Monks dry all of the 1,270 Tripitaka Koreana books in the sun to prevent them from being corroded and blighted after the rainy season at Haeinsa Temple in Hapcheon, 350 kilometers southeast of Seou

Scarecrows are setup in a rice field in Suncheon, 415 kilometers south of Seoul, on Oct. 6, 2021, as the harvest season nears. (Yonhap)
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A visitor looks at a media artwork displayed on a canvas during the 2021 Gwangju Media Art Festival at a plaza in front of the Asia Culture Center in the southwestern city of Gwangju on Oct.

President Moon Jae-in delivers a congratulatory speech during a ceremony to mark Overseas Koreans Day at a Seoul hotel on Oct. 5, 2021. (Yonhap)
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This file photo, provided by the unification ministry, shows a South Korean liaison officer talking to his North Korean counterpart at the Seoul bureau of their joint liaison office on Oct.

This photo, provided by the state-run Korea International Cooperation Agency, shows a ceremony on Oct.

President Moon Jae-in and his wife, Kim Jung-sook, offer flowers in front of a monument for the victims of a marine helicopter crash at the Marine Corps' First Division in Pohang, 374 kilometers so

A ceremony to start a pilgrimage takes place at Songgwangsa Temple in Suncheon, 415 kilometers south of Seoul, on Oct. 1, 2021, in a wish for public peace and security amid the pandemic.

An official demonstrates a walking assistance robot for those with partial paraplegia at an international medical industry fair in Seoul on Sept. 30, 2021. (Yonhap)
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This undated photo, released by the state-run Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency on Sept.