A joint investigation team examines the site of a hotel burnt by Thursday's fire in Bucheon, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (Photo: AP/Ahn Young-joon)
Iraqi protesters run away from tear gas fired by security forces as they gather to mark the third anniversary of the anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. (Photo: AP/Hadi Mizban)
This photo shows an aerial view of firefighters working to extinguish a fire at a lithium battery factory in Hwaseong on June 24, 2024. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Firefighters gather at the site of a fire at a lithium battery factory owned by South Korean battery maker Aricell in Hwaseong on June 24, 2024. (Photo: ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
The photo shows unidentified objects believed to be North Korean trash from balloons that crossed the inter-Korea border, on a street in Seoul. (Photo: AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with South Korea's Ambassador to Iraq, Choi Sung-soo, May 29, 2024. (Photo: KRG)
This picture shows South Korean farmers holding up green onions with a sign reading "The president's monthly salary of 875 won is appropriate!" (Photo: AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with South Korean Consul General in Erbil Seungcheol Lim, Jan. 14, 2024. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) walking alongside outgoing Republic of Korea Consul General in Erbil Cho Kijoung, Sept. 9, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (right) during his meeting with the newly inaugurated South Korean Consul General in Iraq's Kurdish region Cho Kijoung, Sept. 25, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)