Forgotten Korean prince gets royal treatment

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: May 20, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Norimitsu Onishi
International Herald Tribune
05-20-2006
For a man who once ran a liquor store in Southern California and lived in a used car during a bout of homelessness three years ago, Yi Seok had a remarkably full day of official duties before him.Lunch with the mayor. Afternoon art exhibition with politicians. Evening banquet. Opening ceremony of the annual Chonju film festival. Sleep. Breakfast with the minister of culture. A fitting schedule, surely, for Yi, 65, a descendant of the Chosun Dynasty, which was born here and ruled the Korean Peninsula from 1392 to 1910, before the ...

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