Hwagak Crafts can not be found in other Northeast Asian countries. It can be found only in Korea. This craft is made by drawing on a thin ox's horn. The ox used for this craft has to be one year old, wildly grown in Korea. Because these oxen are so rare, this was only used for furniture in palaces. Lee Jae-man, an artisan, preserved this craftsmanship for years. Noted for his work, he is the 109th intangible cultural asset. He says that HwaGak craft is indeed a true Korean art. In this segment, Korea Now visits the magnificent world of HwaGak crafts.
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The world is short of water. To overcome this crisis, the world is focusing on developing underground water. In Korea, hard work to manage underground water is already underway. The projects include developing a huge amount of underground water, developing man-made preserving technology and preventing the underground water pollution. In Jeju Island, there is an on-going project for developing storagehouse to secure high-mineral water resources. The underground space is the future of water resources! It's not polluted, it is full of mineral, and there is no need to worry about exhaustion. Korea Now explores the economically valuable underground water.
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- Kim Oe-sik
Directors - Park Jeong-woo - Lee Jun - Lee Won-gwang - Park Se-kyung - Park Sung-hwa - Choi Bin - Song Ji-hyun
VJs - Seo Jin-yong - Park Tae-yeul - Yi In-ok
Reporters - Yoon Seo-yeon - Daniel Choy
Hosts - Kim Ki-ho - Kali Kim
Assistant Directors - Park Hee-ju - Kim Min-ji - Lee Ji-yeon
Writers - Oh Sun-hee - Kwon Ae-yeong - Chang Yu-mi - Jeong Ji-hui - Cho Mi-og - Kim Seo-hee - Park Sang-mi - Yun Sung-ae
English Writers - Daniel Choy - Yoon Seoyeon - Lee Hwa-yon - Chung June-won - Yang So-mang
Friday, SEP 03, 2010, (KST) 
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