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References
- 'Hangook Manhwa' (한국만화) at Korean Wikipedia
- Kim Cheong-Gi at Asiandb
- 김청기 at Yahoo! Korea (in Korean)
- Kim, Tae-jong (February 22, 2005). "'Taekwon V' Director Takes on Koguryo History". The Korea Times . Archived from the original on 2006-02-13. Retrieved 2007-05-04.
