BUSAN — "There's a lot of interest in Korean picture books overseas — so much so that even I find myself wondering why."Lee ...
Korean literature has been increasing its presence in the global market since its potential was first recognized in 2010. Since then, numerous Korean writers have won prestigious global literary ...
The Korea Times has nurtured aspiring translators through its Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards, celebrating the efforts of translators who connect Korean literature with global audiences.
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. In 2022 Korean was the seventh most-studied language on the language ...
After Han Kang was honored with the Nobel Prize in literature, she received widespread congratulations from many in Korea. While this was a joyous occasion, it also sparked some criticism.
STOCKHOLM--South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for a poetic and unsettling body of work that the Nobel committee said “confronts historical ...