A customer shows a vaccine certification on his smartphone through a QR code at a discount store in the southeastern city of Changwon on Jan.

Municipal officials pose for a group photo after moving sacks of rice into a community service center in Seoul's Seongbuk Ward on Jan.

Students jump together to celebrate their graduation at an elementary school in Pohang, 374 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Jan. 4, 2022. (Yonhap)
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People enjoy folk paintings of tigers at a department store in Daegu, 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Jan. 3, 2022, in an event to mark the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac.

People take part in Buddhist prayers at Jogye Temple in Seoul on Jan. 3, 2022, to make wishes for their families' good health in the new year. (Yonhap)
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A doctor walks past a wall full of messages cheering medical workers grappling with COVID-19 at Kyungpook National University Hospital in Daegu, 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Dec.

Baku, December 29, AZERTAC

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.