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(1)Roh promises to improve status of Koreans in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Novelist Miri Yuu (L) and former professional baseball player Isao Harimoto (C) clap as South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun arrives for a meeting with Korean residents in Japan at a Tokyo hotel June 8. The president told the meeting he will make every effort to improve the status and rights of ethnic Korean residents in Japan. (Pool photo)

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(2)Top court upholds privacy ruling against novelist

TOKYO, Japan - Novelist Miri Yuu speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 24 after being ordered by the Supreme Court to pay 1.3 million yen in damages to a Korean resident of Japan on whom the plaintiff claimed Yuu's novella was based. The top court upheld a lower court decision to order a halt to the publication of the novel.

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(1)Top court upholds privacy ruling against novelist

TOKYO, Japan - Novelist Miri Yuu gives a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 24 after being ordered by the Supreme Court to pay 1.3 million yen in damages to a Korean resident of Japan on whom the plaintiff claimed Yuu's novella was based.

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Tokyo High Court upholds ruling against novelist Yuu

TOKYO, Japan - Novelist Miri Yuu, a second-generation Korean resident of Japan who won the coveted Akutagawa Prize in 1997, holds a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 15. Earlier in the day, the Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court decision ordering Yuu and the publishing house Shinchosha Co. to halt publication of a short novel and pay 1.3 million yen to a former friend of Yuu's for violating her privacy.

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Court tells novelist Yuu, company to stop publication

Miri Yuu, winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 1997 and a third-generation Korean resident in Japan, speaks to the press in Tokyo on June 22 after the Tokyo District Court ordered her and publishing house Shinchosha Co. to stop publication of her short novel and to pay 1.3 million yen in damages to a friend of Yuu's for violation of privacy.

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Japanese-language film opens in S. Korea

South Koreans visit a theater in Seoul to watch a movie made in South Korea, featuring Japanese dialogue and actors. The movie opened to the public on Nov. 28 at theaters in South Korea as part of President Kim Dae Jung's gradual removal of a decades-old ban on imports of Japanese culture. The film, ''Kazoku (Family) Cinema,'' was directed by South Korean director Pak Cheor Su and produced with South Korean capital. It is based on a prize-winning Japanese-language novel by Miri Yuu, a permanent Korean resident of Japan.

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(1)Top court upholds privacy ruling against novelist

TOKYO, Japan - Novelist Miri Yuu gives a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 24 after being ordered by the Supreme Court to pay 1.3 million yen in damages to a Korean resident of Japan on whom the plaintiff claimed Yuu's novella was based. (Kyodo)

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(1)Roh promises to improve status of Koreans in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Novelist Miri Yuu (L) and former professional baseball player Isao Harimoto (C) clap as South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun arrives for a meeting with Korean residents in Japan at a Tokyo hotel June 8. The president told the meeting he will make every effort to improve the status and rights of ethnic Korean residents in Japan. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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(2)Top court upholds privacy ruling against novelist

TOKYO, Japan - Novelist Miri Yuu speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 24 after being ordered by the Supreme Court to pay 1.3 million yen in damages to a Korean resident of Japan on whom the plaintiff claimed Yuu's novella was based. The top court upheld a lower court decision to order a halt to the publication of the novel. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo High Court upholds ruling against novelist Yuu

TOKYO, Japan - Novelist Miri Yuu, a second-generation Korean resident of Japan who won the coveted Akutagawa Prize in 1997, holds a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 15. Earlier in the day, the Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court decision ordering Yuu and the publishing house Shinchosha Co. to halt publication of a short novel and pay 1.3 million yen to a former friend of Yuu's for violating her privacy.

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Court tells novelist Yuu, company to stop publication

Miri Yuu, winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 1997 and a third-generation Korean resident in Japan, speaks to the press in Tokyo on June 22 after the Tokyo District Court ordered her and publishing house Shinchosha Co. to stop publication of her short novel and to pay 1.3 million yen in damages to a friend of Yuu's for violation of privacy.

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Court tells novelist Yuu, company to stop publication

Miri Yuu, winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 1997 and a third-generation Korean resident in Japan, speaks to the press in Tokyo on June 22 after the Tokyo District Court ordered her and publishing house Shinchosha Co. to stop publication of her short novel and to pay 1.3 million yen in damages to a friend of Yuu's for violation of privacy.

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Japanese-language film opens in S. Korea

South Koreans visit a theater in Seoul to watch a movie made in South Korea, featuring Japanese dialogue and actors. The movie opened to the public on Nov. 28 at theaters in South Korea as part of President Kim Dae Jung's gradual removal of a decades-old ban on imports of Japanese culture. The film, ''Kazoku (Family) Cinema,'' was directed by South Korean director Pak Cheor Su and produced with South Korean capital. It is based on a prize-winning Japanese-language novel by Miri Yuu, a permanent Korean resident of Japan. ==Kyodo