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South Korea doused 2 tiny islands in a vibrant purple. ... "There were a few small restaurants, convenience shops, ice cream or coffee shops there, but not many," Lopez said.
On two small South Korean islands, life has taken on a distinctly lavender hue. You can see it on the rooftops, the phone booths, and the bridge that connects the two islands, Banwol Island and ...
SHINAN, South Korea – Dressed all in purple, bent-over women held long rakes aloft as they walked in a line to a lavender field to carry out some pruning on an island in southwest South Korea… ...
Banwol Island, off the west coast of southern South Korea, has become known as “the purple island” after painting the roofs of some 400 buildings a lovely shade of lilac.
Kim Wong-chae, 85, left, and other residents of Hodo, an island off the west coast of South Korea, on the way to Chungnam 501, a government-run hospital ship that brings medical service to remote ...
On this small South Korean island, residents say if North Korea strikes, they 'could be devastated' By North Asia correspondent James Oaten and Sookyoung Lee in Yeonpyong Island Topic: World Politics ...
Many South Koreans consider a trip to the Dodko Islands a civic duty. 1 of 12 The Dokdo Islands are the center of a diplomatic dispute between South Korea and Japan that goes back more than 300 years.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hosted the country's first summit with leaders of Pacific islands on Monday, as Seoul seeks to boost its influence in a region that has become the focus of ...
TOKYO/SEOUL, July 24 (Reuters) - A war of words over ownership of a group of tiny islands in the sea between Japan and South Korea spilled over to the Olympics on Wednesday as Tokyo criticised ...
Banwol Island, off the west coast of southern South Korea, has become known as “the purple island” after painting the roofs of some 400 buildings a lovely shade of lilac.