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)
(END)

A doctor walks past a wall full of messages cheering medical workers grappling with COVID-19 at Kyungpook National University Hospital in Daegu, 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Dec.

Baku, December 29, AZERTAC

This photo, provided by the Sangju city government on Dec.

A woman hangs a card bearing her wishes for the new year at Jogye Temple in Seoul on Dec.

A statue of late independence fighter Ryu Gwan-sun (1902-20) is set up at Seodaemun Independence Park, formerly a prison, in Seoul on Dec.

Icicles hang from a shutter door at a Line No. 3 subway station in Seoul on Dec. 27, 2021, as sprinklers froze and burst amid a cold warning nationwide. (Yonhap)
(END)

People take photos of an inflatable tiger at Haeundae Beach in the southeastern port city of Busan on Dec.

Volunteers make Christmas cakes at an office of the Korean National Red Cross in Ansan, south of Seoul, on Dec.

Volunteers package complimentary red bean porridge, called "patjuk," at a facility for multicultural families in Osan, 55 kilometers south of Seoul, on Dec.