Word: hanyang
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...shielding the domestic entertainment industry. But Korean films and music have come of age both artistically and commercially, and have little to fear from Japan. "[Lifting the ban] will help boost the Korean film industry's competitiveness," predicts Choi Yong Chol, a professor of film studies at Seoul's Hanyang University. Says Hide Saida, director of international marketing in Asia for Sony Music: "We've been waiting for this for a long time." Sony estimates that revenues in Asia for the Japanese music industry could rise by 40%, or nearly $40 million. Probable losers: Korea's backward erotic-film industry...