Boryeong is a small holiday town on Korea's west coast. For the majority of the scorching Korean summer, it is filled with Koreans playing soccer on the beach or enjoying the warm blue waters of the Yellow Sea. With its golden sands and accompanying promenade, the town is a great

 

 
 

place to catch some sun and then grab some seriously fresh seafood. Despite the perfect seaside surroundings, though, for one week a year Boryeong goes crazy--with mud.Up and down the neighbouring stretches of coastline are a series of mud flats, which locals insist are chock full of therapeutic minerals. Because of this, every July tons and tons of the thin almost watery mud, which is not dissimilar in both texture and appearance to chocolate syrup, are transported into the centre of Boryeong for the annual mud festival.

 
     
   
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- Boryeong Mud Festival Gets Grubby - ABC New
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South Korean mud festival attracts messy behavior - Wed Jul 16, 2008/ REUTERS
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Korean Mud Festival may Ban US Troops - July 16, 2008/ Headlines
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South Korea mud festival considers banning U.S. troops - July 17, 2008/ stripes
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South Korean mud festival attracts messy behavior - 2008.07.17/ NEWS
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Mud Festival in South Korea - June 19, 2008/ The Coast
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People play during 11th Boryeong Mud Festival - 2008.07.13/ CHINA DAILY
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South Korean mud festival attracts messy behavior - July 17, 2008/ People's Daily Online
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Big Breaks - Sunday Herald
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Muddy Fun in the Sun in S. Korea's Daecheon - July 20, 2008/ The Seoul Times
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Get Away From It All - 07.15.2008/ The Seoul Times
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Good Clean Fun - Jun. 19, 2006/ Time
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Mud Festival' in South Korea - BEIJINGREVIEW.COM
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Getting Down ‘n Dirty at Daecheon Beach - 07.17.2007/ The Seoul Times
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Boryeong Mud Festival Gets Grubby - 07.17.2007 / The Korea Times