South Korea is on a cultural roll – ‘ Squid Game ’ is ruling Netflix. Earlier this month, ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ became a Tony Award-winning play on Broadway, a milestone which reminded of ‘Parasite’, ...

SEOUL – Filmmaker Park Chan-wook would like to adapt “Human Acts” by Nobel laureate Han Kang into a film if given the chance. “Just reading the first chapter, I thought, ‘Wow, this is just masterfully ...

The Chicago Review of Books compares the collection favourably to Peters' debut, describing the stories as "seductive, ...

More English readers are asking for translated literature – and in Hong Kong and beyond, the art of translation is taking off.

Han Kang, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, attends the Pony Chung Innovation Award ceremony, in Seoul, South Korea, on October 17. Photo: EPA-EFE/Pool ...

Following Han Kang’s historic Nobel Prize in literature win last year, leading academics in translation and Korean studies, as well as translators from around the world, will gather in Seoul to ...