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This image is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired in South Korea.

According to articles 36 and 37 of the copyright laws of South Korea, under the jurisdiction of the Government of the Republic of Korea, all copyrighted works enter the public domain after the death of the creator (or, of multiple creators, the creator who dies last) plus 50 years.
According to article 42 of the copyright laws of South Korea, under the jurisdiction of the Government of the Republic of Korea, all copyrighted cinematographic works enter the public domain after 50 years of either first publication or creation without publication.
According to article 49 of the copyright laws of South Korea, Property rights are to belong to the state according to provisions of the Civil Law and other laws after the copyright owner dead without heir or dissolution of a legal person or an organization. The product must also be in the public domain in the United States.

This file is NOT necessarily in the public domain in the United States because a non-simple image can only be in the public domain in the U.S.:

if it entered the public domain in South Korea prior to 1996, or
when, after that date, its copyright term expires in accordance with U.S. law.

Information about the creation date and creator should be provided.

If the image is not in the public domain in the United States, in addition to the license tag for its status in South Korea an appropriate fair use license and rationale should be provided, or the image should be proposed for deletion.

If the media is in the public domain in both South Korea and the United States, it may be transferred to the Wikimedia Commons.

Note: If this image is in the public domain in the U.S., modify the end of the copyright tag from )) to |commons)).
This will replace the preceding U.S. copyright notification with a nomination for this image to be moved to the Wikimedia Commons.