North Korean defectors take a computer class inside Anseong Hanawon, Settlement Support Center for North Korean Refugees, in Anseong, South Korea, July 10. SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

Activists gather to protest against a planned release of water from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant in Japan, in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Visitors pose with cardboard cutouts of K-pop group BTS members at a tourist information center in Seoul on June 15, 2022. Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and his daughter presumed to be named Ju Ae attending a military parade held in Pyongyang to mark the 75th founding anniversary of its armed forces, at a railway station in Seoul on Feb. 9, 2023. JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin, center, leaves after a briefing announcing a plan on Monday to resolve a dispute over compensating people forced to work under Japan's 1910-1945 occupation of Korea, at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea Monday, March 6, 2023. Kim Hong-Ji/AP hide caption

So Seong-uk, left, speaks at a press conference while his partner Kim Yong-min looks on in February 2021 as they file a lawsuit against South Korea's National Health Insurance Service at the Seoul Administrative Court. Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

A woman pays her respects as she displays a note near the entrance to a female lavatory at Sindang station in Seoul on Sept. 19, 2022. Seoul Metro employee Jeon Joo-hwan was sentenced Tuesday for stabbing his colleague to death in the metro station's women's public toilet the day before a court was set to sentence him on charges of stalking her. Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

People pray for victims of the deadly Halloween accident at a makeshift memorial in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption

Mourners in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul pay tribute Monday to the victims of a deadly crowd crush that took place during Halloween celebrations Saturday night. Chris Jung/NurPhoto / Getty Images hide caption

A commuter walks past information boards displayed to remind the public about how to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Seoul on Wednesday. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Festivalgoers attend a music festival at Olympic Park on June 26, 2021 in Seoul, South Korea. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images hide caption

Oh Se-hoon (center), the mayoral candidate of the main opposition People Power Party, holds flowers as he celebrates with party members after exit polls showed he would win. Song Kyung-seok/Pool photo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

A man wearing a face mask walks past a rest area taped for social distancing as a precaution against the coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday. Lee Jin-man/AP hide caption

People wearing face masks walk on a street Sunday in the Hongdae district of Seoul, South Korea. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

A group of mourners leaves the funeral of Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon at Seoul City Hall on Monday. Lee Jin-man/AP hide caption

A person sprays disinfectant at a high school amid the coronavirus outbreak on Monday, in Seoul, South Korea. Yonhap News Agency via Reuters hide caption

Antibody test cartridges used in diagnosing the coronavirus move along on a production line at Boditech Med in Chuncheon, South Korea. By Friday, authorities had identified 163 patients who tested positive again after a full recovery. Lee Jin-man/AP hide caption

South Korean election officials put up posters of candidates in Seoul, South Korea, on April 2. The country will hold April 15 legislative elections on schedule, and the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic is a major issue in the vote. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption

A memorial to K-pop star Goo Hara is seen at St. Mary's Hospital in Seoul on Monday. Hara was found dead at her home in Seoul on Sunday, police said. Chung Sung-Jun/AP hide caption

Protesters celebrate after listening to a judgment during a rally demanding the abolition of South Korea's abortion law outside of the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Thursday. Lee Jin-man/AP hide caption