Sitting at the front of the St. Paul library with the usual suspects for January’s book club meeting, I was struck by the common response to The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See.

Han, who received the Nobel Prize in Literature last year, has written books about two of South ... even deadlier chapter on Jeju Island, in which tens of thousands of people were killed.

South Korean novelist Han Kang was introduced to most English readers by her 2007 book, “The Vegetarian” (published in ...

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Jeju Island authorities reportedly plan to boost tourism by integrating NFT technology into their strategy. A report stated that, starting in 2025, the island would introduce digital visitor cards ...

South Korean author Han Kang’s latest novel, “ We Do Not Part ,” begins with a woman named Kyungha describing a dream in which a snowy landscape dotted with thousands of burial mounds and black tree ...

South Korean authorities detained 11 Vietnamese nationals on Wednesday after they were discovered hiding in a cargo truck at Jeju ... island illegally. The group, consisting of seven men and four ...

This dizzying tale of family tragedy and memory forces the reader to face the horrors of the Jeju 4.3 massacre.

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He lays out the case for why such a system still represents “the best way to organize and direct the deep tensions that ...