A young man stands out on starkly hollow streets of downtown Daegu on Feb. 20, 2020. People of the city stayed in their homes as the number of confirmed patients of COVID-19 surged in Daegu.

Personnel from the Army disinfect the streets near Dongdaegu train station in Daegu on Feb. 29, 2020, in a quarantine operation against the new coronavirus. (Yonhap)

Streets of downtown in Daegu, a city some 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, are virtually empty at 6:40 p.m. on Feb. 24, 2020.

Seen here is Cheorwon Plain in Cheorwon, 88 kilometers northeast of Seoul, on July 8, 2020.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun (L), also the U.S.

Yonhap President and CEO Cho Sung-boo delivers a congratulatory speech during the inaugural general meeting of parliament's World Overseas Korean Traders forum taking place in Seoul on July 7, 2020

Citizens take a rest while enjoying full-blown lotus flowers at Deokjin Park in Jeonju, 243 kilometers south of Seoul, on July 6, 2020. (Yonhap)
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