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![Boxes of fruits are stacked on top of each other at the Noeun Agriculture and Marine Product Market in Yuseong District, Daejeon, on Wednesday. People exchange fruit or beef as gifts around the Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 1 this year. Despite the holiday festivity, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum advised people to refrain from visiting their families and relatives due to the Omicron surge. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10596380.jpg?imageId=10596380&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Hangwa, traditional Korean sweets, are packaged at a factory in Gangneung in Gangwon Province on Wednesday. The sweets are often exchanged as gifts for the Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 1 this year. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10157485.jpg?imageId=10157485&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Models look at Lunar New Year gift sets at a Homeplus branch in Gangseo District, western Seoul, on Monday. The discount chain will sell a range of gift sets that include beef, wine and fruit from Thursday to Feb. 2. Lunar New Year falls on Feb. 1 this year. [HOMEPLUS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10027837.jpg?imageId=10027837&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![CJ Logistics unionized workers on strike meet with Rep. Kim Ju-young, Democratic Party (DP) lawmaker and DP presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung campaign worker, on Monday in front of the company's headquarters in Jung District, central Seoul. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10446027.jpg?imageId=10446027&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)