When South Koreans came out to defend democracy in the face of a surprise martial law declaration by their president, history ...
Han Kang’s 2014 novel Human Acts follows the death of a young boy during the student uprising in Gwangju in 1980 after martial law was imposed by Chun Doo Hwan. “I sincerely hope we do not return to a ...
While serving in the military in 1980 -- it was and remains mandatory -- Shin witnessed the Chun military junta extend ...
Han Kang’s 2014 novel Human Acts follows the death of a young boy during the student uprising in Gwangju in 1980 after ...
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A surge in dramas and literature dealing with the country's political trauma has helped older generations keep the memory of ...
South Korean author Han Kang, who won this year's Nobel Prize in Literature, on Friday said she was "shocked" by the political crisis in her country after the president briefly imposed martial law.
South Korean author Han Kang, this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, says she was shocked at this week’s ...
South Korean author Han Kang, this year's Nobel laureate in literature, expressed her shock Friday over the martial law ...
When President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, for the first time in South Korea since 1980, 70-year-old Lee Chul-Woo was ...
The last time South Korea imposed martial law, Gwangju endured a deadly crackdown. Han Kang, the Nobel Prize-winning author, ...