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Chung Bora's 'Your Utopia' nominated for Philip K. Dick Award

Chung Bora's short story collection "Your Utopia: Stories" has become the first Korean book nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award, one of the world's most prestigious honors for science fiction novels.

Jan 13, 2025By Yonhap

Chung Bora's 'Your Utopia' nominated for Philip K. Dick Award

From sci-fi to healing fiction, Korean books cross borders in 2025

A wave of Korean literature is set to reach English-language readers in 2025, ranging from a new novel by a Nobel laureate to science fiction bestsellers and heartwarming healing fiction.

Jan 4, 2025By Kwon Mee-yoo

From sci-fi to healing fiction, Korean books cross borders in 2025

Revised law green-lights launch of literary translation graduate school

The Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea) is set to realize its long-held ambition of establishing a state-run graduate school dedicated to literary translation following the National Assembly's recent approval of a revised bill. Backed by the Ministry of Education, this new degree-granting institution will receive government funding to support its operations.

Jan 2, 2025By Park Han-sol

Revised law green-lights launch of literary translation graduate school

Late Korean actress Kim Soo-mi's personal journal published

The diary of the late actor Kim Soo-mi, which she kept from her 30s into her later years, has been published as a book titled "I Plead to All Things That Kill Me" (direct translation), Thrusday.

Dec 12, 2024By Park Jin-hai

Late Korean actress Kim Soo-mi's personal journal published

Han Kang's work highlighted as Nobel Prize honors women's achievements

Various events during the Nobel Week (Dec. 5–12) in Stockholm, Sweden, highlighted women’s accomplishments, including a focus on South Korean author Han Kang, culminating on Dec. 10 (local time) with the Nobel Prize award ceremony.

Dec 12, 2024By KTimes

Han Kang's work highlighted as Nobel Prize honors women's achievements

Han Kang engages with students in Stockholm during Nobel week

South Korean author Han Kang, the Nobel Prize winner in literature, met with schoolchildren in Stockholm on Wednesday as part of the Nobel week programs.

Dec 12, 2024By Yonhap

Han Kang engages with students in Stockholm during Nobel week

Han Kang writes history as she accepts Nobel Prize in literature in Stockholm

Korean novelist Han Kang graced the blue carpet at the Nobel Prize award ceremony on Tuesday (local time) at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Sweden, making history as the first Asian woman to be honored with its distinguished recognition in literature.

Dec 11, 2024By Park Han-sol

Han Kang writes history as she accepts Nobel Prize in literature in Stockholm

Han Kang traces threads of lifelong questions that shape her art

Han Kang, this year’s Nobel Prize laureate in literature, began her lecture on Saturday at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm with a poignant recollection: the accidental discovery of poems she had penned as an 8-year-old, tucked away in an old storeroom.

Dec 8, 2024By Park Han-sol

Han Kang traces threads of lifelong questions that shape her art

Nobel laureate Han Kang reflects on Korea's martial law 'bombshell'

“Like everyone else that night (on Dec. 3), I was in a state of shock. While writing ‘Human Acts,’ I spent a lot of time researching the events leading up to the emergency martial law of 1979, but it felt like a bombshell to witness a similar situation unfold before my own eyes in 2024,” reflected Han Kang, this year’s Nobel Prize laureate in literature, addressing a room full of international journalists at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Friday.

Dec 7, 2024By Park Han-sol

Nobel laureate Han Kang reflects on Korea's martial law 'bombshell'

Nobel Prize winner Han Kang expresses shock over martial law news

Korean author Han Kang, this year's Nobel laureate in literature, expressed her shock Friday over the martial law turmoil in her native country.

Dec 6, 2024By Yonhap

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