Editor's note: Jeju, South Korea's southernmost island, is well-known for its picturesque landsacpe and is the only place worldwide to receive all three honors granted by UNESCO - for Biosphere in 2002, Natural World Heritage site in 2007 and nine Geoparks in 2010.

Located in the heart of Northeast Asia, the island was also proclaimed one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature in December 2011.

Jeju Free International City Development Center, known as JDC, is a State-owned company established under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport with the mission of making Jeju a free international city like Hong Kong and Singapore.