An employee shows samples of next generation e-passports, which are more secure than current passports, at the office of the Suwon municipality, south of Seoul, on Dec.

Visitors watch a drone light show during the Korea Drone Expo 2021, which opened at Yeouido Park in Seoul on Dec. 16, 2021, for a three-day run. (Yonhap)
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South Korea's Lee Min-ji lifts a barbell to win gold in the women's 76-kilogram division at the IWF World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Dec.

A choir of children sings during the opening ceremony of the ninth International UNESCO Conference on Geoparks in the city of Seogwipo on South Korea's largest island of Jeju on Dec. 14, 2021.

This photo taken Dec.

Employees inspect bricks of bean paste drying and ripening at the traditional sauce maker Seoil Farm in Anseong, 77 kilometers south of Seoul, on Dec. 14, 2021.

This photo, provided by the National Research Institute of Maritime Cultural Heritage, shows part of some 200 Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392) relics, including 125 Goryeo celadons, found under the sea of

Workers change straw thatch on the roof of a house at the Korean Folk Village in Yongin, south of Seoul, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Yonhap)
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An exhibit takes place at Seoul Museum of Art in Seoul on Dec. 13, 2021, to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between South Korea and Australia. (Yonhap)
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People look at festive lights at a structure showing the new year 2022 in Seoul on Dec. 11, 2021.
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