The “2024 4th Mosquito Net Film Music Festival” was held on the evening on December 3, 2024 at the special stage of Hwaeomwon, Hwaeomsa Temple in Gurye, Jeollanam-do, with the theme of “The Light of a Millennium Shines on Me”. KoN was in charge of the musical film explanation, singing, and playing. Musical actors Yoon Hyung-ryeol and Park Hye-min also appeared, decorating the night of Hwaeomsa Temple. (Photo by Kim Young-geun)





A general view shows an empty street during night time in Seoul, South Korea, on October 31, 2024. (Photo by Cynthia Kim/Reuters)





Protesters take part in a demonstration against President Yoon Suk-yeol outside the National Assembly on December 06, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea is facing significant political turmoil after President Yoon Suk-yeol declared emergency martial law, accusing opposition parties of destabilizing governance and sympathizing with North Korea. His controversial move, since rescinded after a 190-0 vote by lawmakers condemning the move, has sparked widespread criticism, calls for Yoon's resignation, and raised concerns about the implications for democracy in the country. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





Protesters demand Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, Seoul, on December 8, 2024. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Sansuyu Village, Baeksa-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do on December 8, 2024. After the leaves fall, the red Sansuyu fruits hanging from the branches look like red plum blossoms in bloom. (Photo by Jeon Gi-byeong)





South Korean actor Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun and director Hwang Dong-hyuk arrive for a fan event for the global premiere of the Netflix series “Squid Game Season 2” in Seoul, South Korea on December 9, 2024. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





A participant wearing a mask of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol performs during a rally to demand his impeachment, outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, December 11, 2024. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





On December 11, 2024, the “K-POP & Culture Party” was held at Dongmyeong University in Nam-gu, Busan, where Nepalese students dressed in traditional attire and danced to K-POP. (Photo by Kim Dong-hwan)





A person pushes an effigy in a cage during a rally calling for the impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who declared martial law, which was reversed hours later, in Seoul, South Korea, on December 12, 2024. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





A demonstrator wearing a costume depicting South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol walks amongst other attendees at a protest calling for the ouster of Yoon on a road near the National Assembly (back) in Seoul on December 12, 2024. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed on December 12 to fight “until the very last minute” in a defiant address defending his shock decision to declare martial law and deploy troops to the country's parliament last week. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





A man wearing a mask with the word “Impeachment” written on it waves light sticks as he takes part in a protest calling for the ouster of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol on a road near the National Assembly in Seoul on December 13, 2024. South Korea's opposition leader on December 13, urged ruling party lawmakers to side with the “people” and impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, a day before a second parliamentary vote that appears on a knife edge. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je/AFP Photo)





On the afternoon of the December 14, 2024, when the second impeachment vote against President Yoon Seok-yeol was held, citizens held a protest near the National Assembly building in Yeouido, Seoul, holding pickets and cheering sticks. When a noise meter was used to quantify the voices of citizens participating in the rally that day, the maximum recorded was 105 decibels. (Photo by Park Seong-won)





This handout from the South Korean Presidential Office via Yonhap taken and released on December 14, 2024 shows President Yoon Suk Yeol giving a public address from his official residence in Seoul. Yoon on December 14 said he would “step aside” after parliament voted to remove him from office, urging an end to “politics of excess and confrontation”. South Korean lawmakers on Saturday impeached Yoon over his failed martial law bid, with the opposition declaring a “victory of the people”. (Photo by Handout/South Korean Presidential Office via Yonhap/AFP Photo)





On the December 14, 2024, at the foot of Bomunsan Mountain in Sanseong-dong, Jung-gu, Daejeon, jars containing our traditional artisan soy sauce, red pepper paste, and doenjang are lined up in a long row. (Phoot by Shin Hyeon-jong)





Attendees dressed in Santa costumes are taking commemorative photos at the “13th Suwon Love Santa with kt wiz and ENA” event held at Suwon City Hall in Gyeonggi Province on December 17, 2024. (Photo by Go Woon-ho)





The National Dance Company of Korea performs traditional Korean dance at a press call for its new program “Hyangyeon”, meaning “banquet” in Korean, at the Haeoreum Grand Theater in Seoul, South Korea, 17 December 2024. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA/EFE)





A couple is taking a picture in front of Christmas decorations set up at Cheonggye Plaza in Jung-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the December 19, 2024. (Photo by Park Seong-won)





A diver dressed in a Santa Claus costume swims at the Lotte World Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, December 23, 2024. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





People enjoy snow sledding at a riverside park in eastern Seoul, South Korea, 24 December 2024. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA/EFE)