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Breaking down the boundary between humans and nature, Wonju becomes a place of welcome Wonju, Gangwon Province, will host the “2026 Wonju Picture Book Festival” from Nov. 6 to 29 at and around Namsangol Culture Center, taking an in-depth look at the values of coexistence and hospitality through...

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”.

A suspense drama 〈​The Last-Row Boy〉​ portrays the story of a failed writer and a professor of Korean literature, ‘Heo Moon-oh,’ who discovers the genius of ‘Lee Kang,’ the boy in the very last row of a classroom, and becomes fixated on his writing.

A new chapter for the Korean literary world has finally been opened with the long-awaited establishment of the “Kim Munsu Literary Award.” The Korean Novelists Association held its historic first awards ceremony at Incheon Harbor Park Hotel on the 18th, selecting the novelist “Lee Won-kyu”, who has...

“Nobel Prize in Literature” After her achievement, “Han Kang” sweeps the “National Book Critics Circle Award”, the highest U. S. honor The global standing of Korean literature has once again been reaffirmed on the world’s mainstream stage.

The film adaptation of the novel by Park Ji-ri, titled 〈Manhole〉, is set to release in November. The movie 〈Manhole〉 is a deep thriller drama where high school student 'Seon-oh', living with buried wounds, faces unexpected events and falls into a dilemma.

19th-century inheritance laws and the diverging fates of two sisters In matters of love, both cool reason and fiery passion can sometimes lose their way. Director Georgia Oakley’s new film, ‘Sense and Sensibility,’ delves deeply into the complexities of the human psyche through two sisters who fall...

The study of destiny he pursued after standing at death's door, and an enduring legacy in Korean popular culture Kang Heon, chairman of the Korea Arts & Culture Education Service and a pop music critic who broadened the horizons of Korean popular music criticism, died on the 20th at the age of 64.

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...

Global AI firms’ voracious appetite for data puts K-literature in the spotlight It has been confirmed that U.S. artificial intelligence company Anthropic used English-language editions of works by leading Korean authors, including Han Kang, Hwang Sok-yong and Kim Young-ha, without permission to...