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In Seoul, Doing Nothing Is the Point: Annual “Space-Out” Competition Draws a Crowd

In Seoul, Doing Nothing Is the Point: Annual “Space-Out” Competition Draws a Crowd

SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Under the soft breeze of a post-rain afternoon at Seoul’s Banpo Hangang Park, 126 participants in clown wigs, hanbok, and even llama costumes sat silently side-by-side across the Jamsu Bridge on Sunday. They weren’t preparing for performance art—they were competing to do absolutely nothing. This was the annual “Han River [...]