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Gwakdo, an unfamiliar island that can be reached after a 3 hour and 30 minute drive from Jindo Paengmok Port. The quiet island village becomes lively from July, when summer is at its peak. Residents who live in other places for a living all return to pick seaweed at this time of year. The wild seaweed produced here is a high-quality seaweed that costs from 600,000 won to 1 million won for 20 sheets. The reason that high-quality seaweed can be produced is thanks to Gwakdo’s rough waves and currents. This year, eight households in the village harvest seaweed based on the principle of communal harvesting and communal distribution. They bring the equally divided seaweed and each start drying it. The quality and price of seaweed are determined by this drying process. We will see the seaweed picking scenery of Gwakdo, the sounds of people, the rough waves, and the lives of the people who live there, which can only be seen for two months in July and August. ※Korean Travelogue - Can You Hear the Sound of Summer Part 1 Kwak Do, In Search of Summer Treasures (2018.08.20)