[Photo News] Brilliant shades of ‘stinky’ ginkgo trees
By Park Hyun-kooPublished : Nov. 9, 2017 - 11:32
Ginkgo trees, beautiful in the fall season with their bright golden hues, are both loved and hated for the picturesque sight they provide and the rancid stench emitting from its rotting berries.
A mistaken step on the ginkgo berries leaves the smell of stinky socks throughout the day.
In Seoul, talks are being thrown around to switch the female trees to male trees. But as the smelly period of the fallen berries only goes on for about a month, some environmentalists argue it is unreasonable to get rid of the existing trees.
By Park Hyun-koo (phko@heraldcorp.com)
A mistaken step on the ginkgo berries leaves the smell of stinky socks throughout the day.
In Seoul, talks are being thrown around to switch the female trees to male trees. But as the smelly period of the fallen berries only goes on for about a month, some environmentalists argue it is unreasonable to get rid of the existing trees.
By Park Hyun-koo (phko@heraldcorp.com)
More from Headlines
-
NewsletterSubscribe Start your day with a roundup of key stories from The Korea Herald with news and comment on all that’s happening in Korea. [Robert J. Fouser] After the National Assembly election 1 out 3 Koreans live alone, family types becoming div
-
Meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
-
South Korea to launch space security center under spy agency