This photo, released by the defense ministry on March 9, 2020, shows articles of South Korean soldier Seo Young-seok that South Korean soldiers have discovered at Arrowhead Ridge, a site of fierce

A couple wearing masks enjoys the spring season at the Apricot Village in the southwestern city of Gwangyang on March 6, 2020, even though the village canceled its annual apricot festival originall

Red Cross workers arrange relief goods to be conveyed to some 4,000 households vulnerable to the new coronavirus, in Seoul and Daegu, at their office in Seoul on March 6, 2020.

Koo Bon-hwan, head of Incheon International Airport, speaks during a ceremony to declare the airport free from the COVID-19 virus at the airport's passenger terminal in Incheon, west of Seoul, on M

Citizens wait in a long line in cold weather at a COSTCO store in Yongin, south of Seoul, on the night of March 4, 2020, to purchase masks there the following morning amid a severe supply shortage,

Employees look at blooming tulips at a flower garden of Everland, an amusement park in Yongin, south of Seoul, on March 5, 2020, the day of "gyeongchip." On the lunar calendar, gyeongchip is the da

Employees at a sports organization in Incheon, west of Seoul, wait in line to donate blood on March 5, 2020, amid the decrease of blood donors due to the spread of the new coronavirus.

A brown-eared bulbul perches on a blossoming apricot tree in the southeastern city of Changwon on March 4, 2020, one day ahead of "gyeongchip," one of the 24 seasonal divisions of the lunar calenda

A traditional Korean music troupe, the Silla Ensemble, performs during the Korea Day event on Korean culture in the British city of Sheffield on March 1, 2020, organized by the Korean Culture Cente

A British team performs during a K-pop competition at the Korea Day event on Korean culture in the British city of Sheffield on March 1, 2020, organized by the Korean Culture Center in London, in t