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Scenes from the Jagalchi fish market in Busan.

Rock pagodas, said to give good luck, at the Bulguksa temple in Gyeongju.

South Korean army outpost along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the North Korean border.

Posing with South Korean military police at Korail's ultramodern but unused Dorasan DMZ train station.

The hazy view from the telescopes at the mountaintop Dora Lookout in the DMZ is the closest most visitors can get to North Korea.

The Peace Bell at Paju City, South Korea.

Travelers at Incheon Airport can try their hand at making Korean crafts at two complimentary Traditional Korean Cultural Experience Zones in the passenger terminal.

Woljeongsa Temple, one of 24 Buddhist monasteries where visitors can partake in the Korean Tourism Organization's Templestay program.

Bupjang Seunim, one of the seunim, or Buddhist monks, at Woljeongsa Temple in South Korea’s Odaesan National Park.

Koreans decorate their Buddhist temples each spring with lanterns in commemoration of the Buddha's birthday.

Templestay participants and guides navigate a stream on a meditative nature walk near Woljeongsa Temple.

At mountaintop shrine near Woljeongsa, Templestay volunteers and participants Susie, Itu, Ken, Sinae, Trudy, Natalia and Jung.

Friendly Seoul schoolgirls mug for the camera after co-opting this reporter into an on-camera karaoke session.

An ancient mountaintop shrine in South Korea's Odaesan National Park.

The cherry blossoms are blooming at Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, South Korea.