On the afternoon of the October 12, 2024, when the Dongrae-eupseong History Festival was held, actors who played the roles of volunteer soldiers in the musical “Lonely Castle”, which reenacted the fierce Dongrae-seong Battle during the Imjin War, performed at the Dongrae-eupseong North Gate Plaza in Busan. (Photo by Dongrae-gu)





A TV screen reports North Korea has blown up parts of northern side of inter-Korean roads during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, October 15, 2024. (Phoot by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





K-pop boy band BTS member J-Hope waves from inside a vehicle after being discharged from his 18 months of mandatory military service outside a military base in Wonju, South Korea on October 17, 2024. (Photo by Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters)





Patriots pay silent tribute for the soldiers from 16 nations who were killed under the U.N. flag during the 1950-53 Korea War at the War Memorial in Seoul, South Korea, 17 October 2024. The 74th memorial service is held for some of 4,500 U.S. soldiers who fell in a fierce battle between U.S. Marines and North Korean and Chinese soldiers near Jangjin Lake in North Korea's South Hamkyong Province during the winter of 1950, in the 1950-53 Korean War. The campaign eventually enabled 100,000 civilians to evacuate from the North Korean port of Hungnam to South Korea. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)





A parade reenacting a visit by King Yeongjo, the 21st king of Joseon, to the Uireung Royal Tomb takes place in northern Seoul, South Korea, 19 October 2024. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)





A firefighting helicopter extinguishes a fire at a factory in Incheon, South Korea, 20 October 2024. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA/EFE)





A quarantine vehicle disinfects Baekam Village in Yongin, some 40 km south of Seoul, South Korea, 21 October 2024. This comes after after a highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 avian influenza was detected from wild birds captured near the area. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)





People look at a North Korean propaganda leaflet denouncing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee, apparently carried by balloons sent from North Korea, near the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, on October 24, 2024. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





On the morning of the October 24, 2024, a tourist picks up and examines a leaflet believed to have been dropped by North Korea using a waste balloon on a walking path near Seoul Tower in Namsan, Seoul. (Photo by Koh Woon-ho)





A view of a North Korean propaganda leaflet denouncing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee, apparently carried by balloons sent from North Korea, near the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, on October 24, 2024. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





Tourists take selfies at Bukchon Hanok Village in Seoul, South Korea, on October 25, 2024. (Photo by Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters)





A tourist dressed in traditional Korean hanbok knocks on a door to pose for photos in front of a hanok (traditional Korean house) entrance in Bukchon Hanok Village in Seoul, South Korea, on October 25, 2024. (Photo by Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters)





A large crowd of tourists walks through Bukchon Hanok Village in Seoul, South Korea, on October 25, 2024. (Photo by Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters)





Participants are running in the “2024 Chosun Ilbo Chuncheon Marathon” held in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do on October 27, 2024. One participant is smiling brightly while raising his thumb. (Photo by Jang Yeon-seong)





A woman burns incense to pay her respects on a wall in an alleyway in Seoul on October 29, 2024, which was the site of the tragic crowd crush that killed 159 people during Halloween celebrations, in Seoul’s popular Itaewon nightlife area two years ago. (Photo by Shin Yong-ju/AFP Photo)





Korean artists perform during the Asian Football Association (AFC) Annual Awards 2023 ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, 29 October 2024. (Photo by Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA/EFE)





Tourists look toward North Korea's propaganda village Kaepoong from an observation point near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, on October 31, 2024. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





Employees make “jang” at a traditional Korean outdoor farm for “doenjang”, a fermented soybean paste, in Anseong, some 65 kilometers south of Seoul, South Korea, 05 November 2024. Earlier in the day, UNESCO said its deliberative body has categorized “knowledge, beliefs, and practices related to jang-making in the Republic of Korea” as recommended for inscription in its list of intangible cultural heritage. “Jang” is a traditional Korean fermented soybean-based condiment foundational to many Korean dishes. It includes several varieties, such as doenjang, “ganjang” (soy sauce), and “gochujang” (red pepper paste). (Photo by Yonhap/EPA/EFE)





Members of the Cargo Truckers Solidarity Division of the Korean Public Service and Transport Workers' Union under the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) shave their heads in protest, demanding legislation for the Safe Freight Rates System, in front of the National Assembly in Yeouido, in Seoul, South Korea, on November 11, 2024. (Photo by Chris Jung/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A mother holds candles as she prays for her child's success in the annual College Scholastic Ability Test, at a Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea on November 14, 2024. (Photo by Kim Soo-Hyeon/Reuters)