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A view of the inside of South Korea's indigenous fusion energy test bed, the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR), with which the National Fusion Research Institute in Daejeon succeeded in creating plasma for the first time, Daejon, South Korea, 15 July 2008.  EPA/STR
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A Chungcheong University handout picture shows a maiden ignite the sacred flame for the 10th World Taekwondo Festival at the Dangun Shrine in Cheongwon, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, 30 June 2008. Some 3,000 martial artists from 60 countries around the world will participate in this year's festival, to be held from July 1-6 in Chungcheong University and other venues in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province.  EPA/CHUNGCHEONG UNIVERSITY
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South Korean protesters hold a candles as they march on the main street during a rally against the recent South Korea-US agreement on the expansion of US beef imports, in Seoul, South Korea, 06 June 2008. The protesters demanded renegotiation of the South Korea and US beef imports and resignation of the president Lee Myung-bak. EPA/LEE KI-TAE

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An artist's impression of a 1,000-kilowatt tidal power plant that the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs announced on 27 May 2008 will be set up in the Myeongnyang Channel in South Jeolla Province by the end of the year. The tidal plant, to be the world's biggest, will be 16 meters long, 36 meters wide and 48 meters high.  EPA/YNA

Not strictly a photo I know, but first-time I have seen how these might look on a large scale.

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