About 50,000 colorful lotus lanterns light up the courtyard at Samgwang Temple in Busan, 453 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on May 16, 2021, three days ahead of Buddha's Birthday. (Yonhap)

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

Students from Samdeok Elementary School reenact a Joseon Dynasty ritual courteously seeking teaching from their teachers at Guam Seowon in Daegu, 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on May 14, 2021,

A woman water-skis on the Han River on May 13, 2021, as the daily high recorded 29 C. (Yonhap)
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Judges evaluate products at the 2021 K-brand Show in Seoul on May 11, 2021, which picks the best homegrown products for exports. (Yonhap)
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Excavation work is under way at Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul on May 10, 2021, where traces of six major offices handling state affairs during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) were recently fo

Members of the Korean Association for Bird Protection release an endangered eagle-owl into the wild on a mountain in Taean, South Chungcheong Province, central South Korea, on May 10, 2021, after t

South Korean Ambassador to India Shin Bong-kil (L) poses for a photo with Srinivas Gotru, head of the U.N.

People look at lotus lanterns and other traditional lanterns lit along the Cheonggye Stream in Seoul on May 9, 2021, ahead of Buddha's Birthday, which falls on May 19. (Yonhap)
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Lee Seung-ro, head of Seongbuk Ward in Seoul, pins a carnation on the vest of an elderly woman during a Parents' Day event in northern Seoul on May 8, 2021. (Yonhap)
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