An activist holds placards calling for improved relations between Japan and South Korea as she stands on a nearby roadside with other spectators outside the National Assembly, before the inauguration ceremony of South Korea's new president Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul on May 10, 2022. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





Pedestrians walk past a display of lotus lanterns outside the Beomnyeonsa Temple, a Buddhist temple in Seoul, on May 11, 2022. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





Performers dance near the Blue House compound, a day after it was opened to the public following a campaign promise by President Yoon Suk-yeol, in Seoul on May 11, 2022. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





A royal stroll is reenacted at the Blue House, the former presidential palace, in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. For most South Koreans, the former presidential palace in Seoul was as shrouded in mystery as the buildings in their secretive rival North Korea. That’s now changed recently as thousands have been allowed a look inside for the first time in 74 years.(Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





LGBT rights supporters march toward the new presidential office during a rally demanding the government to immediately pass anti-discrimination laws in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Photo by hn Young-joon/AP Photo)





People watch a TV screen showing a news report about the COVID-19 outbreak in North Korea, at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 14, 2022. North Korea on Saturday reported 21 new deaths and 174,440 more people with fever symptoms as the country scrambles to slow the spread of COVID-19 across its unvaccinated population. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





A women makes an adjustment to a young woman's hair during a ceremony to reenact the 50th Coming of Age Day at Namsangol Hanok Village in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 16, 2022. The ceremony was held for young men and women who'll be 20 years old this year. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





The annual sand festival, featuring sand sculptures, opens at Haeundae Beach in Busan, South Korea, 20 May 2022. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA/EFE)





An activist protests against the visit of US President Joe Biden near the presidential office, where he is expected to hold meetings with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul on May 21, 2022. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media before embarking on a plane from the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, May 22, 2022. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





An election official checks CCTV camera footage of places where ballot boxes for last week's early voting for the 01 June local elections are in storage at an office of the National Election Commission in the city of Gwacheon, south of Seoul, South Korea, 29 May 2022. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA/EFE)





South Korean actor Song Kang-ho (R), who won Best Actor Prize for his part in “Broker” during the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, prepares to walk on stage towards the end of a press conference for the film in Seoul on May 31, 2022. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





A undated handout photo made available by the Republic of Korea Navy shows a group of South Korean Marines posing for a photo before they set sail on an amphibious assault ship, the Marado, from a naval base on Jeju Island, South Korea (issued 31 May 2022) South Korea's Navy will send the 14,500-ton warship the same day to the Rim of the Pacific Exercise, a US-led biennial multinational maritime exercise slated to run from June through early August in waters off Hawaii. (Photo by ROK Navy/EPA/EFE)





In this picture taken on June 1, 2022, a woman walks under a bronze sculpture by artist Hwang Man-seok, modeled after the signature horse-riding hand motion of the “Gangnam Style” song by South Korean singer and producer PSY, in the Gangnam district of Seoul. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





Visitors look at works by florists and gardeners at the 13th Daegu Flower Show held at EXCO in Daegu, around 230 kilometers south of Seoul, South Korea, 04 June 2022. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA/EFE)





South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (centre R) and his wife Kim Keon-hee (centre L) attend a ceremony marking South Korea's Memorial Day at the National cemetery in Seoul on June 6, 2022. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Pool via AFP Photo)





People visit graves at the National Cemetery as South Korea marks Memorial Day, which honours those who died during the 1950-53 Korean War and in other operations while serving their country, in Seoul on June 6, 2022. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





A woman poses for a souvenir photo as she is silhouetted against the sky and the iconic N Seoul Tower at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





South Korean police officers and firefighters check around the scene of a fire in Daegu, South Korea, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Multiple people were killed and dozens of others were injured Thursday in the fire that spread through the office building in South Korea's Daegu city, local fire and police officials said. (Photo by Park Se-jin/Yonhap via AP Photo)





A woman walks past a mural depicting RM, a member of K-pop group BTS, in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, on June 15, 2022. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)