Han Kang was born in Gwangju in 1970 ... in an attempt to reclaim some power over her language. A beautiful portrait of love and loss, the novel also explores the importance of language, and the ways ...

Open the Youtube video Way Back Love, which made its debut at last year’s Busan International Film Festival to an enthusiastic response, is a youth romance drama based on a novel of the same name. The ...

as a sea monster created by pollutants rises out of the Han River and terrorizes the populace, including a ne’er-do-well food vendor (Song Kang Ho) whose daughter goes missing. As a craftsman ...

This Korean novel by the 2024 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature turns a pet-sitting mission into a haunting reflection ...

The Han-Kang Duo, featuring Jiwon Han, right, and Soyeon Kang, will present a free public recital, “An Evening of Exquisite Piano Mastery,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 28, in the University of ...

In Han Kang’s Human Acts (2016), an 18-year-old who witnessed the violent put-down of a student protest, calls up the local administration’s offices every day to ask why the fountain in the ...

Kang’s novels offer an important lens for understanding Korean history and politics, and the grief and strength of the Korean people.

SEOUL--South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature, an unexpected moment that stoked national pride ...