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Jeju Loveland is an outdoor erotic sculpture park on Jeju Island. Jeju Island was already a popular destination for honeymooners, being the southernmost and therefore the warmest region in South Korea. The park is focused on a theme of sex and featuring 140 sculptures representing humans in various sexual positions.

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Jeju (Jeju-si) is the capital of Jeju province in South Korea and the largest city on the island of Jeju. Because of its natural beauty the island feels like a backdrop for many artists and designers. The Jeju Provincial Art Museum is one of the gathering point. Situated within the Halla Mountains, the museum plan is designed as a circulation loop, creating exterior and interior exhibition space. The program of the museum is planned for research, conservation, exhibition, education, and exhibition.

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Jeju Island is a popular vacation spot for travelers to South Korea and one of the top honeymoon destinations for Korean newlyweds. The area includes finest lava tube system of caves anywhere, multi-shaped rock formations and dark-colored lava walls. The Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes together comprise 18,846 ha and are added to UNESCO’ World Heritage List.

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It’s a really strange building located in Suwon, South Korea, only 40km of Seoul. It’s the “first appearance largest toilet sculptures” organized and owned by Sim Jae-duck, chairman of the World Association of toilet. Today, around 40% of the world’s population doesn’t get to use hygienic toilets and he used this symbol of disease to bring forth the reality of two million people.

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Jon Dunbar is a great traveler and photographer. Today I’m going to present you his last urban exploring in South Korea – the Boeing 747 restaurant, looming huge over the highway, and yet dwarfed by a swarm of apartment buildings all around.

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I have written many times about the miraculous country called Cambodia. But this time I will present a really different look of the country. To many tourists Cambodia means only two things: the majestic temples of Angkor Wat and the Killing Fields of Phnom Penh. But the southern coast of the country is ”Another Cambodia” and during the recent years emerged as an alternative to the heavily trafficked beaches of Thailand.

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This impressive gate, with its magnificent Korean-style roof, is the oldest wooden structure in Seoul. It’s dates from the construction of Seoul’s old city walls in 1398. Originally a grand entrance to the city of Seoul, today Sungnyemun Gate  marks the southern boundary of the old city center. Due to its historical and architectural value, it’s been designated Korea’s National Treasure, like a symbol of Korea’s blending of the ancient and modern.

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Green Towers will be located in the southern part of Seoul, South Korea, in a large-scale urban redevelopment zone that is possibly one of the most densely populated places on Earth. The Seoul Commune 2026 project by Mass Studies is just sheer genius. Covering 393,400 square meters of land and bound by the Han River on the northern side, 15 towers of varying height -from 16 to 53 floors-function like one giant house in this park-like setting.

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This is an extraordinary building located in Seoul, South Korea. Architects Minsuk Cho and Kisu Park are the designers of this flora-clothed multifunctional structure. The building was done in Octomber 2007 with green roofs and living walls to another level.

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Europe’s most colourful event – The World Bodypainting Festival. It’s an annual festival held in Seeboden, Austria, near the Millstatter See, on the third week of July every year. 25.000 visitors are expected in the upcoming world championships for bodypainters. The World Bodypainting Festival is the largest artistic event of this kind and draws thousands of people every year. Artists from 40 nations – including Australia, North Korea, Canada, USA, Columbia, Argentina and South Africa – will be coming to this impressive Event. The festival is the best gallery in the world for artists to exhibit their bodyart work. The bodypainting will take place in the Klauber Park in Seeboden, where the unique surroundings of Lake Millstatt provide the appropriate impressionistic backdrop. The bodypainting work at the event is of a high artistic quality. The female – as well as the male bodies – are painted aesthetically, either to the given theme, or from an artistic.

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