On the afternoon of on May 20, 2025, the 3rd Inje University President's Cup International Student Jangsa Ssireum Competition was held at Inje University's Gimhae Campus in Eobang-dong, Gimhae-si, Gyeongnam Province, where international students competed. (Photo by Dong-Hwan Kim)





A competitor swims, with his partner connected with a duck-shaped tube, in the 1-km course of the Han River in Seoul, South Korea, 30 May 2025, part of the Seoul metropolitan government's triathlon competition to promote the river's improved water quality. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)





On the June 1, 2025, at the entrance of a beauty salon in Yangchon-myeon, Nonsan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, the swallow chicks in the nest were waiting for food with their mouths wide open, looking like they were smiling brightly. (Photo by Shin Hyeon-jong)





Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, attends his election campaign rally on June 2, 2025 in Seongnam, South Korea. The Korean presidential election race is in its final stretch, with the main candidates focusing their campaigns on the domestic political agenda. South Korea will elect a new president on Tuesday after former President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office over his short-lived imposition of martial law in December. (Photo by Woohae Cho/Getty Images)





Supporters of Kim Moon-soo, the presidential candidate for South Korea's conservative People Power Party, cheer during the final campaign rally before election in Seoul, South Korea on June 2, 2025. (Photo by Go Nakamura/Reuters)





Vehicles transport ballot boxes for the ballot count on the day of the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea on June 3, 2025. (Photo by Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters)





A woman votes at a polling station set up at a wedding hall, during the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, on June 3, 2025. (Photo by Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters)





South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung bows at the conclusion of his inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Seoul on June 4, 2025. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/Pool via AFP Photo)





South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung (2nd R) makes an arm heart gesture to the people outside the National Assembly as he and his wife Kim Hye-kyung (R) leave following the inauguration ceremony in Seoul on June 4, 2025. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/Pool via AFP Photo)





At the 1st National Music Day event held at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on the June 5, 2025, traditional Korean musicians are performing a dance. (Phoot by Park Seong-won)





South Korean Vietnam War veterans salute to the gravestone of their comrade Kim Byung-Chul who died during the Vietnam War, on the eve of Memorial Day at the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Descendants of countries that participated in the 6.25 War, who participated in the “UN Descendants Exchange Camp”, are taking pictures wearing hanbok in the Gyeongbokgung Palace area in Seoul on June 8, 2025. (Photo by Park Seong-won)





K-pop band BTS's members RM (L) and V (R) react after being discharged from a mandatory military service on June 10, 2025 in Chuncheon, South Korea. Four members of the K-pop group BTS's RM, V, Jimin and Jungkook will be discharged from their mandatory 18-month military service next week, the boy band's agency said. RM, the leader of the group, and V completed the 18-month mandatory military service, which is required for all able-bodied male citizens in South Korea before they turn 28, followed by Jimin and Jungkook the next day, according to BigHit Music. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)





BTS fans wait for BTS members Jungkook and Jimin who are set to be discharged from South Korea’s mandatory military service, in Yeoncheon, South Korea, on June 11, 2025. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





BTS members Jungkook and Jimin pose for photographs during an event after being discharged from South Korea’s mandatory military service, in Yeoncheon, South Korea, on June 11, 2025. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





Fans react as K-pop boy band BTS members RM (foreground R) and V salute toward them at an outdoor sporting facility in Chuncheon on June 10, 2025, after their release from 18 months of South Korean military service. Hundreds of fans gathered near two army bases just outside of the capital Seoul where band leader RM – recently named “Favorite K-pop Artist” at the American Music Awards – and singer V were discharged. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





On the afternoon of the June 12, 2025, a couple wearing black dresses took wedding photos at Dadaepo Beach in Saha-gu, Busan. (Photo by Kim Dong-hwan)





A BTS fan poses for photographs as she waits for BTS members Jungkook and Jimin who are set to be discharged from South Korea’s mandatory military service, in Yeoncheon, South Korea, on June 11, 2025. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





A fan of K-pop band BTS poses with a group photo of BTS during the annual 2025 BTS Festa celebrating the BTS' debut anniversary in Goyang, South Korea, Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





A protester (C) wears mask of US president Donald Trump as protesters shout slogans and hold placards during a rally against US President Trump's policy on South Korea, outside of the US Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, 18 June 2025. (Photo by Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA/EFE)