An electronic signboard at Hana Bank in Seoul shows the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rising 52.96 points, or 1.88 percent, to close this year's final trading session at an al

A farmer in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, moves along with a cow and her calf on the early morning of Dec.

People watch the sunset off the coast of Taean, South Chungcheong Province, on Dec. 27, 2020. (Yonhap)
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A medical worker clad in a Santa Claus suit prepares to conduct coronavirus tests at a makeshift clinic in the southwestern city of Gwangju on Dec.

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.