The Korea Times on MSN17h
Han Kang's Nobel win energizes Korea's publishing market
Han Kang's historic Nobel Prize win in literature has sparked a remarkable boom in Korea's publishing industry. Within just ...
The Korea Times on MSN10d
Korean adoptees share emotional journeys in new book 'In Our Own Words'
Collection of essays delves into dark history of Korea's international adoptionA total of 43 Korean-born adoptees who were ...
Nobel Prize winner Han Kang's books fly off the shelves in South Korea
SEOUL, Oct 11 (Reuters) - South Koreans flocked to book stores on Friday and crashed websites in a frenzy to snap up copies ...
Barron's10d
Han Kang's Books Sell Out In South Korea After Nobel Win
Major South Korean bookstores sold out of author Han Kang's books Friday, as sales skyrocketed and the share price of local ...
The Associated Press on MSN10d
Han Kang wins the Nobel Prize for literature. She’s the first South Korean to do so
After three days of Nobel prizes honoring work in the sciences, the literature award is being announced by the Nobel ...
A Woman Won South Korea’s First Literature Nobel. That Says a Lot.
While Han Kang’s victory was celebrated as a crowning cultural achievement for her country, her work also represents a form ...
A South Korean adoptee needed answers about the past. She got them — just not the ones she wanted
Thousands of South Korean adoptees are looking to satisfy a raw, compelling urge that much of the world takes for granted: ...
Publishers Weekly3d
Frankfurt Book Fair: A Primer on Webtoons from Korea's Munpia
At the 2024 Frankfurt Book Fair, PW caught up with Kim Hyung Joo, head of webtoons at Munpia, one of Korea's leading digital ...
Han Kang's Nobel spurs hope of Korean literature's global recognition
Han Kang, South Korea's first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, was slow to global acclaim, getting her first big ...
Wall Street Journal10d
South Korean Author Han Kang Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in literature was awarded to South Korean author Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” The Swedish ...
The Korea Times10d
Korean adoptees share emotional journeys in new book 'In Our Own Words'
A total of 43 Korean-born adoptees who were sent overseas as children shared their challenging journeys in a recently published book titled "In Our Own Words." The collection, written in Korean ...