A man plays a game of “Baduk” with an artificial intelligence (AI) robot at a digital plaza in Seoul, South Korea, 05 February 2025. The Korean word “Baduk” refers to the strategic two-person board game, which is popular in the two Koreas, China and Japan, and called Weiqi in Chinese and Go in Japanese. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)





Models walk finale of the runway during the CARUSO show during Seoul Fashion Week F/W 2025 at DDP Museum Design Dulegil on February 06, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Justin Shin/Getty Images)





Women wearing Korean traditional costume Hanbok make their way through heavy snow fall at Gyeongbok palace in central Seoul, South Korea, on February 6, 2025. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





A woman makes her way through heavy snow fall at Gyeongbok palace in central Seoul, South Korea, on February 6, 2025. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





A woman wearing Korean traditional costume Hanbok takes a selfie during heavy snow fall at Gyeongbok palace in central Seoul, South Korea, on February 6, 2025. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





On the afternoon of the February 8th, 2025, citizens are playing Jwibulnori at the first full moon event held on the Geumgang River under the Hyeondogyo Bridge in Daedeok-gu, Daejeon. Jwibulnori is a representative folk game of the first full moon of the year that has been used since ancient times to pray for a safe year. (Photo by Shin Hyeon-jong)





South Korean high school seniors clad in traditional attire bow during a joint graduation and coming-of-age ceremony at Dongmyung Girls' High School in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, February 11, 2025. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





A man walks with his dog through a snow-covered park during snowfall in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, on February 12, 2025. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je/AFP Photo)





Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination members (R) confront police officers inside a subway station as they protest against discrimination against people with disabilities and call for the government to increase funding for the enhancement of their rights in Seoul, South Korea, 12 February 2025. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)





Steel rods are seen outside a metal fabrication plant in Seoul on February 12, 2025. South Korea's acting president vowed to “protect” local firms' interests, after US President Donald Trump signed off on 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





At the 2025 Spring Commencement Ceremony held at Dongguk University in Jung-gu, Seoul on the morning of the February 13th, 2025, graduates are taking graduation photos while riding on elephant statues. Only graduates are allowed to ride on the school's famous elephant statue of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. (Photo by Park Seong-won)





A graduate is giving his or her parents a graduation cap at the 137th commencement ceremony held at Konkuk University in Seoul on February 21, 2025. (Photo by Koh Woon-ho)





On the afternoon of the February 23, 2025, foreign tourists visiting Gyeonghoeru Pavilion at Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul are taking off their coats and taking a commemorative photo. (Photo by Koh Woon-ho)





Rescue workers participate in a salvage operation at a collapsed highway construction site in Cheonan, South Korea, on February 25, 2025. (Photo by Kim Hong-ji/Reuters)





At the 2025 entrance ceremony held at Ewha Womans University in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul on the morning of the February 28th, 2025, incoming students are smiling brightly and watching the congratulatory performance by the male professors' choir. On this day, Ewha Womans University welcomed 3,819 new undergraduate students. (Photo by Park Seong-won)





People watch a television screen showing news footage of North Korea's latest test-launch of strategic cruise missiles, at a train station in Seoul on February 28, 2025. North Korea conducted a “strategic cruise missile launching drill” in the Yellow Sea this week, Pyongyang's state media reported on February 28, saying the exercise sought to demonstrate the prowess of its “state nuclear deterrence”. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je/AFP Photo)





South Korean honour guards take part in the 106th Independence Movement Day ceremony at Soongeui Women's University in Seoul on March 1, 2025. South Koreans celebrate the public holiday marking the 1919 civilian uprising against Japanese rule, which colonized the Korean peninsula from 1910-1945. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Pool via AFP Photo)





Vehicles travel on a snowy road at Daegwallyeong Pass in Gangneung, Gangwon province, South Korea, 04 March 2025, amid a heavy snow advisory issued for the region. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)





South Korean soldiers and rescue workers inspect a damaged house after a bomb accident at a village in Pocheon on March 6, 2025. South Korea's Air Force said on March 6, that one of its fighter jets had accidentally dropped eight bombs in the wrong place during a training exercise, resulting in civilian injuries. (Photo by Yonhap/AFP Photo)





Police officers walk at an area cordoned off after Mk82 bombs fell outside the shooting range during joint live-fire exercises near the demilitarized zone separating two Koreas in Pocheon, South Korea, on March 6, 2025. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)