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Research Article

Seaports as criminal gateways in contemporary South Korean cinema: illicit globalization and marginalized subjects in The Yellow Sea (2010) and New World (2013)

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Received 15 Jan 2023, Accepted 11 Dec 2023, Published online: 06 Mar 2024

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