Farmers' decades of labour transform the rough Gangwon region into a picturesque alpine town.

The highland village of Anbandegi, located 1,100 meters above sea level in the eastern coastal city of Gangneung, is known for its distinctive landscape, as the name implies. Its unusual geography inspired the name. Anbandegi is a combination of the Korean words "anban," which refers to the concave wooden support used while pounding out rice cake dough, and "degi," which means "a large and flat tract of land" in G....