The film site of South Korean hit television series "Descendants of the Sun" opened to the public in Taebaek on Friday, attracting tourists from home and overseas with the global popularity of the drama.

The film site is a restoration of the Taebaek leg of the military romance-action series. The municipality of Taebaek in Gangwon Province poured some 270 million won ($245,000) into the project.

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Launched on local terrestrial broadcaster KBS on Feb. 24, the Wednesday-Thursday series tells the love story of doctor Kang Mo-yeon (Song Hye-kyo) and Army Capt. Yoo Si-jin (Song Joong-ki) in the fictional war-torn country of Uruk.

The Taebaek film site is the location where, in the 16-episode series, the medical camp led by Kang and the Taebaek military troop headed by Yoo were stationed.

At the tourist site located 271 kilometers east of Seoul, visitors can browse the medical camp and military base wearing costumes with the same design as those worn by the cast.

The military camp is equipped with combat uniforms and boots, bullet-proof helmets, military blankets and ammunition belts. Outside the camp are army trucks and a helicopter. The city is considering stationing a replica tank, too.

Next to the Taebaek military camp is the Uruk powerhouse, destroyed by an earthquake.

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By 2018, Taebaek city aims to inject 13.1 billion won into building restaurants, storage for fermented food, replica mine facilities and a park there. (Yonhap)