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- ↑ Macouin, Francis (1987). "Aux origines de l'hypocauste coréen (ondol)" [The origins of the Korean hypocaust (Ondol)]. Arts Asiatiques (in French). 42 (42): 77–88. doi:10.3406/arasi.1987.1218.
- ↑ "Yaksu-ri Tomb". Inter-Korea Historical Assoc. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
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