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Culture to Unite People for Overcoming Economic Slump

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  • Published Feb 16, 2009 5:51 pm KST
  • Updated Feb 16, 2009 5:51 pm KST

By Yu In-chon

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism

The economic crisis is widely spreading across the world. Korea and other major countries are sparing no efforts in overcoming it. What draws fresh attention during the process is ``culture.'' There may seem to be no relation between culture and the economic crisis, but the fundamental way to cope with it comes from culture because it heals people's painful hearts. During these economically difficult times, our lives would be much harsher without culture and art.