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Scholars, hags and imaginary kings: The rifts and riches of Korean culture show up on stage. (Postmark Seoul).(Seoul Performing Arts Festival)

American Theatre,  November, 2002  by O'Quinn, Jim

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SEOUL: Its half-century-old division in to North and South--into virtually antithetical nations, one totalitarian and rife with want, the other democratic and wealthy, sharing a common history and heritage but sealed impermeably from each other by the edict of outsiders--is Korea's public and private heartbreak.

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Division and reunification are incessant themes in the South Korean media: This past summer, scenes of tearful north-south reunions and separations were being played and replayed on television; on one newscast, an anguished and bewildered citizen faced the camera to ask, ...

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