Seoul repudiated Jinju City's claim that the metropolitan government copied the small city's lantern festival, arguing that the southeastern city borrowed some festival ideas from Seoul.

"As far as I know, in the city of Jinju, the festival features around 700,000 lit lanterns ... "A mother who was far from her soldier son would release a lantern with letters," he said.

Vietnamese artisans from Hoi An have redefined lantern-making with 'The Sacred Soul of Vietnam', a record-breaking creation ...