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Posts Tagged With: Gangwon-do

Picture of the Day: Taebaek Murals

» by December 13th, 2011 at 12:56 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="An alley of a town located in Taebaek, Gangwon Province that was once a mining town was made into an alley of murals. The murals depicted ...more »

Picture of the Day: Yangyang Cattle Market In 1957

» by November 3rd, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

Via Albert Hulsen. more »

Picture of the Day: Frozen Paroho Lake

» by September 28th, 2011 at 1:17 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="401" caption="Fishing net on a frozen lake, Paroho Lake, South Korea"][/caption] Via Yann Arthus Bertrand. more »

Woman Survives Brutal Murder Attempt In Gangwon-do

» by July 27th, 2011 at 5:27 pm » Comments (38)

This woman sounds like a candidate for the I Shouldn't Be Alive television show: A woman miraculously survived a multiple stabbing attack and fall from a 100 m cliff and lived ...more »

Places In Korea: Hwaam-sa Temple

» by June 7th, 2011 at 6:03 pm » Comments (0)

Last week's Korea Finder I featured Hwaamsa Temple that is located outside of East Sea port city of Sokcho.  The temple itself is not as architecturally spectacular as other temples ...more »

Picture of the Day: Snow Relief

» by February 15th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (4)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="438" caption="A helicopter from the National 119 Rescue Services (NRS) drops relief goods to a villager isolated by days of heavy snowfall in Gangwon Province on Feb. ...more »

Picture of the Day: East Sea Erosion

» by February 12th, 2011 at 12:50 pm » Comments (3)

Seen here is a beach in South Korea's eastern resort city of Sokcho, which suffers serious coastal erosion. The nation's east coast has faced erosion problems every ...more »

Picture of the Day: Riding the Rails In Samcheok

» by January 21st, 2011 at 12:52 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Tourists enjoy snowy scenery on a rail bike in Samcheok, Gangwon Province on Tuesday. /Newsis "][/caption] more »

Picture of the Day: Sea of Green

» by September 3rd, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

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 ...more »

Picture of the Day: Butterfly Catching In Gangwon-do

» by August 13th, 2010 at 12:59 pm » Comments (3)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption=" Children run to catch butterflies at the Holoce Ecosystem Academy in Hoengseong County, Gangwon. by Kwon Hyuk-jae"][/caption] Via the Joong Ang Ilbo. more »

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