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A Teacher Finds Movie Stardom in South Korea

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Nov 25, 2011
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The best chance an English-language teacher in South Korea has of acquiring military experience, it appears -- outside of creating an incident at a checkpoint near the border – is working for Kang Je-gyu, one of the country‘s top movie directors.

A would-be actor who prefers just to be known as Jack is the latest in a long line of western teachers, inves…

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