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The aim of this paper is to argue that Korean relative clauses cannot be distinguished from other noun-modifying clauses in terms of syntax. There are various kinds of noun-modifying clauses that can't be included in relatives or complements. ‘gap’, the typical relativization strategy in Korean, may be found not only in relatives also other noun-modifying clauses. Moreover, there are cases that seemingly have gaps but it's not possible to move the head noun into the gap. The so-called internally -headed clauses in Korean are quite different from ones in other language, and are used in very restricted circumstances. These all phenomena suggest that there is just single noun-modifying clauses in Korean.