A child hugs the Statue of Peace, which symbolizes Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery, in the Mitte district in Berlin on Dec. 2, 2020.

A father encourages his child at the gate of a high school in Seoul as the student enters the school to take the college entrance exam on Dec. 3, 2020. (Yonhap)
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Parents and kin of college aspirants take part in a Buddhist prayer after offering lit candles to a Buddha statue in front of the main hall of Jogye Temple in Seoul on Dec.

Students receive hand warmers and masks, along with their test identification slips, at a high school in Seoul on Dec.

A Korea Post official shows a stamp, issued on Dec. 1, 2020, to mark the Year of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac, representing the year 2021. (Yonhap)
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A man puts money into a Salvation Army charity pot on Myeongdong Street in Seoul on Dec. 1, 2020, as the charity organization began its year-end donation campaign. (Yonhap)
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Gyeonggi Gov. Lee Jae-myung (C) and other participants take part in a ceremony in Suwon, just south of Seoul, on Dec.

A parent of a college aspirant takes part in a Buddhist prayer after offering a lit candle to a Buddha statue in front of the main hall of Jogye Temple in Seoul on Dec.

Participants in an annual badminton tournament for multicultural families pose for a photo during its opening ceremony in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, on Nov. 28, 2020.

This photo, provided by the defense ministry on Nov.