SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Shin Kyung-rim, a prominent figure in Korean poetry and author of the works “Nongmu” (Farmer’s Dance) and “A Poor Love Song,” died Wednesday, sources in the literary community said. He was 88. He passed away at the National Cancer Center in Goyang, in the northwestern suburbs of Seoul, after [...]
SEOUL/NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A book of more than 80 poems of late renowned South Korean poet Cho Ji-hoon was published in English in New York more than half a century after his death, his family said Friday. A ceremony celebrating the publication took place in New York on the day with [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has put a call out for “citizen poets” to help provide subway users with poetry to read as they wait for their trains. The city announced on Wednesday that it was inviting the public to submit their own creations as well as their favorite poetry. [...]