Unlike the paragon of happiness and fulfilling K-dramas, or the witty cinematics of K-movies, literature in Korea explores a ...

Han Kang’s latest novel, about a South Korean massacre, delves into why atrocities must be remembered. “It’s pain and it is ...

Based on real-life events, the Nobel laureate's fifth novel highlights the generational trauma that flows through one family ...

She stumbled across the K-drama Crash Landing on You — a love story spanning North and South Korea. Her fascination has since expanded from K-dramas to Korean literature. She recently devoured ...

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 ...