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Opening a communicative space between <strong>Korea</strong> and the world<br />
www.korea.<strong>net</strong><br />
September 2008 VOL. 4 NO. 9<br />
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06 National<br />
48 Travel<br />
<strong>Korea</strong> Celebrates 60th Founding Anniversary<br />
Enjoy <strong>Korea</strong>n Cuisine above the Clouds<br />
A Trip to Namdo<br />
10 Diplomacy<br />
President Lee Meets Bush, Hu and Other World Leaders<br />
52 Food<br />
‘The FTA Ratification Will Benefit <strong>Korea</strong>, U.S.’<br />
Ceramic Pots — Natural Preservers<br />
Cover Photo<br />
The special Chuseok dish:<br />
songpyeon<br />
14 2008 Beijing Olympics<br />
Best Olympic Run Ever for <strong>Korea</strong><br />
54 People<br />
Prima Ballerina Kang Sue-jin<br />
A Veteran Artist’s Love of Dokdo<br />
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Publisher Yoo Jin-hwan<br />
<strong>Korea</strong>n Culture and Information Service<br />
Editing & Printing Herald Media Inc.<br />
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Design toga design<br />
18 Science<br />
<strong>Korea</strong> Vies to Become Medical Tourism Hub<br />
Global Market Leaders Made in <strong>Korea</strong><br />
<strong>Korea</strong>’s ‘Culture President’ Comes Back<br />
‘Next Mozart’ Premieres in <strong>Korea</strong><br />
59 Events<br />
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22 Global <strong>Korea</strong><br />
<strong>Korea</strong>n NGO Offers Help to Swazi Children<br />
28 Chuseok<br />
Chuseok: <strong>Korea</strong>n Thanksgiving Day<br />
Culinary Tradition — Hangwa<br />
Jecheon International Music & Film Festival<br />
National Palace Museum of <strong>Korea</strong>’s Special Exhibition<br />
64 Books<br />
‘Political Change in <strong>Korea</strong>’<br />
‘Contemporary <strong>Korea</strong>n Architecture’<br />
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35 Culture<br />
<strong>Korea</strong>n Dramas Carve a Niche in Japan<br />
- Kathleen Morikawa, Columnist for the Daily Yomiuri<br />
Foreign Firms Turn to <strong>Korea</strong>n Culture<br />
66 Foreign Viewpoints<br />
<strong>Korea</strong> Continues to Change Dynamically<br />
- René Francisco Umaña, Honduras Ambassador to <strong>Korea</strong><br />
<strong>Korea</strong>’s UNESCO Heritage Site (7) — Gyeongju Historic Areas<br />
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4 KOREA SEPTEMBER 2008<br />
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