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...that Shin Sang-ok, a South Korean film director was kidnapped in 1978 under orders from future North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il and forced to direct a giant-monster film, Pulgasari?
...that South Korean United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Tanzanian Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro previously worked together as foreign ministers?
...that Song Du-yul, a professor of philosophy and sociology at the University of Münster in Germany, was the only South Korean to attend the 1994 funeral of North Korean leader Kim Il-sung?

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... that Sin Chang-won, a South Korean fugitive criminal famous for his close escapes, was first arrested at the age of 15 after being turned in by his father for stealing a watermelon?
...that South Korean actress Jang Jin-young was only the second winner of two Blue Dragon Film Awards for Best Actress, having won in 2001 for Sorum, and again in 2003 for Singles?
...that Donald Stone Macdonald was a Korean studies expert who served as mayor of Kwangju while a member of the US Department of State?

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...that in 1999, Song Il-gon became the first Korean filmmaker to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival?
...that with little prior experience, South Korean actress Kim Ok-bin was given a leading role in her first film, Voice, and was nominated for "Best New Actress" at the Blue Dragon Film Awards?
... that Korean writer Park Kyung-ni spent 25 years writing the 16-volume epic novel Land, which has been included in the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works?

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... that South Korean boy band TVXQ (pictured) became the first foreign artist to have four number-one singles on the Japanese single charts?
... that director/screenwriter Kang Dae-ha from Jeju Island, South Korea, directed films related to Korean shamanism?
... that South Korean fashion model Daul Kim was also a keen painter and had exhibited her works at a solo exhibition in Seoul?

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... that Mo Tae-bum, a South Korean long track speed skater, won a 2010 Olympic gold medal on his 21st birthday?
... that Jeon Ok, a Korean actress and the mother of actress Kang Hyo-shil, was referred to as "Queen of Tears" for her excellence at acting for tragic dramas?
... that Cho Jae-hyun, a South Korean actor, is commonly referred to as a persona of director Kim Ki-duk due to his appearances in almost all of Kim's films?

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... that in April 2010 South Korean mountaineer Oh Eun-Sun became the first woman to summit all 14 eight-thousanders, the world's tallest mountain peaks?
... that a 1989 Samsung commercial began the late South Korean actress Choi Jin-sil's path to stardom?

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...that the fish Coreoleuciscus splendidus had a movie named after in 1999?
...that South Korean screenwriter and director Byeon Seung-wook spent five years working on the scenario for his 2006 directorial debut film, Solace?
...that the South Korean film The Host was recognized as Best Picture at the 1st Asian Film Awards, held in 2007?

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...that the fish Coreoleuciscus splendidus had a movie named after in 1999?
...that South Korean screenwriter and director Byeon Seung-wook spent five years working on the scenario for his 2006 directorial debut film, Solace?
...that the South Korean film The Host was recognized as Best Picture at the 1st Asian Film Awards, held in 2007?

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