PHOTOS Ahead of new year

Aircraft maintenance engineers check a Korean Air aircraft at a hangar in Incheon, west of Seoul, as part of preparations for the new year by Korea's top carrier, Dec. 26. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Aircraft maintenance engineers check a Korean Air aircraft outside a hangar in Incheon, west of Seoul, as part of preparations for the new year by Korea's top carrier, Dec. 26. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Aircraft maintenance engineers check the fuselage of a Korean Air Boeing 777-300ER airplane at a hangar in Incheon, west of Seoul, as part of preparations for the new year by Korea's top carrier, Dec. 26. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Aircraft maintenance engineers check the fuselage of a Korean Air Boeing 777-300ER airplane outside a hangar in Incheon, west of Seoul, as part of preparations for the new year by Korea's top carrier, Dec. 26. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Aircraft maintenance engineers carry out checks of a Korean Air Boeing 777-300ER airplane in Incheon, west of Seoul, as part of preparations for the new year by Korea's top carrier, Dec. 26. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Aircraft maintenance engineers check a Korean Air Boeing 777-300ER airplane at Incheon, west of Seoul, as part of preparations for the new year by Korea's top carrier, Dec. 26. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Aircraft maintenance engineers check the engine of a Korean Air Boeing 777-300ER airplane at a hangar in Incheon, west of Seoul, as part of preparations for the new year by Korea's top carrier, Dec. 26. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Cars move along the winding road of Maltijae on Mount Sokri, Boeun County, North Chungcheong Province, in this time-lapse photograph, Dec. 7. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Cars move along the winding road of Maltijae on Mount Sokri, Boeun County, North Chungcheong Province, in this time-lapse photography image, Dec. 7. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul