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Saturday, 12 November 2011

(3rd LD) Jeju Island chosen among 'New7Wonders of Nature'

JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- The southern South Korean resort island of Jeju has been named as one of the new seven natural wonders of the world in a worldwide poll, a Switzerland-based organization announced Saturday.

   The subtropical volcanic island, located 130 kilometers off the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula, was selected along with Brazil's Amazon region, Halong Bay in Vietnam, Argentina's Iguazu Falls, Indonesia's Komodo National Park, the Puerto Princesa Underground River in the Philippines and South Africa's Table Mountain, according to the New7Wonders foundation in Zurich.   More Read

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