Korea
BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / Learning to let go
As the novel progresses, you peel back layers of history between Claire and her grandparents and realise that the Korea issue isn’t as straightforward as our protagonist imagined.
What Asia can do to fight climate change
As far as climate change is concerned, the Asia Pacific is highly significant.
Grief is something pure and stark in Han Kang’s ‘The White Book’
Han Kang explores the nature of her existence and it is all portrayed through objects and ideas unified by a single color: white.
Literature showcases a different side to the Korean Wave
The books coming out of Korea are brutal in how they push the audience right back into the bleakness of reality
A look into dual-storytelling with 7 Fates: Chakho
The main plot revolves around seven beom hunters, who are modelled after the members of BTS.
Five of BTS leader RM’s favourite books
RM, leader of the popular K-pop band BTS, is not only a musician but also an avid reader.
Ujan hosts award-giving ceremony for book review contest on Korean Literature
Bangladeshi publishing house Ujan Prokashan organised a book review contest where participants had to review Korean Literature on Monday, November 8.
Ujan Book Review Contest 2021 announces winners, reviews Korean literature in translation
Participants reviewed Bangla translations of two significant works of Korean literature—Korear Kobita (Korean Poetry) translated by Chhanda Mahbub, and Korear Golpo (Short Stories of Korea), edited by Soroishwarja Muhommod. Both translations were published by Ujan Prakashan and assisted by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea, who also helped organise the contest.
PLAYWATCH / Dissecting The Intolerance Towards Korean Wave
Take a closer look at this unabashed hatred and rejection.
Chelsey Lee: American accused of forging South Korean birth documents
An American female basketball player uses forged birth documents to falsely claim she had South Korean ancestry, prosecutors have claimed.
Koreans seek ‘right to disconnect’
Koreans find their constantly buzzing smartphones disorienting, according to a report by the Korea Press Foundation on Wednesday.
North Korea 'fires short-range missiles'
North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea's military has said.
Nothing changed in N Korea: UN expert
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Marzuki Darusman, today warned that nothing has changed in the country since the UN Commission of Inquiry on DPRK presented its landmark report to the UN Human Rights Council two years ago.
North and South-Korea in rare talks to improve ties
Officials from North and South Korea are meeting for rare talks aimed at improving long-strained ties, after a military standoff in August.
US soldier's remains returned from N Korea after 65 years
The remains of a US soldier missing since the Korean War have been returned to his family in California.
SKoreans head to the North for rare family reunions
Hundreds of South Koreans travelling to the North for a rare reunion with family members whom they were separated from by the Korean War.
Rice planting now a breeze! (video)
Advancing technology and innovations make the back breaking work of rice planting look like a breeze.
Female activists cross demilitarized zone on Koreas' border
30 women activists cross the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea in an attempt to promote peace.
