In Han Kang’s Human Acts (2016), an 18-year-old who witnessed the violent put-down of a student protest, calls up the local administration’s offices every day to ask why the fountain in the ...

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The prize was awarded for Han Kang’s “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”: a description that applies equally to this newly ...

In addition to Han Kang’s works, she has translated over 30 Korean literary works since 2014, including Cho Nam-joo’s “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982,” as well as works by Jung Se-rang ...

Last year, South Korea made headlines around the world for two reasons. The first was writer Han Kang’s celebrated Nobel prize for literature win in October; the second was far less positive. Late in ...

Though Han Kang’s previous novels have nothing to do with her latest, familiarity with her work makes the reader sensitive to the author’s sensibilities. When she was awarded the Nobel Prize ...

SEOUL--South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature, an unexpected moment that stoked national pride ...

Republican strategist Karl Rove said President Trump’s claims that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has discovered “hundreds of billions” in government “fraud” will ...

Taiwanese actor Lee Kang-sheng is set to reprise his role in the next two films of auteur Tsai Ming-liang‘s celebrated “Walker” series. “There’s a lot of influence, because director Tsai ...

Karl-Anthony Towns took the high road when asked to respond to Draymond Green's comments that the New York Knicks center missed last week's game against the Golden State Warriors because of Jimmy ...

featuring Oh Yi Young (Go Youn Jung), Pyo Nam Kyung (Shin Si Ah), Um Jae Il (Kang You Seok), and Kim Sa Bi (Han Ye Ji). The teaser previews a return to Yulje Medical Center, sharing ...