Ahn Young-Joon

FILE - Currency traders work at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, center, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 15 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Currency traders pass by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, center, at the

A member of the national federation of farmers, known as "Junnong," with ears of rice shouts a slogan during a rally to demand the suspension of rice imports and South

Members of the national federation of farmers, known as "Junnong," and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, march with an effigy of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during a

Employees pass by an electronic signboard displaying the prices of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies at the lounge of Bithumb cryptocurrency exchange in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (AP

Members of the national federation of farmers, known as "Junnong," and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions march during a rally to demand the suspension of rice imports and South

FILE- South Korean army soldiers conduct an anti-terror drill as part of the Ulchi Taeguk exercise at a park in Seoul, South Korea, May 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

South Korean protesters wearing masks of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center left, and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, center right, hold a banner during a rally against their government's

People pass by a poster calling for a reduction in plastic production while the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution is being held in Busan, at