People enjoy the beauty and scent of buckwheat flowers at a field in Bongpyeong in Pyeongchang County, Gangwon Province on Wednesday. The 12th Hyoseok Cultural Festival will open in Bongpyeong from Friday for a ten-day run. Bongpyeong is the birthplace of writer Lee Hyo-seok who is most famous for writing the short story “When the Buckwheat Flowers Bloom.”  [KBS Global]