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How South Korea Became a Cultural Giant
From movies to K-Pop, South Korean culture manages to punch above its weight across East Asia and beyond. How did this happen and why is it so important to Koreans?
From movies to K-Pop, South Korean culture manages to punch above its weight across East Asia and beyond. How did this happen and why is it so important to Koreans? Rana Mitter vists the South Korean capital, Seoul, to investigate. In exploring the country's movies industry, Rana speaks to actress Moon So-ri and directors Chung Chang-wha and Zhang Lu.
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