{"id":4385,"date":"2016-06-17T19:04:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T11:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/17\/theres-a-competition-in-south-korea-that-rewards-doing-absolutely-nothing\/"},"modified":"2016-06-17T19:04:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T11:04:57","slug":"theres-a-competition-in-south-korea-that-rewards-doing-absolutely-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/17\/theres-a-competition-in-south-korea-that-rewards-doing-absolutely-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"There's a competition in South Korea that rewards doing absolutely nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wow, did we just stumble upon something that we could possibly effortlessly excel at?<\/p>\n

Vice <\/i>reports<\/a>\u00a0an interesting annual competition held in Seoul, South Korea, that involves participants sitting down and doing absolutely nothing.<\/p>\n

The “Space Out” competition, created by South Korean visual artist WoopsYang in 2014, held its third edition in May at the city’s Ichon Hangang Park.<\/p>\n

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According to WoopsYang, the competition was intended to encourage mobile-addicted, stressed out South Koreans to slow down<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I was suffering from burnout syndrome at the time, but would feel extremely anxious if I was sitting around doing nothing, not being productive in one way or another,” the artist told Vice<\/i>.\u00a0 Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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