A ceremony to start a pilgrimage takes place at Songgwangsa Temple in Suncheon, 415 kilometers south of Seoul, on Oct. 1, 2021, in a wish for public peace and security amid the pandemic.

An official demonstrates a walking assistance robot for those with partial paraplegia at an international medical industry fair in Seoul on Sept. 30, 2021. (Yonhap)
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This undated photo, released by the state-run Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency on Sept.

A work of the late Korean American video artist Paik Nam-june is displayed at an inter-Korean liaison office in Paju, 30 kilometers north of Seoul, inside the Demilitarized Zone bisecting the two K

This photo, provided by Korea Post, shows a stamp marking the 10th anniversary of the designation of "jultagi," the traditional Korean tightrope-walking performance art, as one of UNESCO's intangib

Hwang Won-chae, head of the Dajeon office of the Veterans Affairs Ministry, delivers a eulogy during a memorial in the city of Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, central South Korea, on Sept.

Visitors walk through a silver grass field around Hwaseong Fortress, a UNESCO world cultural heritage in Suwon, 46 kilometers south of Seoul, under a clear blue autumn sky on Sept. 26, 2021.

Athletes participate in the 13th Korea Cup International Yacht Race on the sea off Uljin, North Gyeongsang Province, on Sept.

Hwaseong Fortress, a UNESCO-designated cultural heritage site in Suwon, south of Seoul, is illuminated for a rehearsal of a media facade show on Sept. 23, 2021.

A scarecrow stands near a rice paddy in the southwestern county of Jinan on Sept. 23, 2021, to keep birds away from ripening crops. (Yonhap)
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