Seen here is the building of the defense ministry in Seoul on May 9, 2022, one day before President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol starts his five-year term.

This photo taken May 8, 2022, shows lit paper lanterns during a festival on traditional Korean paper at a theme park in Wonju, Gangwon Province, northeastern South Korea.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and held talks with him in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday evening. May 8, 2022. IRNA

Karaj, May 8, IRNA – A Tulips Festival kicked off in the Iranian city of Karaj on May 5, covering an area of 4.5 hectares.

Believers perform a Buddhist ritual of bathing the Baby Buddha, called "gwanbul" ceremony in Korean, at Jogye Temple in Seoul on May 6, 2022, two days ahead of Buddha's Birthday. (Yonhap)

President Moon Jae-in (2nd from R) meets children invited to the presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul to mark Children's Day on May 5, 2022, in this photo released by his office.

Visitors look at paper lanterns lit up during a festival on traditional Korean paper at a theme park in Wonju, Gangwon Province, northeastern South Korea, on May 5, 2022, in this photo released by

Ritual operators wearing face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic brew "sinju," or sacred wine, that will be used for traditional rites of the Gangneung Dano Festival in Gangneung, some 240 km east

Monks dust Buddha statues at Jogye Temple in downtown Seoul on May 4, 2022, ahead of Buddha's birthday, which falls on May 8 this year. (Yonhap)
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Workers install giant Pinkfong characters at Seoul Square in front of Seoul City Hall on May 3, 2022, two days ahead of the 100th anniversary of Children's Day.