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South Korea to exert ‘soft power’ internationally through books

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Article
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/4cc3df70-f632-11e3-a038-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3ZttS4O9e
Journal
Financial Times
Issued Date
June 27, 2014
Page
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Language
English(English)
Country
UNITED KINGDOM
City
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Book
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Writer
Maya Jaggi

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  • English(English)

Paju Bookcity, a 21st-century hub for the South Korean book trade less than an hour’s drive from Seoul, appears oddly deserted under limpid blue skies. But amid its understated eco-architecture are keys to understanding not just this harmonious, riverside industrial estate but also moves by South Korea to turn hardbacks into soft power.

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