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New Young Adult English Novel to Recount Devastation of Japanese Wartime Sexual Slavery

New Young Adult English Novel to Recount Devastation of Japanese Wartime Sexual Slavery

SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A young adult novel on Japan’s wartime sexual slavery, which was recently translated into English, will hit the shelves in the United States and other countries this year to recount the devastation of the Japanese wartime atrocity, according to its publisher Thursday. The 248-page novel, “Trampled Blossoms: What They [...]

Foreign Students Visit Korea amid Rising Global Interest in Korean Literature

Foreign Students Visit Korea amid Rising Global Interest in Korean Literature

SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean literature attracted international attention with Han Kang’s ‘The Vegetarian’ winning the 2016 Man Booker International Prize. And to add to the heightened interest, the Korea Foundation (KF), which operates under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is hosting what it calls a ‘Korean Literary Workshop for International Doctoral Program [...]