S. Korea's 1st homegrown space rocket lifts off

South Korea's first homegrown space launch vehicle, known as Nuri, lifts off from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, 473 kilometers south of Seoul, on Oct. 21, 2021.
South Korea's first homegrown space launch vehicle, known as Nuri, lifts off from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, 473 kilometers south of Seoul, on Oct. 21, 2021.
A farmer binds peeled persimmons together to dry them in Yeongdong, a town in South Korea's central province of North Chuncheong, on Oct. 21, 2021.
A worker loads coal briquettes onto a truck at a plant in Hwaseong, south of Seoul, on Oct.
Turkish people takes part in a Korean calligraphy contest in Istanbul on Oct.
A ceremony to convey South Korea's donation of 470,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Thailand takes place at the Thai health ministry in Bangkok on Oct.
The South Korean Air Force's acrobatic flight team, the Black Eagles, performs to mark the opening of the Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition (ADEX) 2021 at Seoul Air Base, east
Visitors look at displays at Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul on Oct. 18, 2021, as the Royal Court Culture Festival: Fall 2021 is underway at palaces from Oct. 16-31.
A farmer hangs persimmons out to dry in Sancheong, 360 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Oct. 18, 2021. Dried persimmons, called "gotgam" in Korean, are a Korean delicacy. (Yonhap)
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This photo, provided by the Korea Tourism Organization, shows a Spanish couple dressed in hanbok, traditional Korean costume, experiencing Korean culture in Madrid during the Korea Tourism Week in
Volunteers carry coal briquettes to deliver to low-income neighbors in Seoul on Oct.