People wait in line to eat "samgyetang," or chicken and ginseng soup with sticky rice and garlic, at a restaurant in Seoul on Aug.

A visitor looks at portraits of surviving independence fighters at an exhibition at Seodaemun Prison in Seoul on Aug. 10, 2021, ahead of the 76th Liberation Day on Aug. 15. (Yonhap)
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This photo, captured from YouTube on Aug.

A parent of a college aspirant takes part in a Buddhist prayer at the main hall of Jogye Temple in Seoul on Aug.

A large banner featuring a uniform of the Liberation Army is displayed on the outer wall of Seoul Metropolitan Library in Seoul on Aug.

Modern pentathlon athlete Jun Woong-tae carries the South Korean national flag during the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2021.

People dressed in traditional Korean costumes take part in a memorial in Hapcheon, southeastern South Korea, on Aug.

This photo, provided by the oceans ministry, shows a real-time image of South Korea's easternmost Dokdo Islets. The ministry said it will launch the Dokdo General Information System on Aug.

This photo, taken on Aug.

This photo taken Aug. 3, 2021, shows the cargo terminal of Incheon airport, west of Seoul.