Supporters of South Korea's ruling People Power Party flash their smartphones' lights during the party's parliamentary election campaign in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





Election officials sort through ballots at a counting station in Seoul on April 10, 2024, after voting in the parliamentary elections was closed. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





A worker hangs lotus lanterns ahead of Buddha's Birthday, at Jogye Temple in Seoul, South Korea, 12 April 2024. Buddha's Birthday will be celebrated on 15 May. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)





A garden featuring 1 million tulips is established at the theme park E-World in Daegu, 237 kilometers southeast of Seoul, South Korea, 12 April 2024. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)





A man takes a look around a replicated classroom of students who died in the sunken Sewol ferry disaster that killed 304 people, mostly school students, in Ansan, South Korea, on April 16, 2024. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





A girl sits inside a large yellow coloured ribbon dedicated to victims of the sunken Sewol ferry disaster that killed 304 people, mostly school students, during a ceremony to commemorate its tenth anniversary in Ansan, South Korea, on April 16, 2024. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





A woman looks at photos of victims after a remembrance ceremony in front of the salvaged Sewol ferry at a port in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, on April 16, 2024, as South Korea marked the 10th anniversary of the country's worst-ever maritime disaster, when hundreds of schoolchildren died after the overloaded Sewol ferry capsized and sank. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





A woman reacts during a ceremony to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the sunken Sewol ferry disaster that killed 304 people, mostly school students, in Ansan, South Korea, on April 16, 2024. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





A worker sprays water onto the statue of King Sejong for a spring cleaning at the Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. King Sejong, the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), created the Korean alphabet, Hangul, in 1446. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Work is under way to move piles of plastic waste at a facility that stores recyclable materials in Suwon, South Korea, 22 April 2024, Earth Day. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)





Environmental activists hold up placards reading “Let's end plastic pollution!” as they display plastic waste with an earth balloon during a campaign event to mark the international Earth Day in Seoul on April 22, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je/AFP Photo)





A currency trader passes by the screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 26, 2024. Asian shares mostly rose Friday despite worries about the economic outlook and inflation in the U.S. and the rest of the world. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Drones light up the night sky during a drone light show at a park along the Han River in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 27, 2024. A drone light show with 1,000 drones illuminated the night sky in Seoul on Saturday. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Fans queue up to buy the new album “17 is Right Here”, by South Korean boy band Seventeen (or SVT), outside a convenience store in the trendy Hongdae neighbourhood of Seoul on April 29, 2024, on the day of the album's official release. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





Meal workers from the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) attend a May Day rally in Seoul, South Korea on May 1, 2024. (Photo by Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters)





Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions shout slogans during a rally on May Day in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (Phoot by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





U.S. Army soldiers move to take part in the STX (Situational Training Exercise) Lanes during the Best Squad Competition conducted by the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division and the ROK-U.S. Combined Division at the U.S. Army's Camp Casey in Dongducheon, South Korea, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (Phoot by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Children watch a demonstration of a police sniffer dog detecting mock explosives at the Korea National Police Museum on Children's Day in Seoul, South Korea, 05 May 2024. Children's Day is a day dedicated to honoring and appreciating children, with various activities and events organized to make them feel special and cherished. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)





A person sculpts a sandcastle at Haeundae Beach in Busan, 320 kilometers southeast of Seoul, South Korea, 06 May 2024, on the final day of a long weekend due to the Children's Day holiday. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)





A man walks around while praying in front of lotus lanterns attached to prayer petitions at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, on May 8, 2024. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)