This photo, released by the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Jan.

A woman uses a pair of scissors to cut off "garaetteok," a Korean rice cake stick, churning out of a rice cake machine at an agricultural corporation in Sejong, central South Korea, on Jan.

This photo, provided by the Taekwondowon Center in Muju, 240 kilometers south of Seoul, shows a 20-minute permanent performance for 2022, titled "Awaken a Giant Sleeping Inside You," of the center'

Traditional child costumes for the Lunar New Year holiday, or Seol, are on display at a store in Seomun Market in Daegu, 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Jan. 10, 2022.

The demonstration team of the World Taekwondo Headquarters practices at Dongshin University in Naju, 355 kilometers south of Seoul, on Jan. 10, 2022.

A customer shows a vaccine certification on his smartphone through a QR code at a discount store in the southeastern city of Changwon on Jan.

Municipal officials pose for a group photo after moving sacks of rice into a community service center in Seoul's Seongbuk Ward on Jan.

Students jump together to celebrate their graduation at an elementary school in Pohang, 374 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Jan. 4, 2022. (Yonhap)
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People enjoy folk paintings of tigers at a department store in Daegu, 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Jan. 3, 2022, in an event to mark the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac.

People take part in Buddhist prayers at Jogye Temple in Seoul on Jan. 3, 2022, to make wishes for their families' good health in the new year. (Yonhap)
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