Virus-weary South Koreans compete to be the best at doing nothing at all
The premise is simply: zone out for 90 minutes, with the winner having the lowest and most stable heart rate. Reasons for competing this year were complicated.
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The premise is simply: zone out for 90 minutes, with the winner having the lowest and most stable heart rate. Reasons for competing this year were complicated.
The winner is the best at putting daily pressures aside. It’s an event for our time.
In South Korea’s ‘healing forest,’ the pandemic-stressed compete for the ultimate chill Min Joo Kim JEJU, South Korea —Organizers of South Korea's annual competition to be the best at doing nothing — seriously, nothing — needed just the right spot for the work-from-home parents, remote-learning students and others weary of the pandemic. So what could be better than a "healing forest" on the southern island of Jeju? The woodlands are known as a site for other therapeutic programs. Twenty-eight pandemic-battered competitors gathered under the leafy canopy Wed...
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