The writer arrives in Seoul during the Gwangju massacre, witnessing widespread fear under martial law. Decades later, the ...

When is an object referred to as if it were alive – like a person, a baby or a friend? In Korean, a cup of latte served at a ...

FICTION We Do Not Part Han Kang Hamish Hamilton, $35. When the South Korean writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize last year, ...

More than 13m people come to this island, south of South Korea’s mainland, every year; many will not be aware of what lies beneath the tarmac. Between 2007 and 2009 investigators dug up part of ...

Understanding Christian antisemitism as a global phenomenon is essential to recognizing its deep historical roots and ongoing ...

When Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in Literature in October last year, her books flew off the shelves, and South Korea’s publishing industry saw a rare surge. But within a month, the momentum had ...

Her legacy lives on in her contributions to Korea's literature translation ... Suzanne was born in the small town of Greenwood in South Carolina, on Sept. 5, 1953, and was an avid reader from a young ...

The classic works of Nick Joaquin, National Artist of the Philippines for Literature, and contemporary author Mica De Leon ...

Renowned French novelist and playwright, David Foenkinos is a storyteller—always observing, listening, and discovering new ...

The veteran, who has seemingly conquered every film genre there is, talks about his latest movie, 'The Old Woman With the ...

The “total fertility rate” is a coarse estimate of the number of children an average woman will bear. A population will be ...