors were killed in the North Korean torpedo attack. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)