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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean politicians and activists criticised what they called China’s “cultural appropriation”, after a woman appearing to be wearing Korean traditional dress appeared among those representing China’s different ethnic groups during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Games on Friday. South Koreans have expressed ire in the past over recent Chinese claims that some aspects of Korean culture such as kimchi, a Korean side dish made with fermented cabbage, or traditional Korean dress called hanbok, are of Chinese origin. “We deeply regret that hanbok appeared among th…