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Foreign Policy

New York Times

Bringing K-Pop to the West (4 March 2012)
Korea Discovers Its Rock ‘N’ Roll Soul (21 October 2011)
An American in North Korea, Pledging Allegiance to the Great Leader (19 October 2006)
Unlike His Peers, the Director Bong Joon-ho Likes Ideas and Metaphors (28 May 2006) (Note: I hate that headline and had nothing to do with it)
Uniting the Two Koreas, in Animated Films at Least (21 August 2005)
Choi Min-shik: A Korean Takes to Screen With a Vengeance (1 July 2004 – originally appeared in the International Herald Tribune)
The Panoramic Views of Seoul (12 March 2004 – originally appeared in the International Herald Tribune)
The Rebirth of Korean Film (5 March 2004 – originally appeared in the International Herald Tribune)

Wall Street Journal

Newsweek

My Side of the Mountain: A Gay-Themed Film Becomes a Surprise Hit in Korea (27 March 2006)
Korean to the Core: A Film Wrestles With the Colorful Life of Rikidozan (17 January 2005)
Gray Market: Scavengers Collect Virtual Booty in Online Games and Sell It for Real Cash (11 October 2004)
The Landscape as Star: A Sensitive New Filmmakers Puts Mongolia on the Map (23 August 2004)
Blockbuster Nation (3 May 2004 – cover story)
An Oasis of Truth: Korean Director Lee Chang-dong Takes an Unflinching Look at How His Society Treats People With Disabilities (28 October 2002)

AAAS Science

Billboard

Mongolian Acts Ready for the World (18 Sept. 2004)

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