Country South Korea Area 4.46 km² Province South Jeolla Province | Region Jeolla Local time Monday 5:31 PM | |
Weather 11°C, Wind W at 32 km/h, 53% Humidity | ||
Sorokdo (Sorok island) is an island in Goheung, Jeolla, South Korea. "Sorok" means "small deer", which the island is supposed to resemble.
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Travelling to Sorokdo
It takes five minutes to reach Sorokdo from Nokdong-hang (Nokdong harbor) in Goheung. As of 3 March 2009, Sorok-Daegyo (bridge) is open for traffic.
Leper Colony
Sorokdo is the site of a leper colony with a history of patient abuse including slave labor, forced sterilizations, and starvation, under both Japanese and Korean administration.
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Sorokdo Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA