N. Korea’s art performance celebrating new year North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waves as he attends an art performance ushering in the new year at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Dec. 31, 2024, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. (Yonhap)
Newborns on New Year’s Day Fathers hold their newborn babies with their baby bump nicknames — (from L to R) Nikke, Kkomuri and Dingguri — at a hospital in Goyang, near Seoul, on Jan. 1, 2025. (Yonhap)
Annual bell-ringing ceremony to usher in new year Actress Ko Doo-sim (L, rear) and other civil representatives toll the bell at Bosingak Pavilion in Seoul on Jan. 1, 2025, in a ceremony to usher in the new year. The popular midnight bell-ringing celebration has been held every year since 1953 to ring out the old year and ring in the new year, though public attendance was prohibited during the 2019-2021 COVID-19 pandemic period. (Yonhap)
People show off their mobile resident registration certificates at a community service center in the southeastern city of Daegu on Dec. 27, 2024, as the government began the pilot issuance of the new mobile ID card in nine districts nationwide. (Yonhap)
Snowy Mount Bugak Mount Bugak, north of the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae in central Seoul, is covered in snow on Dec. 21, 2024. (Yonhap)
Organ donation campaign Sports trainers participate in the “Nine Parade Campaign,” an organ donation movement, in Myeongdong, Seoul, on Dec. 20, 2024. The campaign highlights that a single brain-dead donor can save up to nine lives through organ donation. (Yonhap)
Seoul Square ice rink returns ahead of Christmas Citizens enjoy skating on the ice rink temporarily set up each year in front of Seoul City Hall, on Dec. 20, 2024. The rink officially opened earlier in the day, marking the festive season. (Yonhap)
Rally against Yoon’s parliamentary impeachment Members of conservative organizations hold a rally near the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Dec. 17, 2024, claiming the National Assembly’s impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol is invalid. (Yonhap)
Snowing in Suwon A person walks past Hwahongmun Gate of Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon, 33 kilometers south of Seoul, amid snowfall on Dec. 15, 2024. (Yonhap)
