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- ↑ Jeong, Dae-ha (22 May 2008). "'우리학교' 김명준 감독, 김용근상 [Kim Yong-gun prize goes to Our School director Kim Myeong-joon]". The Hankyoreh . Retrieved 2015-10-21.
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