[PHOTO] Rural villagers pray for rain

By Park Sae-jin Posted : June 22, 2017, 18:16 Updated : June 22, 2017, 18:16

[Yonhap News Photo]

Villagers, backed by a farmers' band, pray for rain in front of an altar at a traditional pavilion in the southern rural town of Gochang. South Korea's farmland has been damaged by a prolonged drought, coupled with an unseasonal heat wave.

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