On the January 7, 2025, when a heavy snow warning was issued, students at Gwangju Eunbit Elementary School are having fun lying on the snow-covered playground. (Photo by Kim Young-geun)





Protesters pose as they wait for a demonstration against impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol near the Gwanghwamun Gate in Seoul on January 11, 2025. Thousands of South Koreans gathered for rival demonstrations in the capital on January 11, as investigators prepare another attempt to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law decree. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





Supporters of Yoon Suk Yeol confront the police, as authorities make a second attempt to arrest the impeached South Korean president Yoon, in Seoul, South Korea, on January 15, 2025. The martial law political instability has been intensifying, creating polarization, and affecting the economy, as authorities face difficulties executing the second arrest warrant issued by a court against on Yoon, who has been holed up in his fortified presidential residence. (Photo by Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's supporters scuffle with police officers as authorities seek to execute an arrest warrant, in Seoul, South Korea, on January 15, 2025. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Members of South Korean Navy's elite Sea Salvage and Rescue Unit jump into the sea at a naval port in Changwon, South Korea, 17 January 2025, as part of their cold weather exercise. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA/EFE)





A man reads a book inside a secondhand bookstore housing more than 30,000 books, amid political and economic instability, in Seoul, South Korea, on 22 January, 2025. The mini store, which is located inside an underground shopping center, features used books of different categories and in various languages, including Turkish, German, English, Korean, Japanese and Spanish. (Photo by Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Elderly graduates throw their caps during a graduation ceremony at Evergreen School, in Seoul's Yeongdeungpo Ward, South Korea, 22 January 2025. The school, run by the Yeongdeungpo municipality, offers elementary and middle school courses to nontraditional students with an average age of 70 who have not received regular education. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA/EFE)





Supporters of South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attend a rally on a road near the Constitutional Court in Seoul on January 23, 2025, after Yoon arrived at the court for hearings that will decide whether to remove him from office. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





Incheon International Airport Terminal 1 is crowded with passengers on the morning of the January 23, 2025, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. According to Incheon International Airport Corporation, a total of 2,141,000 passengers, or an average of 214,000 passengers per day, are expected to use Incheon International Airport during the 10-day special transportation period from the 24th to the 2nd of next month, during the Lunar New Year holiday. (Phopto by Park Seong-won)





On the afternoon of the January 24, 2025, children on their way home from Seoul Station greet each other with bright expressions. (Photo by Park Seong-won)





Tourists wearing hanbok are having a good time at Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul on January 26, 2025, the second day of the Lunar New Year holiday. (Photo by Koh Woon-ho)





An Air Busan airplane is severely damaged from a fire at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, 29 January 2025. On 28 January the plane bound for Hong Kong caught fire from inside while preparing to take off, prompting 176 people to evacuate. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)





A group of family members from Malaysia pose for a selfie in the snow in front of the Gwanghwamun, the main gate of the 14th-century Gyeongbok Palace, one of South Korea's well known landmarks, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, January 31, 2025. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





On the afternoon of the February 1, 2025, a citizen is pulling a dog stroller at a large outlet in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province. On the left is a young child sitting in the stroller. This kind of scene has become familiar from some point on. (Photo by Park Seong-won)





A boy casts a line through a hole drilled in the surface of a frozen river during a trout catching contest in Hwacheon, South Korea, Sunday, February 2, 2025. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





A participant catches a trout on a frozen river during a trout catching contest in Hwacheon, South Korea, Sunday, February 2, 2025. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





A family member casts a line through a hole drilled in the surface of a frozen river during a trout catching contest in Hwacheon, South Korea, Sunday, February 2, 2025. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





On the morning of the February 3, 2025, the beginning of spring according to the solar calendar, an employee is picking pansy flower buds at the nursery of the Hanbat Arboretum Landscape Tree Production Complex in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon. The cultivated pansies are distributed throughout Daejeon and used to decorate the city center. (Photo by Shin Hyeon-jong)





A flock of pigeons sit on a power line early February 2025 in Seoul. With the revised Wildlife Act, which would impose a fine of up to 1 million won for feeding pigeons, coming into effect, local governments across the country are considering whether to enact ordinances. (Photo by Kim Young-geun)





A supporter of South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attends a rally on a road near the Constitutional Court in Seoul on February 4, 2025, after Yoon arrived at the court for hearings that will decide whether to remove him from office. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)