Korean apples go viral via Times Square ad

A Korean county’s apples have made an unlikely appearance in the heart of New York’s Times Square as a local government official personally paid 329,000 won ($232) for a 15-second advertisement. The advertisement promoting apples from Bonghwa County in North Gyeongsang Province was displayed on a Times Square billboard every hour at 36 minutes from 1:36 p.m. Thursday to 12:36 p.m. Friday, Korea time. Featuring a picture of a red apple, the ad displayed a short message in Korean: “Bonghwa apples