This photo, provided by the Sangju city government on Dec.

A woman hangs a card bearing her wishes for the new year at Jogye Temple in Seoul on Dec.

A statue of late independence fighter Ryu Gwan-sun (1902-20) is set up at Seodaemun Independence Park, formerly a prison, in Seoul on Dec.

Icicles hang from a shutter door at a Line No. 3 subway station in Seoul on Dec. 27, 2021, as sprinklers froze and burst amid a cold warning nationwide. (Yonhap)
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People take photos of an inflatable tiger at Haeundae Beach in the southeastern port city of Busan on Dec.

Volunteers make Christmas cakes at an office of the Korean National Red Cross in Ansan, south of Seoul, on Dec.

Volunteers package complimentary red bean porridge, called "patjuk," at a facility for multicultural families in Osan, 55 kilometers south of Seoul, on Dec.

A volunteer group, launched by the Korea Lottery Commission affiliated with the finance ministry, distributes coal briquettes as part of a charity event to assist impoverished local residents in a

This photo taken Dec. 21, 2021, shows Christmas trees decorated at the premises of Munsu Temple in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea. (Yonhap)
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This photo shows the entrance of the experience center of Netflix's original Korean series "Squid Game," which recently opened at the Baekun Market in Dobong Ward, Seoul, a main location for the me