The golden bat monument in Hampyeong-gun, South Jeolla Province, was once criticized as a waste of taxpayers’ money. Now, it is drawing renewed attention as a lucrative public investment amid soaring gold prices.
The value of the gold and silver used in the monument has surged more than tenfold from about 2.6 million dollar
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