Korea is not quite a land of subtlety; Koreans like to take everything to the extreme: the Han River in Seoul has too many huge bridges, highways have too many lanes, food is either very spicey or very bland (very good, too!), business signs are enormous and painted in most vivid colours... Here's an example of this love of things big and exaggerated - a larger- than- life map of Mt. Kodae. It's so big, you can't see the mountain it represents.