Posted : 2021-01-22 09:41
Updated : 2021-01-22 17:18
Students dance to PSY s Gangnam Style in a flash mob at Cheonggye Stream in central Seoul in March 2013 to promote the World Wide Fund for Nature s Earth Hour campaign. Screen capture from YouTube
By Ko Dong-hwan
In March 2013, a flash mob of thousands of students from elementary to high schools across South Korea performed PSY s Gangnam Style at Cheonggye Stream in downtown Seoul. Led by the World Wide Fund for Nature Korea, it was held to encourage people to participate in the WWF s global electricity- and energy-saving campaign called Earth Hour, by turning off their lights March 23 between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.