SEOUL, South Korea — A professional disinfection team conducts sanitization at Yoido Full Gospel Church in Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020.Yoon Soek Yeol, the 20th President of the Republic of Korea.SEOUL, South Korea — Police water cannon is aimed at participants of the People’s Rally between Gwanghwamun Square and Jonggak in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 14, 2015.SEOUL, South Korea — A security guard illuminates the path of South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon with a flashlight during a fire evacuation drill as part of a civil defense exercise at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 20, 2019.HONG KONG — A resident watches from an apartment rooftop as participants of the “Black March” head toward the Central Government Offices in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 18, 2019.SEOUL, South Korea — A worker raises a clenched fist while chanting slogans during the National Workers’ Rally to commemorate the spirit of labor activist Jeon Tae-il at the southern end of Mapo Bridge in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019.HONG KONG — A resident watches from an apartment rooftop as participants of the “Black March” head toward the Central Government Offices in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 18, 2019.JEONJU, South Korea — Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, performs a “shooting kick ceremony” during a campaign rally in front of the old main gate of Jeonbuk National University in Jeonju, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022.NEW YORK — An NYPD officer takes a photo of a couple during the Times Square Ball Drop celebration in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025.SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong is released after receiving a suspended sentence of four years with two and a half years in prison during an appeals trial at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. Lee had been detained after being sentenced to five years in prison in the first trial for bribing former President Park Geun-hye and her confidante Choi Soon-sil.SEOUL, South Korea — Police block activist Moon Ae-rin of the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) as she attempts to stage a subway boarding protest at City Hall Station on Seoul Metro Line 2 in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 21, 2022.SEOUL, South Korea — Residents evacuate as firefighters signal to a helicopter during a fire in Zone 7-B of Guryong Village in Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014.HONG KONG — Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during a press conference at the Central Government Offices in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 18, 2019, addressing protests against the extradition bill.HANOI, Vietnam — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gets into a vehicle after visiting the North Korean Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, a day before the second U.S.-North Korea summit.SEOUL, South Korea — Police detain protesters during a flash protest by Kia Motors’ irregular workers calling for the arrest of Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Mong-koo at the King Sejong statue in Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 27, 2017.GYEONGJU, South Korea — Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, delivers a speech during a campaign rally at Hwangridan-gil in Gyeongju, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022.PYONGYANG, North Korea — A boy tries on his newly purchased swimming goggles while walking with his younger sibling, as a North Korean security officer watches a journalist taking photos in the background, Wednesday, July 4, 2018.Baek Nam-gi, a 69-year-old farmer, is knocked unconscious after being hit by a high-pressure police water cannon near a police barricade at Jongno 1-ga in Seoul, South Korea, during the People’s Rally on Nov. 14, 2015. When citizens attempt to assist him, police continue directing the water cannon at both the injured man and those providing aid. Baek remains in a coma for 317 days before dying on Sept. 25, 2016. His death is later ruled as a result of blunt force trauma caused by the water cannon.SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Park Geun-hye leaves the stage after delivering a speech at the Saenuri Party’s 3rd National Convention for the election of the party’s Supreme Council members at Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 14, 2014.
