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This paper is concerned with how category-dependent phonological asymmetries in Korean can be dealt with. The phonological phenomena that show such asymmetries can be divided into two groups; those in one group apply only to verbs whereas those in the other apply only to nouns. The second type runs counter to Smith's (1997, 1999) proposal that nouns license more phonological contrasts than other words. It is proposed that of the approaches that have been put forward to treat such category-dependent asymmetries, only the base-identity type approach can account (or both of the two groups found in Korean.