Icicles form on ground This photo, taken on Dec. 15, 2020, shows icicles having formed on the ground at a closed railway tunnel in Yeoncheon, 62 km north of Seoul. (Yonhap)
Calling out former president South Korean activists throw eggs and flour at a portrait of former President Chun Doo-hwan, outside Chun’s home in Seoul, on Dec. 12, 2020, while calling for Chun to be punished for his role in the deaths of civilians during a crackdown on a democratic uprising in May 1980. (Yonhap)
Virus hits church in Seoul A gate to a church in western Seoul is closed on Dec. 12, 2020, after 68 coronavirus cases were reported at the religious facility the previous day. (Yonhap)
Rally for private academies’ operation Members of the Korea Association of Hakwon, or a gathering of private after-school academies, stage a rally in front of the health ministry at the government complex in Sejong, central South Korea, on Dec. 11, 2020, to demand that the government retract a measure to close private academies as part of strengthened antivirus curbs for three weeks to stop the spread of COVID-19. (Yonhap)
Street inspection of coronavirus measures Local officials inspect establishments in Hongdae, one of the busiest entertainment districts in Seoul, on Dec. 9, 2020, to see if they are abiding by enhanced social distancing rules adopted this week to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. (Yonhap)
Anti-Japan rallyA member of South Korean civic group Heung Sa Dahn shouts slogans during a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Dec. 9, 2020, to call for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to improve Japan’s relations with the neighboring country. (Yonhap)
New coronavirus This photo, taken Dec. 8, 2020, shows a nearly deserted street in Myeongdong, one of the busiest shopping districts in Seoul, amid a surge in coronavirus cases. The government imposed the second-toughest curbs of the five-tiered virus restriction system in the capital area, which has been experiencing a rapid climb in new cases, and mid-level restrictions in the rest of the country. (Yonhap)
Moon’s Cabinet reshuffle This combined file photo shows (from L to R) Jeon Hae-cheol, a lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party; Kwon Deok-cheol, head of the Korea Health Industry Development Institute; Byeon Chang-heum, head of Korea Land and Housing Corp.; and Chung Young-ai, head of the Korea Foundation For Women, who President Moon Jae-in nominated as new ministers of interior, health, land and transport and gender equality, respectively, on Dec. 4, 2020. (Yonhap)
Empty Myeongdong A street in Myeongdong, a popular tourist and shopping district in Seoul, is quiet due to the impact of the new coronavirus on Dec. 3, 2020. (Yonhap)
S. Korea inks coronavirus vaccine deal with AstraZeneca This photo, released by the South Korean unit of British-Swedish bio giant AstraZeneca Plc. on Dec. 3, 2020, shows the company’s COVID-19 vaccine. South Korea has signed a deal with AstraZeneca to purchase the vaccine, health officials said. (Yonhap)
