Participants make kimchi during an event where soldiers from the US, South Korea and residents collaborated by making the side dish for needy members of the local community in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, about 38 kilometers north of Seoul, on November 22, 2023. Participants produced 2,500 kilograms of fresh kimchi, which was divided into 250 boxes and distributed to needy households in the local community after the event. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)

People pose for photos in front of an old Korail train on the disused Gyeonghwa Station railway track during the Jinhae Cherry Blossom Festival in Changwon on March 31, 2024, around 311 kilometres southeast of Seoul. The annual festival has been running since 1952. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)

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)

A South Korean diver wearing a little mermaid costume performs in a tank ahead of the “Chuseok” national holiday, at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, 26 August 2022. Chuseok is the autumn harvest celebration of the Lunar Calendar and is one of Korea's biggest traditional holiday, which falls on 10 Setpember this year. (Photo by Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA/EFE)

A shoe and a plastic halloween pumpkin are pictured at the scene where a stampede during Halloween festivities killed and injured many people at the popular Itaewon district in Seoul, South Korea on October 30, 2022. (Photo by Yonhap via Reuters)

A veterinarian takes a sample from a cat at an animal shelter in Yeoju, southeast of Seoul, South Korea, 01 August 2023, after cats were found to have been infected with a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza strain at shelters in Seoul on 25 and 29 July, marking the first infections of the virus in mammals since 2016. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)

A fan of K-pop idol boy band BTS poses for photographs with cut-out of BTS at a pop-up store selling BTS goods in Seoul, South Korea, December 24, 2019. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)

Coronavirus infection (COVID-19) is still continuing in the country, a guard of Gyeongbokgung Palace wears a protective mask with a goblin pattern at the entrance of the palace, which is currently not being opened to the public due to Covid-19 in Seoul, South Korea on June 18, 2020. (Photo by Chris Jung/NurPhoto via Getty Images)