Ex-Culture Minister Lee O-young dies at 89

김수연 / 2022-02-26 13:39:30
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▲ Former Culture Minister Lee O-young (Yonhap)

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Ex-Culture Minister Lee O-young dies at 89

SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- Former Culture Minister Lee O-young, one of South Korea's most revered critics and novelists, died of cancer Saturday at the age of 89.

Lee, born in 1933, served as the country's cultural minister in 1990-1991 under the Roh Tae-woo administration.

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