Women make Korean sweets known as "hangwa" at a village in Imsil, 300 km south of Seoul, on Jan. 20, 2020, ahead of "Seol," the Lunar New Year holiday from Jan.

Staff members of the Bank of Korea's office in southern Seoul move stacks of cash on Jan. 20, 2020, to be delivered to banks to meet rising demand for cash for the Jan.

A quarantine officer at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, uses an electronic thermometer to check the temperature of passengers arriving by plane from Wuhan, China, and Southeast Asia o

People move sacks of rice into a community service center in northern Seoul on Jan.

Volunteers from the Korean Red Cross climb a staircase carrying relief supplies to deliver to vulnerable residents in the southeastern city of Busan on Jan. 14, 2020. (Yonhap)
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Jazz singer Nah Youn-sun (3rd from L, front row) and pop columnist Jeff Benjamin (4th from L, front row), who won CICI Korea Image Awards from the Corea Image Communication Institute, pose for a ph

Yonhap News Agency President and CEO Cho Sung-boo (L) poses for a photo with new Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koji Tomita at Yonhap headquarters in Seoul on Jan. 14, 2020. (Yonhap)

President Moon Jae-in calls on a reporter to ask a question at his new year press conference at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Jan. 14, 2020. (Yonhap)
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A resident tends to Korean hard taffy, "yeot," made for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday at a village in Imsil, 300 km south of Seoul, on Jan.

Postal workers sort through piles of parcels and packages of gifts at a distribution center in Seoul on Jan. 14, 2020, a common sight ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday that falls on Jan.