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Seoul : A Bengal tiger moves about at a zoo in Gwangju, 329 kilometers south of Seoul, on Dec. 30, 2021, two days ahead of the start of 2022, the Year of the Tiger in…

Seoul : Bengal tigers are cautious around each other at a zoo in Gwangju, 329 kilometers south of Seoul, on Dec. 30, 2021, two days ahead of the start of 2022, the Year of the…

Seoul : Vice Foreign Minister for Economy Hong Nam-ki (2nd from R) presides over this year’s last emergency economic meeting to cope with the pandemic at the government complex in Seoul on Dec. 30, 2021.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : The Korea Fair Trade Commission in the central administrative city of Sejong.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul :Bank mortgage rates hit highest mark in over 7 years in Nov.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : S. Korea’s e-commerce imports hit new high in 2021 amid pandemic.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : People line up to get tested for COVID-19 at a makeshift clinic in Seoul on Dec. 30, 2021.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : This file photo taken on Nov. 10, 2021, shows Koo Yun-cheol, Minister for Government Policy Coordination, speaking at a press briefing at the government complex in Seoul.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : Rep. Kim Gi-hyeon (L), floor leader of the main opposition People Power Party, speaks at a PPP election committee meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec. 30, 2021. Committee chief Kim…

Seoul : People walk past signs promoting the 2021 Korea Sale FESTA, in the shopping district of Myeongdong in Seoul on Nov. 1, 2021, the first day of the 15-day event to attract foreign tourists…

Seoul : Kim Yong-chol, head of North Korea’s United Front Department, presides over a discussion session during a party plenary on Dec. 29, 2021, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News…

Seoul : A soldier gets a booster shot at an inoculation center in Yongin, 49 kilometers south of Seoul, in this photo released by the Ministry of National Defense on Dec. 13, 2021.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : Medical workers are on duty at a COVID-only hospital in Seoul on Dec. 29, 2021, when no patients were on waiting lists for hospitalization nationwide for the first time in 56 days. The…

Seoul : This file photo, taken Dec. 21, 2021, shows stacks of containers at a port in South Korea’s southeastern city of Busan.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : This file photo provided by the Navy on Aug. 13, 2021, shows South Korea’s first 3,000-ton submarine, the Dosan Ahn Chang-ho, built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : A plenary session of the central committee of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party is under way on the event’s third day on Dec. 29, 2021, in this photo released by the Korean Central…

Cruise ship Majestic Princess is seen at a pier in San Francisco, the United States, on Oct. 11, 2021. (Photo by Liu Yilin/Xinhua/IANS)

People view illuminated Christmas decorations in San Francisco, the United States, Dec. 21, 2021. (Photo by Liu Yilin/Xinhua/IANS)

A temporary vegetable market is set up near a community under closed-off management in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, Dec. 29, 2021. (Xinhua/Tao Ming/IANS)