The annual Boryeong Mud Festival, one of the most famous summer events in Korea, opened Friday on the mud flats of the coast of this western city.
The 10-day event, scheduled to run through July 28, is expected to attract many visitors from home and abroad, with dozens of interesting programs set up to entertain them on the South Chungcheong Province city's Daecheon Beach.
Here are some of the most eye-catching moments of the first day.
| Tourists enjoy the Boryeong Mud Festival on Daecheon Beach at Boryeong in South Chungcheong Province, Friday. Yonhap |
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