This photo, taken on Dec. 23, 2020, shows the building of the cosmetics shop Nature Republic in the Myeongdong area of Seoul.

A sculpture of an ox is seen on a beach in the southeastern port city of Busan on Dec. 23, 2020, heralding the arrival of the Year of the Ox, the zodiac sign under the lunar calendar for 2021.

This photo, provided by the Korea Institute of Ocean Science ＆ Technology (KIOST) on Dec. 23, 2020, shows a seahorse found under the sea off the country's easternmost Dokdo Island.

Workers remodel ad sections of screen doors into emergency exits at a subway station, in this photo provided by Seoul Metro on Dec. 23, 2020.

A researcher at Celltrion Inc. shows CT-P59, a candidate COVID-19 antibody treatment being developed by the pharmaceutical company, to the media at its plant in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Dec. 22.

Volunteers package complimentary red bean porridge, called "patjuk," at Jogye Temple in Seoul on Dec.

Yonhap News Agency CEO Cho Sung-boo (L) bumps fists with German Ambassador to South Korea Michael Reiffenstuel during their meeting at the news outlet's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 11, 2020.

Women place bricks of bean paste to mature them at a food company in Sejong, central South Korea, on Dec. 11, 2020.

A meeting has been held between first lady of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva and first lady of the Republic of Turkey Emine Erdogan.

Following the ceremony of signing documents, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan have made press statements.