Participants play with water guns during the Sinchon Water Gun Festival in Seoul, South Korea, July 9, 2016. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)

Philip Colbert poses in front of his artwork at The Gallery Hosu on March 31, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images for Philip Colbert Studio)

A girl looks on at a diver dressed as Santa Claus performing during a promotional event for Christmas in Seoul, South Korea on December 3, 2021. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)

This photo taken on October 23, 2022 shows a soap bubble reflecting the Namsan Seoul Tower at Namsan Park in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

“We've reached 40km.” – Participants run at the 40km mark of the 2025 Chosun Ilbo Chuncheon Marathon, held in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, South Korea on the afternoon of the October 26, 2025. (Photo by Park Seong-won)

A traffic police officer directs vehicles at a street junction during sunset in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, August 25, 2016. (Photo by Dita Alangkara/AP Photo)

North Korean traffic police women chat next to a residential building while off duty Tuesday, October 18, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

Members of team China perform during the Artistic Swimming Team Free Final at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, 19 July 2019. (Photo by Antonio Bat/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)