
A Halloween parade takes place at the Gwanghwamun plaza in downtown Seoul on Sept. 2, 2018. (Yonhap)

A Halloween parade takes place at the Gwanghwamun plaza in downtown Seoul on Sept. 2, 2018. (Yonhap)

The South Korean football team poses for a photo after winning the final of the 18th Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games on Sept. 1, 2018. (Yonhap)

Angry self-employed businessmen from across the country call for the government to revoke the recent sharp increase of the minimum wage during a rally amid heavy rains at Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul on Aug. 29, 2018. Many self-employed persons gave up their businesses in the wake of the hike. (Yonhap)

South Korean Justice Minister Park Sang-ki poses with U.S. Ambassador to Seoul Harry Harris prior to their meeting at the justice ministry in Gwacheon, south of Seoul, on Aug. 29, 2018, in this photo provided by the ministry. (Yonhap)

Participants in a national rally of monks at Jogye Temple, the headquarters of Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, the Jogye Order, march on the streets calling for sweeping reform of the order following the ouster of its disgraced executive chief Rev. Seoljeong over a series of corruption allegations. (Yonhap)

North Korean members of the unified Korean canoeing team celebrate after the team grabbed its first-ever gold in women’s 500-meter dragon boat racing at the 18th Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games on Aug. 26, 2018. (Yonhap)

Models shows off U.S. melons at a Lotte Mart store at Seoul Station on Aug. 27, 2018. The discount chain is slated to sell those imported melons starting on Aug. 30. (Yonhap)

Models display watermelons at an SSG Food Market outlet in Seoul on Aug. 22, 2018. (Yonhap)

This undated file photo shows former President Park Geun-hye entering a Seoul court. In an appeals trial on Aug. 24, 2018, the Seoul High Court sentenced Park, 66, to 25 years in prison for conspiring with her longtime confidante, Choi Soon-sil, to force Samsung and other conglomerates to donate money to two foundations under Choi’s control. In April, a lower court handed out a 24-year jail term for Park. (Yonhap)

Actress Soo Ae poses ahead of an interview with Yonhap News Agency at a cafe in Seoul on Aug. 22, 2018. (Yonhap)