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East & Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
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South Korea: Contemporary Culture
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Cinema Other Performing Arts Food & Drink
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See also the page on Asian cinema.
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Cinema
Arrested Motion: Leaps and Bounds in the Korean Detective Film Anne Rutherford on Lee Myung-se's 1999 film Nowhere To Hide (Senses of Cinema, Issue No. 7, June 2000)
Asian Film Connections: Korea General introduction; feature films & awarded films since 1998; highlighted films with film stills & video clips; highlighted directors; educational curriculum
Cinemaya Highlighted Articles: Korea Selections from Cinemaya, The Asian Film Quarterly
A Divine Tragedy: Kim Ki-duk Searches for Redemption in The Samaritan Girl Acquarello's essay on Kim Ki-duk's 2004 film (Senses of Cinema, July-Sept. 2004)
The Establishment of a National Cinema Under Colonialism: The History of Early Korean Cinema Essay by Lee Young-Il (Screening the Past, Issue 7, July 1999)
The History and Material Existence of Korean Cinema Essay on Korean cinema in the Japanese colonial period by Cho Hee-Moon of Sangmyoung University (Screening the Past, Issue5, Dec. 1998)
Interview with Kim Ki-Duk Conducted by Volker Hummel (Senses of Cinema, Issue No. 19, March-April 2002)
Interview with Lee Jeong-hyang, Director of The Way Home AsiaSource interview with the director of the 2002 hit "about the unconditional love that grows between a young boy and his grandmother"
Korean Cinema in 2002 Peter Rist's survey in Offscreen (Mar. 2003)
Korean Film Commission (KOFIC) "a government-supported, self-administered body, work[ing] tirelessly to promote and support Korean films both in Korea and abroad": Korean film database; newsletter; bulletin board
Koreanfilm.org "The films, issues, people, & events that shape the film community in Korea": annual reports; newsletters; actors & actresses; directors; Korean TV dramas; books & bibliography, etc.
S Korea Trades Film Rights with US Sales of remake rights to its best movies by the South Korean film industry to Hollywood to make up for losses due to piracy (BBC News, Feb. 12, 2004)
Udine Far East Film Festival 2004 Program Notes: Korea Darcy Paquet's Korean Cinema in 2003: A Well-Made Boom; Ryan Law's Through a Glass Darkly: Representation of the North in South Korean Film & Screen to Screen: Internet Movies in Korean Cinema
Where are the Snows of Yesteryear?: Hong Sang-soo Searches for Lost Time in Woman is the Future of Man Acquarello on Hong Sang-soo's 2004 film (Senses of Cinema, Oct.-Dec., 2004)
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Other Performing Arts
An Interview with Sin Cha Hong, Korean Contemporary Dancer and Choreographer AsiaSource interview with "one of Korea's most influential contemporary performing artists ...about the experiences and cultures that have inspired her work, and the state of Korean contemporary performing arts today" (June 24, 2002)
Music Trap: Korean Pop Interactive Radio Korea International's "pop music site featuring pop music programs in ten different languages ... Korean Top Ten songs, interviews with top stars & new music videos"
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Food & Drink
Kimchi Story History; types; cuisines; recipes; health benefits
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