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South Korea Hosts 'Power Nap Contest'

Bloomberg Radio Seoul 10d10d Impact 5
Hundreds of young people gathered at a park in Seoul, South Korea, for the city government's third annual spring event known as a power nap contest. The event comes amid data indicating South Korea is one of the most overworked and sleep-deprived nations. The contest was staged by the city government. The event is organized by the local government to highlight the country's chronic sleep struggles. Officials measure participants' heart rates during the competition. Seoul is hosting its third annual sleeping competition on Saturday. Participants were required to wear costumes with a 'sleep' theme to attend the event. The competition was reported by Vietnam News.

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Sources · 7 independent

Bloomberg Radio

“Hundreds of young people at a park in Seoul, South Korea today turned out to snooze as the city government staged its third annual spring event dubbed a power nap contest.”

ABC NewsRadio AU

“Hundreds of people gathered in South Korea's capital Seoul on Saturday to compete in the city's annual power napping competition.”

BBC World Service

“Hundreds of people gathered in South Korea's capital, Seoul, on Saturday to compete in the city's annual power napping competition.”

BBC WS backup

“Hundreds of people gathered in a park in South Korea's capital Seoul on Saturday to compete in the city's third annual sleeping competition.”

BBC WS backup

“Saturday to compete in the city's third annual sleeping competition.”

VOV1 Vietnam

“To emphasize the importance of sleep, the city of Seoul, South Korea, has just held a competition called 'Sleep Short Race'.”

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