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Lee Chang-dong and Pyun Hye-young Head to Tokyo for ‘Korea-Japan Writers Dialogue,’ Back After 24 Years

Lee Chang-dong and Pyun Hye-young Head to Tokyo for ‘Korea-Japan Writers Dialogue,’ Back After 24 Years

Three-day event opens in Tokyo on Dec. 3; follow-up series to be held in South Korea next year
Beyond ideology, through stories: A new bond between Korean and Japanese literature Leading writers and artists from South Korea and Japan will gather in Tokyo for an in-depth exchange centered on the theme of “literary reunion”.
[Ratings Watch] Kim Ji-won’s ‘Doctor X’ Breaks 20.8%… A Sharp Scalpel Cuts Through Injustice

[Ratings Watch] Kim Ji-won’s ‘Doctor X’ Breaks 20.8%… A Sharp Scalpel Cuts Through Injustice

Sets a new nationwide ratings record of 18.5% after just four episodes and goes straight to No. 1 among non-English titles on Netflix A Korean reinterpretation of the Japanese original that reflects real-world issues, including the medical strike
A genius doctor emerges to bring down the cartel of entrenched interests “I don’t do anything that can be done without a medical license. And I don’t fail.” In SBS’s Friday-Saturday drama ‘Doctor X’, Gye Su-jeong, played by actor Kim Ji-won, is a genius doctor who moves forward trusting only in her...
Re-released 'The Girl Who Leapt Through Time' traces Mamoru Hosoda's fateful meeting with Yasutaka Tsutsui, the filmmaker Studio Ghibli passed over

Re-released 'The Girl Who Leapt Through Time' traces Mamoru Hosoda's fateful meeting with Yasutaka Tsutsui, the filmmaker Studio Ghibli passed over

〈The Girl Who Leapt Through Time〉 returned to theaters in 4K on Sept. 16 to mark the film's 20th anniversary.
If you went back in time to meet someone who confessed their feelings to you today one week earlier, would they still feel the same way. Couldn't that person from a week ago have no interest in you at all. Human feelings can change from moment to moment.
Ahn Jae-hoon on 〈Gills〉: 'To create beautiful skies and water, I looked only at water and skies in master paintings'

Ahn Jae-hoon on 〈Gills〉: 'To create beautiful skies and water, I looked only at water and skies in master paintings'

Director Ahn Jae-hoon says he turned to the skies and water in master paintings to shape the visual world of 〈Gills〉, his new animated adaptation of Gu Byeong-mo's novel 『Gills』. Ahn Jae-hoon, known for lyrical animation such as 〈Dream of a Precious Day〉 (2011), 〈Buckwheat Flowers, A Lucky Day, and...
“His best twist is his death” Keigo Higashino dies… tributes pour in, including Ryu Seung-ryong over his connection to “The Name-ya General Store”

“His best twist is his death” Keigo Higashino dies… tributes pour in, including Ryu Seung-ryong over his connection to “The Name-ya General Store”

About 760 people leave condolences on a tribute page at local bookstores… next month’s new book “Transparent Spiral” tops the bestseller list
‘Keigo Higashino’ dies of colorectal cancer… “The final twist” that moved 760 people His previously unpublished final work “Eternal Memory” is set to be released next month, after taking over No. 1 on Aladdin’s bestseller list The master of Japanese mystery literature, Keigo Higashino, died on the...
[Seong Chan-eol's Manga Books] A Class-Defying Romance That Slowly Seeps In Like Ink in Water 「Emma」

[Seong Chan-eol's Manga Books] A Class-Defying Romance That Slowly Seeps In Like Ink in Water 「Emma」

I'm obsessed with subculture. I check out anything that handles fresh stories, ideas, or characters—not only films but webtoons, games, comics, and animation. Having opened the door to the world of 'geek' through printed manga, I now read comics on e-books and webtoons on my smartphone—I've become...
[Culture&] Han Kang at the Venice Biennale with Nobel Prize, Exhibiting Installation Work Inspired by No Farewells

[Culture&] Han Kang at the Venice Biennale with Nobel Prize, Exhibiting Installation Work Inspired by No Farewells

Han Kang's 'The Funeral' Forms a Perfect Unity with the 'Mourning Space'. A Collaboration that Breaks the Boundaries of Literature and Sculpture
Nobel Prize-winning author Han Kang will showcase installation art at the 61st Venice Biennale. The theme for the Korean Pavilion in 2026 has been confirmed as Liberation Space: Fortresses and Nests. Han Kang's work, The Funeral, is a visual outcome mourning the historical wounds of the Jeju 4·3...
'The King and the Man' Ten Million Secrets, Outside the Winner's Sentence

'The King and the Man' Ten Million Secrets, Outside the Winner's Sentence

What the movie touches is the outside of the sentences in history books. It imaginatively restores the time when Danjong shone as the most kingly existence for a brief moment.
History is usually left as the sentences of the winners. The lives of the losers are condensed into a few lines of records. Danjong has also been remembered that way. The deposed young king, the exiled boy, the unfortunate monarch who ultimately perished.
Third-Generation Korean Resident in Japan Oh Seung-ho's Novel Adaptation Film 'Bomb', Set to Release in Korea in March

Third-Generation Korean Resident in Japan Oh Seung-ho's Novel Adaptation Film 'Bomb', Set to Release in Korea in March

Achieved No. 1 at the Japanese Box Office and 12 Awards at the Japanese Academy... A Suspense Thriller Starring Jiro Sato and Yuki Yamada
The film 〈Bomb〉, based on the bestseller by third-generation Korean resident in Japan Oh Seung-ho, has confirmed its domestic release in March. 〈Bomb〉 is a suspense thriller depicting the breathless confrontation between a madman who predicts a series of bombings in the heart of Tokyo and the...
Author Hitomi Kanehara Reveals New Life After Divorce in Her 40s...

Author Hitomi Kanehara Reveals New Life After Divorce in Her 40s... "My Vision Has Become as Bright as 4K"

New Essay Collection Sparks Attention... Ending a 20-Year Marriage and 'Standing Alone'
"Balancing Parenting and Writing Was a War. . . I Had to Write Even When I Was Exhausted" In 2003, at the age of twenty, the 'genius author' Hitomi Kanehara (42), who burst onto the Japanese literary scene with her novel 'Piercing for the Snake', declared a new freedom as she entered her 40s.