South Korean army soldiers stand guard inside a military guard post as ribbons are hanged on a wire fence wishing for peace of the two Koreas at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, South Korea, Friday, November 4, 2022. North Korea fired at least six missiles into the sea on Thursday, including an intercontinental ballistic missile that triggered evacuation warnings and halted trains in northern Japan, adding to a recent barrage of weapons tests that has escalated tensions in the region. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





Television screens show a news report about the latest North Korean missile launch with file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at an electronic market in Seoul on November 3, 2022. North Korea fired one long-range and two short-range ballistic missiles on November 3, Seoul's military said, with one prompting warnings for residents of a South Korean island and people in parts of northern Japan to seek shelter. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je/AFP Photo)





A miner rescued from a collapsed mine is carried into a hospital in Bonghwa, South Korea, Saturday, November 5, 2022. Two South Korean miners rescued after being trapped underground for nine days said they had lived on instant coffee powder and water falling from the ceiling of a collapsed shaft. (Photo by Kim Jin-hwan/Yonhap via AP Photo)





People attend a candlelight vigil to commemorate the victims of the crowd crush that happened during Halloween festivities, at Seoul City Hall Plaza, in Seoul, South Korea on November 5, 2022. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





Farmer protesters throw an ear of rice toward police (L) during a rally against government's Agricultural Policy near the Presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, 08 November 2022. The protesters gathered to call for measures to stabilize rice prices. (Photo by Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA/EFE)





A man uses a smartphone to take picture of a blood moon through telescope during a total lunar eclipse in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, on November 8, 2022. (Photo by Jung Yeon-Je/AFP Photo)





The debris of a missile which the Defense Ministry identified as a North Korea's SA-5 surface-to-air missile according to South Korea's military, are seen at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, November 9, 2022. South Korea says the recovered debris of a North Korean missile fired toward the South amid a barrage of sea launches last week was determined to be a Soviet-era anti-aircraft weapon that dates back to the 1960s. (Photo by Han Sang-kyun/Yonhap via AP Photo)





Executives of the Hana Financial Group make kimchi, a traditional pungent vegetable dish, to donate to needy neighbors, at the group's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, November 11, 2022. About 300 employee made more than 4,000 packets of kimchi, made primary with cabbage, other vegetables and chili sauce. Kimchi is the most popular traditional food in Korea. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





A Buddhist woman places a handwritten note on display as prayers take place at the Jogyesa Buddhist temple for the success of children who at the same time were sitting for the annual nine-hour college entrance exam, locally known as “Suneung”, in Seoul on November 17, 2022. South Korea closed its airspace to ensure silence and offered police escorts for tardy test takers on November 17 as more than half a million students sat high-stakes college admission exams. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





A Buddhist woman prays amongst others at the Jogyesa Buddhist temple for the success of their children who at the same time were sitting for the annual nine-hour college entrance exam, locally known as “Suneung” in Seoul on November 17, 2022. South Korea closed its airspace to ensure silence and offered police escorts for tardy test takers on November 17 as more than half a million students sat high-stakes college admission exams. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





A man watches a television showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on November 18, 2022. A suspected intercontinental ballistic missile launched by North Korea on Friday is believed to have fallen in Japan's exclusive economic waters, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





In this photo provided by South Korean Defense Ministry, South Korean Air Force F-35 fighter jet fires a GBU-12 aerial laser-guided bomb at a firing range near its land border with North Korea, South Korea, Friday, November 18, 2022. South Korea's military said Friday its F-35 fighter jets conducted drills simulating aerial strikes on North Korean mobile missile launchers at a firing range near its land border with North Korea. It said a group of eight South Korean and U.S. fighter jets separately performed flight training off the Korean Peninsula's east coast. (Photo by South Korean Defense Ministry via AP Photo)





Women wear traditional Hanbok dresses as they walk past fallen autumn leaves in Seoul on November 21, 2022. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





Posters are displayed to denounce policies of the United States and South Korean government on North Korea near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, November 24, 2022. The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made insult-laden threats against South Korea on Thursday for considering unilateral sanctions on the North, calling the South's new president and his government “idiots” and “a running wild dog gnawing on a bone given by the U.S.” The signs read “Withdrawal of the U.S. troops and suspension of nuclear war against North Korea”. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP 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, Monday, November 28, 2022. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Cho Gi-Dong, who lost his 24-year-old daughter Ye-jin in the deadly Halloween crush in Seoul a month ago, cries as he visits a charnel house where her remains are kept in Daejeon, South Korea on November 29, 2022. (Photo by Heo Ran/Reuters)





A group of protesters hold a gathering in Seoul on November 30, 2022, in support of demonstrations held in China over Beijing's Covid-19 restrictions. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





Divers and a model wearing a Santa Claus costume perform during an event to promote upcoming Christmas festival at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, December 1, 2022. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays celebrated in South Korea. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Movie fans participate on a premiere of “Avatar: The Way Of The Water” on December 09, 2022 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)





A fan holding a picture waits for the arrival of Jin, the oldest member of the K-pop band BTS, outside a South Korean army boot camp near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Yeoncheon, South Korea on December 13, 2022. (Photo by Heo Ran/Reuters)