Banwol Island, off the west coast of southern South Korea, has become known as “the purple island” after painting the roofs of some 400 buildings a lovely shade of lilac.

If purple is your favorite color, you’re really going to love it here. Banwol Island in South Korea is trending an Instagram-worthy day trip destination for its eclectic violet theme, drawing ...

SHINAN, South Korea (Reuters) - Dressed all in purple, bent-over women held long rakes aloft as they walked in a line to a lavender field to carry out some pruning on an island in southwest South ...

Everything on Purple Island - the bridge, roads, houses and fields - is washed in purple hues. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The color purple is also symbolic of Army, the massive fan community of the K-pop group BTS. The island was interspersed with the signs "I Purple You" designed by group member V. All residents of ...

Purple Island (South Korea) Technically, there is a difference between violet and purple, but we’ll cheat a bit for this entry as most people tend to deem them interchangeable.