By Son Gina
Photos = Kim Yong-man, Hamyang-gun County
The first rice planting has started in Hamyang-gun County, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, this year.
The first rice was transplanted at a farm in Jiok-myeon Village, Hamyang-gun County, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, at the foot of Jirisan Mountain, on April 19. The farmers planted a total of 2.2 ha of rice.
On April 19, as spring arrives in the air, rice planting has also gotten underway in Daegu and around Yangyang-gun County in Gangwon-do Province.
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