South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment in October after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize ...

Han is the first Asian woman and the first South Korean writer to win the Nobel literature prize. She was awarded for books, including “The Vegetarian” and “Human Acts," that explore the ...

The Ministry of Education on Monday unveiled its plan to establish a specialized agency to develop strategies for Korean ...

UN talks struggle for breakthrough on plastics treaty as deadline looms South Korea has won international ... South Korea's first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, was slow to secure ...

The move is to leverage the growing global interest in Korean literature following author Han Kang's recent Nobel Prize win.

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inviting them to propose candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Official nominations are kept strictly confidential until 50 years have elapsed, but we asked four Boston College faculty members ...

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Meet the South Korean webtoon artist behind Netflix hit All of Us Are Dead Joo Dong-geun shares his journey from part-time artist – and explains why webtoons are behind so many South Korean ...

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South Korea, officially known as the Republic of Korea, is a dynamic and technologically advanced East Asian nation. Located on the Korean Peninsula, it shares borders with North Korea to the ...