Workers wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus attach name tags of Buddhists who made donation to lanterns to celebrate Buddha's birthday at the Chogyesa temple in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 30, 2020. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





In this April 23, 2020 file photo, women wearing masks as a precaution against the new coronavirus, walk at the Gyeongbok Palace, in Seoul, South Korea. Nervous travelers, spotty air service, health risks – the battered global tourism industry is facing unprecedented uncertainty in the wake of the new coronavirus. Millions of workers are laid off or furloughed, and it will likely take years for the industry to get back to the strong demand it was seeing just six months ago. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo/File)





Emergency ambulances line up in front of a construction site in Icheon, South Korea, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. One of the South Korea's worst fires in years broke out at the construction site. (Photo by Lee Jong-hoon/Yonhap via AP Photo)





Buddhist believers wearing faces masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus wait to attend a service to pray for overcoming the COVID-19 outbreak and to celebrate Buddha's birthday at the Chogyesa temple in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 30, 2020. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Army soldiers walk up the stairs of their military guard post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Sunday, May 3, 2020. North and South Korean troops exchanged fire along their tense border on Sunday, the South's military said, blaming North Korean soldiers for targeting a guard post. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





A woman walks past a queue of voters wearing masks, in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID19), while waiting to cast their ballots at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, April 15, 2020. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





A couple removes temporarily protective face masks that they wear to avoid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as they take a picture at an amusement park in Seoul, South Korea on April 30, 2020. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





A buddhist believer wearing a face mask to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus hangs a paper note wishing to overcome the COVID-19 outbreak at the Chogyesa temple in South Korea, Friday, April 24, 2020. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Buddhist monks wearing faces masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus hold lanterns to celebrate the Buddha's birthday at the Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 30, 2020. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





A TV cameraman walks through the spectators' seats which are covered with pictures of fans, before the start of a regular season baseball game between Hanwha Eagles and SK Wyverns in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. South Korea's professional baseball league start its new season on May 5, initially without fans, following a postponement over the coronavirus. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





A TV cameraman films the LG Twins baseball team's intrasquad game in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 5, 2020. The intrasquad game is aired live through the team's YouTube channel for its fans. The Korea Baseball Organization has postponed the start of new season to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





People watch a TV showing an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 2, 2020. Kim made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang, state media said Saturday, ending an absence that had triggered global rumors that he was seriously ill. The sign reads: “Kim Jong Un attended a ceremony marking the completion of a fertilizer factory”. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





A South Korean Confucian scholar wearing a face mask to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus has his temperature checked upon his arrival to cast his vote for the parliamentary elections at a polling station in Nonsan, South Korea, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. South Korean voters wore masks and moved slowly between lines of tape at polling stations on Wednesday to elect lawmakers in the shadows of the spreading coronavirus. (Photo by Kang Jong-min/Newsis via AP Photo)





Passengers wearing face masks wait for their trains at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 2, 2020. South Korea reported fresh cases of the new coronavirus are continuing a month-long downnturn. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Employees work on the production line of the Ichroma Covid-19 Ab testing kit used in diagnosing the coronavirus (COVID-19) at the Boditech Med Inc. headquarters on April 17, 2020 in Chuncheon, South Korea. South Korea has called for expanded public participation in social distancing, as the country witnesses a wave of community spread and imported infections leading to a resurgence in new cases of COVID-19. South Korea's coronavirus cases hovered around 20 for the fourth straight day, but health authorities are still staying vigilant over cluster infections, as well as new cases coming from overseas. According to the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 22 new cases were reported. The total number of infections in the nation tallies at 10,635. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)





People enjoy drinks amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Han River park in Seoul, South Korea, April 29, 2020. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





Members of the Environmental Health Citizens' Association of Korea wearing masks representing the viruses perform during an event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Buddhist believers wearing faces masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus burn incense during a service to pray for overcoming the COVID-19 outbreak and to celebrate Buddha's birthday at the Chogyesa temple in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 30, 2020. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Military soldiers wearing face masks line up to buy train tickets as they are allowed to go on leave after more than two months of restrictions during heightened concerns of the coronavirus pandemic at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 8, 2020. South Korean officials sounded alarms Friday after finding more than a dozen coronavirus infections linked to club goers in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





A traditional folk musician performs before the Han river in a park in Seoul on May 1, 2020. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)