A campaign to attract more visitors should focus on publicizing the southwestern
county's "natural beauty instead of the naked female body," it said.
"We are appalled at this preposterous campaign and cannot suppress our mounting
anger," it said.
But officials at the Buan county office were unrepentant and said by telephone
that they had no plan to stop the campaign.
"I don't understand why they are so angry. This is just part of a publicity
campaign aimed at promoting the name of the Bikini Beach. We have no intention
to exploit or commercialize the female sex," an official told AFP.
This latest controvery comes amid tentative plans for South Koreas first nude beach. Last month authorities in Kangwon Province announced that they would seek public support for their plans to designate a part of Kangnung or Kosong region beaches for nude bathers.
