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ISSN:2005-2
162
www.korea.net
5
MAY
2009
Opening a communicative space
between Korea and the world
The Buddha\u2019s birthday
illuminates Seoul
Songs from the Korean soul to the world\u2019s ears
A buried love resurfaces at last
4koreaMay 2009
May 2009korea5
CONTENTS
6
22
52
35
May2009
VOL. 9 / NO. 5
Publisher

Yoo Jin-hwan
Korean Culture and
Information Service

Chief Editor
Ko Hye-ryun
Editing & Printing
JoongAng Daily
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webmaster@korea.net
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JoongAng Daily

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Cover Photo
Paper alnterns in the
Sangdoseonwon
Temple.
Photo by JoongAng Ilbo
06Cover Story
\u2022 Buddha\u2019s Birthday festivities illuminate Seoul
12Diplomacy
\u2022 G-20 nations to cooperate for economic recovery
16Global Korea
\u2022 Joint technical training center opens in Guatema-
lan capital

\u2022 Charity\u2019s hiking dentists save Himalayan mouths
\u2022 Korean experts build water system in Ethiopia
\u2022 The Korean Wave roars along the old Silk Road.

20Green Growth
\u2022 Fresh wind blows in Seokbo
\u2022 One powerful little flower
22Culture

\u2022 Songs from the Korean soul to the world\u2019s ears
\u2022 Updating a moving musical tradition
\u2022 Art as fraud, art as history:

Kang Ik-joong\u2019s child-world
30Korean Literature
\u2022 Hwang Seok-yeong: A life of struggle
against injustice
34Book
\u2022 Seeing Buddha in Korean eyes
35Human Story
\u2022 A buried love resurfaces at last
40Korea through the Lens
\u2022 First Ladies, Dance with Drums, spring and
sprays in the subway...
44Travel
\u2022 Ascension from the sea
48Series: Strategies for Growth
\u2022 Blueprint for final success in world content
market
51Hidden Champion
\u2022 Staying on top of fabric takes latest tech-
nology
52Sports

\u2022 Sellout crowds for KBO on opening day
\u2022 Korea\u2019s girl of many firsts
\u2022 A traveling festival to sell Koreans on biking

for work and pleasure
58Design
\u2022 A new eco-friendly era begins at Korean
carmakers
62People

\u2022 Literature: the key to understanding
\u2022 Grappling with abuse on film
\u2022 A man and his Old Partner

66Foreign Viewpoints
\u2022 John M. Frankl: Back to a life of many cul-
tures
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