Nobel Prize laureate Han Kang's translated novel We Do Not Part leads a strong line-up of new English-language Korean literature this year By Kwon Mee-yoo A wave of Korean literature is set to reach ...

When “Culinary Class Wars” (2024) finalist Edward Lee saw the subheading freshly printed on the Korean cover of his 2013 ...

As South Korea underwent rapid industrialization in the 1960s and 1970s, traditional social ties—what Ha and others call neo-familism—became more rather than less important, contrary to what classic ...

Sujin Witherspoon drafted her debut young adult romantic comedy, "Bingsu for Two," while in college and it's set to release ...

The brief declaration of martial law in South Korea last month has drawn comparisons to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S.

SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean government Monday ordered an overseas travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol as he faces investigation on possible rebellion charges over a short-lived ...

In a firm and raised voice, he says that veteran writers should revisit the mindset of their youth, start afresh and embrace ...

Since its foundation in 1901, there have only been five Asian and 18 women Nobel Prize in Literature winners out of 121 individuals. In an interview with the Swedish Academy, Han Kang responded that ...

North Korean soldiers have been killed in Russia's Kursk region fighting alongside Moscow's forces against Ukraine, according to the U.S. Without giving numbers, Pentagon press secretary Major ...

Far from their homes in one of the world’s most isolated and secretive states, about 11,000 North Korean soldiers find themselves at the center of Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II.

Since her literary debut as a poet in 1993, Han Kang has long held an unrivaled position in Korean literature. Even before gaining global ... earlier this month sparked a renewed demand for her books, ...

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee disembark from an aircraft after landing at London Stansted Airport in the United Kingdom in November [File: Henry Nicholls/AFP ...