Lee Jae-myung, presidential election candidate for the Democratic Party of Korea celebrates during the primary election on April 27, 2025 in Goyang, South Korea. The Democratic Party of Korea held the last round of its primary election to name its candidate Lee Jae-myung, for the upcoming presidential election. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)





Several workers from the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) attend a May Day rally in Seoul, South Korea, on May 1, 2025. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





Citizens are enjoying the festival by shooting hot spring water guns at the Yuseong Hot Spring Festival held on Oncheon-ro in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon in the first decade of May 2025. (Photo by Shin Hyeon-jong)





People clad in traditional Korean military attire demonstrate martial arts from the 1392–1910 Joseon Dynasty at a plaza in Seoul, South Korea, 06 May 2025. The performance, organized by the Seoul metropolitan government, began the same day and will run for 1 hour and 10 minutes from 3:20 p.m. every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA/EFE)





On the afternoon of the May 7, 2025, at the conference room of the Korea Senior Citizens Association near the Iksan City Hall in Jeollabuk-do, a meeting between Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung and the Iksan branch executives of the Korea Senior Citizens Association was held, and the detection dog Judd was seen walking around to detect hazardous materials. (Photo by Nam Kang-ho)





Lee Jae-myung, presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, wears a party jacket while campaigning in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 12, 2025. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





Students from abroad have “gat”, a traditional Korean hat, put on during the traditional Korean coming-of-age ceremony at Yeungnam University in Gyeongsan, South Korea, 14 May 2025. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA/EFE)





On the morning of the May 14, 2025, at Seoul Hyojeong School in Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, a visually impaired infant or toddler is touching a carnation. On this day, teachers explained the shape of a carnation to the children who cannot see and taught them how to feel objects with their fingertips. (Photo by Park Seong-won)





Supporters of the Democratic Party's presidential election candidate Lee Jae-myung gather ahead of a televised presidential debate for the upcoming June 3 presidential election in front of the SBS studio on May 18, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean voters will head to the polls to replace ousted President Yoon Suk-yeol on June 3, after he was impeached and removed from office over his declaration of martial law late last year. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)





On the morning of the May 19, 2025, which is Coming of Age Day, at the coming-of-age ceremony held at the Sookmyung Women's University Centennial Memorial Hall in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, international students are taking selfies while wearing traditional hanbok and holding hanging scrolls with their names written on them. At the coming-of-age ceremony, students from various countries including Japan, China, Vietnam, and Ukraine participated and performed the coming-of-age oath, tea ceremony, etc. (Photo by Park Seong-won)





Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party of Korea's presidential candidate, is making a campaign appeal inside bulletproof glass at a rally held near KT&G Sangsang Madang in Mapo-gu, Seoul on May 19, 2025. (Photo by News 1)





Security personnel stand guard as Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate for South Korea's Democratic Party, arrives for an election campaign rally in Seoul, South Korea, on May 19, 2025. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





Kim Moon-soo (C), the presidential candidate of the conservative People Power Party, bows deeply to voters during a campaign stop at an express bus terminal in Seoul, South Korea, 20 May 2025, ahead of the 03 June presidential election. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA/EFE)





Kim Moon-soo, the presidential candidate of the conservative People Power Party, operates a machine to plant rice seedlings during a campaign stop in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, South Korea, 21 May 2025, ahead of the 03 June presidential election. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)





Members of the Green Korea United perform during the International Day for Biological Diversity in Seoul, South Korea, 22 May 2025. Green Korea United members gathered to demand the rights of nature in Seoul. (Photo by Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA)





On the May 24, 2025, Shasta daisy flowers are in full bloom on a mountain in Byeonsan-myeon, Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do, creating a spectacular sight along with the West Sea. (Photo by Kim Young-geun)





A group of drones are drawing a winged angel at the 4th performance of the “2025 Hangang Light Performance Drone Light Show” held at Ttukseom Hangang Park in Seoul on the evening of the May 25, 2025. (Photo by Park Sang-hoon)





A man reacts as supporters of South Korean presidential candidate Kim Moon Soo of the People Power Party gather ahead of a televised presidential debate for the forthcoming June 3 presidential election outside the MBC media center in Seoul on May 27, 2025. (Photo by Pedro Pardo/AFP Photo)





A girl waits for her mother as she votes during early voting for the upcoming presidential election at a polling station at the Incheon International airport in Incheon, South Korea, on May 29, 2025. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





Rescuers work at the site of a military plane crash in Pohang, South Korea, May 29, 2025. All four crew members were killed in South Korea's military plane crash, local newspaper Chosun Ilbo said Thursday The P-3 maritime patrol aircraft with four crew members aboard took off from a military base in the southeastern city of Pohang for training at about 1:43 p.m. local time (0443 GMT), according to the defense ministry The patrol plane crashed into a hill near the base around 1:49 p.m. local time (0449 GMT) and no civilian casualties had yet to be identified, the ministry noted. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency)