This photo shows a copy of a document drawn up by the labor bureau of Japan's Niigata Prefecture on 231,059 Japanese yen of wages unpaid to 1,140 migrant Korean workers as of Feb. 25, 1949.

Wearing a Santa Claus outfit, an official from the local office of the SMEs and Startups disinfects a traditional market in the southeastern port city of Busan on Dec.

An employee shows samples of next generation e-passports, which are more secure than current passports, at the office of the Suwon municipality, south of Seoul, on Dec.

Visitors watch a drone light show during the Korea Drone Expo 2021, which opened at Yeouido Park in Seoul on Dec. 16, 2021, for a three-day run. (Yonhap)
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South Korea's Lee Min-ji lifts a barbell to win gold in the women's 76-kilogram division at the IWF World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Dec.

A choir of children sings during the opening ceremony of the ninth International UNESCO Conference on Geoparks in the city of Seogwipo on South Korea's largest island of Jeju on Dec. 14, 2021.

This photo taken Dec.

Employees inspect bricks of bean paste drying and ripening at the traditional sauce maker Seoil Farm in Anseong, 77 kilometers south of Seoul, on Dec. 14, 2021.

This photo, provided by the National Research Institute of Maritime Cultural Heritage, shows part of some 200 Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392) relics, including 125 Goryeo celadons, found under the sea of

Workers change straw thatch on the roof of a house at the Korean Folk Village in Yongin, south of Seoul, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Yonhap)
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