
Jeong Yoo-min, who stars in the new SBS TV sitcom “Strong Family,” poses during a showcase at the SBS headquarters in Seoul on Feb. 16, 2017. The drama’s first episode is scheduled to be aired on Feb. 22. (Yonhap)

Jeong Yoo-min, who stars in the new SBS TV sitcom “Strong Family,” poses during a showcase at the SBS headquarters in Seoul on Feb. 16, 2017. The drama’s first episode is scheduled to be aired on Feb. 22. (Yonhap)

Rep. Lee Cheol-woo, chairman of the National Assembly’s intelligence committee; Kim Kwan-yong, governor of North Gyeongsang Province; and Rep. Lee Wan-young of the ruling Liberty Korea Party (L to R) call for the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system, dubbed “the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD),” on the country’s soil during a news conference in Seoul on Feb. 16, 2017. The main opposition Democratic Party opposes the deployment. (Yonhap)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) bows before the tomb of his father Kim Jong-il at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, which holds the embalmed bodies of Kim Jong-il and grandfather Kim Il-sung, in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2017, to mark the 75th birthday of Kim Jong-il. (Yonhap)

Members from conservative civic organizations calls for China to stop retaliatory steps against South Korea’s planned deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system, dubbed “the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD),” on its soil in a protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in Seoul on Feb. 15, 2017. (Yonhap)

Chahee, a member of South Korean girl group Melody Day, performs during a showcase to promote the group’s new album “Kiss on the Lips” at a concert hall in Seoul on Feb. 14, 2017. (Yonhap)

A farmer feeds a cow at his farm in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, on Feb. 12, 2017, amid growing fears of the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. (Yonhap)

Actress Seo Hyun-jin poses with a Carlyn bag in a poster released by the manufacturer on Feb. 10, 2017. (Yonhap)

This photo, provided by the organizing committee for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Feb. 10, 2017, shows the Alpine Center for the international winter event in Jeongseon, 214 kilometers east of Seoul. (Yonhap)

South Korea’s endangered natural monument, the white-tailed eagle, flies while holding a fish over a lake in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, on Feb. 7, 2017. (Yonhap)

A student plays the popular augmented reality game Pokemon Go at the traditional Deoksu Palace in central Seoul on Feb. 4, 2017. The palace enjoys a status as an area to hunt for Phyhorn, a rare Pokemon Go character. (Yonhap)