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The Nuri rocket rests horizontally on a transporter at dusk during preparations for its fifth launch.

Nuri rocket rolls out for fifth launch

A Nuri rocket is transported from the assembly building to the launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, Jeonnam-Gwangju, on Oct. 6 ahead of its fifth launch.

2026.10.6

Signs at Sorokdo National Hospital in Goheung County, South Jeolla, restrict visitor access on Nov. 6. [PARK SANG-MOON]

Sorok Island residents recall Korean leper colony's history of internment and isolation

Sorok Island, home to former leprosy patients, reflects on its painful history as only 324 residents remain. The island serves as a hospital and final refuge, conveying a message of social understanding and acceptance.

2025.12.8

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The autopsy lab at the former Sorokdo Rehabilitation Center in Goheung County, South Jeolla [PARK SANG-MOON]

Sorok Island's lonely monuments quietly tell former leper colony's tale of suffering

A 10-minute drive from Nokdong Port in Goheung County, South Jeolla, across the narrow span of the Sorok Bridge, leads to a remote island, where the beauty of its sea and pine trees conceals a long history of suffering.

2025.12.8

A view of the five bridges — Jobal, Dunbyeong, Nangdo, Jeokgeum and Paryeong — that make up the course of the Yeosu Eleven Bridge Marathon [YEOSU CITY HALL]

Yeosu Eleven Bridge Marathon event held for first time with half, 10-kilometer races

The Yeosu Eleven Bridge Marathon, which crosses the bridges linking Yeosu and Goheung, South Jeolla, took place for the first time on Saturday after seven years of preparation.

2025.11.30

Visitors to Goheung Space Launch Observatory in Goheung, South Jeolla are seen waiting for the fourth launch of Korea's homegrown space rocket Nuri on Nov. 26. [YONHAP]

First nighttime Nuri rocket launch creates excitement throughout Jeolla as local businesses benefit

As the launch time for the fourth flight of Korea’s homegrown Nuri space rocket approaches, excitement is building across Goheung and nearby Yeosu in South Jeolla, including around the Naro Space Center, from where the rocket will lift off.

2025.11.26

Korea's homegrown space rocket Nuri is seen being transported to its launch pad inside the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla on Nov. 25. [KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE]

Nuri's first nighttime launch set for 12:55 a.m. Thursday

Korea's homegrown Nuri rocket will blast off at 12:55 a.m. on Thursday from Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla, the Korea AeroSpace Administration announced late Wednesday.

2025.11.26

Ducks quack

This winter's first case of avian influenza has been reported at a duck farm in Goheung County, South Jeolla, on Tuesday. The picture shows quarantine officials culling ducks to prevent the spread of the disease at the farm in the county on Tuesday.

2023.12.5