A Singaporean tourist couple is enjoying an autumn outing at Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul on the afternoon on September 4, 2024, when autumn weather was in full swing across the country. (Photo by Yonhap News)





A man walks past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on September 18, 2024. North Korea fired a salvo of short-range ballistic missiles early on September 18, Seoul's military said, Pyongyang's second such weapons test in a week. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





On the 23rd, 2024 a ginkgo tree fruit that fell on a sidewalk in Galma-dong, Seo-gu, Daejeon, is being stepped on by pedestrians, emitting a foul odor. (Photo by Shin Hyeon-jong)





A family member of Itaewon crush victims cries at the Seoul Western District Court in Seoul on September 30, 2024, after Yongsan-gu District Office mayor Park Hee-young was found not guilty in the Itaewon disaster case. A South Korean court handed a three year jail term September 30 to a former Seoul district police chief over a crush that killed more than 150 people, the Yonhap news agency reported. The Seoul court, however, found local official Park Hee-young, head of the Yongsan Ward office, not guilty on similar charges. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je/AFP Photo)





Cadets march during a celebration to mark 76th anniversary of Korea Armed Forces Day in Seongnam on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/AFP Photo)





A quadruped robot marches during a celebration to mark 76th anniversary of Korea Armed Forces Day, in Seongnam, South Korea, on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





South Korean servicemen onboard a military vehicle wave to citizens during a military parade to mark the 76th anniversary of the armed forces day in Seoul, South Korea, on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters)





South Korea's missiles are carried in a parade during the 76th Armed Forces Day ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, October 1, 2024. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





South Korean soldiers demonstrate their taekwondo skills during a ceremony to mark the 76th anniversary of Korea Armed Forces Day at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je/AFP Photo)





Kim Tae-yeon holds a national flag while waiting for a parade to celebrate the country's National Foundation Day in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, October 3, 2024. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Trash-carrying balloons launched across the border by North Korea are seen floating in the sky above Seoul on October 4, 2024. Relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points in years, with Pyongyang ramping up weapons tests and bombarding the South with balloons carrying rubbish, and Seoul suspending a military deal and resuming propaganda broadcasts in response. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





Drones light up the night sky during a drone light show at a park along the Han River in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, October 4, 2024. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Choi Soon-hwa, an 81-year-old senior model who won the best dressed award at Miss Universe Korea as the oldest contestant, poses for a photograph in Seoul, South Korea on October 4, 2024. (Photo by Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters)





A family visiting the Taean Cheongsan Arboretum in South Chungcheong Province on the 6th October 2024 is enjoying autumn while taking pictures with the pink muhly in the background. (Photo by Shin Hyeon-jong)





On October 7, 2024 at the Sports Island Swimming Pool in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, special forces aspirants are doing abdominal muscle strengthening training ahead of swimming training. (Photo by Go Woon-ho)





South Korean girl Yang Hae-yoon takes part in a Korean calligraphy contest as part of events to celebrate the 578th anniversary of the creation of the Korean alphabet, Hangeul, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, October 9, 2024. (Phoot by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Visitors use binoculars to look at the North Korean side of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas, from South Korea's Odusan Unification Observatory in Paju on October 9, 2024. North Korea's army said on October 9 it was moving to “permanently shut off and block the southern border” with Seoul and had informed the US military to prevent an accidental clash. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je/AFP Photo)





People read the book “The Vegetarian” by Han Kang, who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, in a bookstore in Seoul, South Korea on October 10, 2024. (Photo by Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters)





A performer spins a “beona” on a stick, a traditional dish-spinning show, during this year's fall edition of the K-Royal Culture Festival at Gyeongbokgung Palace, in Seoul, South Korea, 12 October 2024. K-Royal Culture Festival, celebrated both in spring and autumn, is held at seven major cultural heritage sites in Seoul from 09 to 13 October 2024. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)





On October 12th, 2024 the 9th day of the 9th month of the lunar calendar, the Moyang Festival was held in Gochang, Jeollabuk-do. Moyangseong (Gochang-eupseong) is a fortress built during the Joseon Dynasty, and its original form is well preserved. (Photo by Kim Young-geun)