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Skorea pulls bond { January 7 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=7&id=244941 http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=7&id=244941 S Korean cinema pulls James Bond film Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at 09:30 JST SEOUL Ñ Bowing to public pressure, a cinema outside Seoul has canceled the showing of the latest James Bond movie, which South Korean critics say unfairly depicts their communist neighbor as a diabolically evil regime. Only days after its opening, Broadway Cinema decided last Friday to halt the showings because of low audience turnout and sour public sentiment, theater worker Shin Sun-im said Monday. The film was scheduled for a two-week run at the movie house. "Die Another Day," which features a North Korean villain, has come under attack throughout South Korea since its New Year's Eve premiere here. On Monday, a small group of South Korean students and civic activists in Seoul called for a nationwide boycott of the film. Before the film's release, North Korea slammed it as the latest example of "corrupt sex culture" in the United States. In the movie, Bond is sent to North Korea to investigate a rogue communist officer who is planning an invasion of South Korea. The British spy is caught, imprisoned and subjected to torture. Later, the North Korean officer uses a satellite-based laser to burn a swath through the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas. His plot is foiled by Bond and an American agent. Despite calls for a boycott, many South Koreans are watching the movie. Local media reported Monday that the movie ranked fifth in audience draw. (Wire reports)

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