Jung Ha-yun is a writer and translator whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Best New American Voices, Translation ...

Young South Koreans are as tech savvy as their counterparts anywhere, but they've also found a space in their hearts for good old-fashioned books.

Here, Anton Hur explores the exciting rise of the ‘Korean Wave’ in Books and culture. Why is Korean culture so hot right now? And why? My husband, who studies development, postulates that the success ...

Follow us on Facebook and join our Telegram channel for the latest updates. South Korean novelist Han Kang, 53, the first ...

An exploration of the driving force of so-called “K-feminism” and the connection between art and politics in Korea ...

More than a million copies of books by Han Kang, the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, have sold locally since the honour was announced, bookstores said Wednesday.

But while her victory was widely celebrated as a crowning cultural achievement ... draw the spotlight to books in the way that films and television shows have made South Korean stories so popular ...

While 72 hours might not seem like much, the tours offered by the K-Stopover program provide more than enough opportunities ...

Han’s win has created a sensation in South Korea, with the websites of major bookstores and publishing houses crashing after it was announced, as tens of thousands rushed to order her books.

“As I travelled to Seoul more frequently, and deepened my understanding of Korean culture ... and author of Flowers of Fire, a book about the South Korean feminist movement.

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North Korea is tightening control over overseas workers and restricting their basic freedoms, according to a recent ...