The Curse of February 29th

A murder has occurred every February 29th at this tollgate ticket booth. Fact or myth? The ticket girls working this evening's shift discuss this mystery. After all, tonight is February 29th. There is dark vehicle approaching. The driver is holding a bloody ticket in his hands. Soon, one of these girls will die. The other will have a nervous breakdown. She will find herself locked up in a mental aIn 1959 South Korea was mired in poverty. By 1979 it had a powerful industrial economy and a vibrant civil society in the making, which would lead to a democratic breakthrough eight years later. The transformation took place during the years of Park Chung Hee’s presidency. Park seized power in a coup in 1961 and ruled as a virtual dictator until...

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