Ahead of Year of Dragon A girl draws a dragon at a day care center in the southwestern city of Gwangju on Dec. 27, 2023, ahead of the start of 2024, the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac. (Yonhap)
Year-end bell cleaning ahead of new yea rWorkers clean the Dalgubeol Grand Bell at a park in the southeastern city of Daegu on Dec. 27, 2023, ahead of an annual ceremony to toll the bell to usher in the new year. (Yonhap)
New Year celebration in North Korea North Koreans greet the new year at Kim Il-sung Square in central Pyongyang on Jan. 1, 2021, in the photo released by the North’s Korean Central News Agency. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)