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At Seokchon Lake, Jamsil, Seoul, a large rubber duck that reaches a height of 6 stories has reappeared.
It was installed again in Seoul after 8 years, and reporter Lee Joo-sang tells the story of the rubber duck that made people smile while traveling around the world.
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An 18-meter-tall yellow rubber duck is floating in the city lake.
The 'Rubber Duck', which attracted the attention of 5 million people in 2014, was found again after being turned on 1.5m after 8 years.
The large-scale installation, Rubber Duck, has toured major cities in 16 countries around the world, starting with France in 2007.
Thinking of babies floating in the bathtub and playing, it makes everyone smile.
[Florentine Hoffman/Writer: We are all a family living together in a big house called Earth.
Since it is a bathtub for people all over the world, a huge duck seemed to be needed.]
Before this installation, the rubber duck has been a symbol of hope.
The rubber duck lost on its way from China to the United States in 1992 was found intact until 2011, 19 years later, in Alaska, the Arctic, and the beaches of Scotland.
Since then, the rubber duck has become a major indicator of ocean currents research for oceanographers, and has come to mean love and peace to the general public.
The rubber duck appeared in protest against the authorities' forced suppression during the anti-government protests in Thailand in 2020.
When I come back this time, my little brother Rubber Ducks also come to give me greater comfort.
[Florentine Hoffman/Writer: Koreans have all suffered from the pandemic, so I hope this rubber duck work can relieve tension and deliver happiness and joy.]
The artist also transcends time and space and is owned by everyone .
We decided to release Rubber Duck as an NFT version so that we can do that.
(Video source: Wim Goossens, video editing: Kim Jong-mi, VJ: Oh Se-gwan)