[Photo] Ipchuncheop Posted on Closed Stores in Darkened Myeongdong

On the 4th, known as 'Ipchun,' the solar term marking the beginning of spring, an Ipchun Daegil (立春大吉) and Geonyang Dakyung (建陽多慶) Ipchun poster are attached to a closed store in Myeongdong, Seoul. On the same day, the government decided to extend the current social distancing measures, which allow private gatherings of up to six people and restrict business operations after 9 p.m., for two more weeks to slow the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. /Reporter Moon Honam munonam@

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