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Wed, July 15, 2020 | 05:41

2 Nobel literature prize winners expose Europe's fault lines

2 Nobel literature prize winners expose Europe's fault lines

Nobel Prizes for literature were awarded Thursday to two writers enmeshed in Europe's social and political fault lines: a liberal Pole who has irked her country's conservative government and an Austrian accused by many liberals of being an apologist for Serbian war crimes. The rare double announcement _ with the 2018 prize going to Poland's Olga Tokarczuk and the 2019 award t...

2019-10-11 09:49

Author goes to Korea's darkest corners for mystery stories

Author goes to Korea's darkest corners for mystery stories

Author Martin Limon has taken his readers to some of Korea's shadiest corners. Last year's book “The Line” brought us right up to the demarcation line at the Joint Security Area where South and North Korea confront each other. His latest book, "GI Confidential," doesn't get that close to the edge, but it still delivers some pretty major surprises.

2019-10-10 11:39

Kimchi paradox

In July, Park Jong-cheol, a professor of herbal medicine resources at Sunchon National University in South Jeolla Province, discovered “something unexpected” in a cafeteria on a passenger ferry en route to the small Baltic state of Estonia from Sweden. There was kimchi in a container, along with Western side-dishes, at the buffet-style restaurant. “It was a nice surprise to f...

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2019-10-06 11:27

'Medical Pioneers' delves into Korea's medical advancement

'Medical Pioneers' delves into Korea's medical advancement

Over 2.2 million foreign patients from 190 countries have traveled to Korea for medical treatments since 2009 when the country opened its doors for medical tourism. Chinese visitors topped in the number of foreign medical tourists in Korea, followed by Americans, Japanese, Russians and Mongolians. The number of foreign patients coming to Korea has been growing year after year...

Jung Hae-myoung | 2019-10-04 15:08

'Sam Soon-ee': Victims of urbanization remembered

'Sam Soon-ee': Victims of urbanization remembered

Starting the 1950s in the wake of the Korean War (1950-53), there was a rare employment boom for women which continued until the 1980s. The story, however, is not as encouraging as it sounds. The bloody war had left some 100,000 orphans. With the shortages of orphanages, some girls were sent to families as maids and did various chores in return for food and a place to stay.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2019-10-02 12:58

[INTERVIEW] Author Yun I-hyeong espouses political power of trivial feminine story

[INTERVIEW] Author Yun I-hyeong espouses political power of trivial feminine story

The random murder of a 20-something woman by a schizophrenic man in the heart of Seoul in 2016 was a symbolic moment that awakened many young Korean women to the lethality of the simmering misogyny here.

2019-09-28 10:15

Novelist Gong Ji-young sued for defaming Buddhist leader

Novelist Gong Ji-young sued for defaming Buddhist leader

Novelist Gong Ji-young faces a defamation lawsuit. Korea's largest Buddhist sect Jogye Order submitted complaint against Gong to Jongno Police Station in Seoul on Friday for her controversial sharing of an edited photo of the spiritual leader of the sect and the leader of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) on Twitter.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2019-09-27 17:56

2019 Seoul International Writers' Festival to kick off next month

2019 Seoul International Writers' Festival to kick off next month

This year's Seoul International Writers' Festival will be held for nine days at Seoul's iconic Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) from Oct. 5 to 13, inviting 32 renowned novelists and poets from over a dozen countries. Under the main theme of “Thousands of Mirrors Reflecting Us,” the festival offers a full schedule of 25 events, including one-on-one discussions among writers, and ...

Anna J. Park | 2019-09-18 17:57

'Biggest Lie' tells stories of women unable to say #MeToo

'Biggest Lie' tells stories of women unable to say #MeToo

The #MeToo movement, which swept Korea last year and brought down several prominent figures, revealed the dysfunctional side of Korea, particularly in relationships between men and women.

Kim Se-jeong | 2019-09-10 16:59

Satire comic strip artist dies at 87

Satire comic strip artist dies at 87

Cartoonist Kim Sung-whan, best known for his satirical comic strip “Gobau” or the old scrooge, died of old age Sunday. He was 87.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2019-09-09 15:57

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