2019-09-05 / II00000042

For the purpose of generating a discourse on Korean literature and introducing Korean writers and works to general readers and experts overseas, KLN publishes book reviews by overseas scholars and publishers. This is a review of the Russian translation of Castella by Park Min-gyu.

2019-03-29 / II00000125

KLN is published and distributed for the purpose of generating a discourse on Korean literature and introducing Korean writers and works to general readers and experts overseas. KLN Vol. 43 contains an interview with Park Min-gyu, whose works often reflect the cultural code of the 1980s.

2019-03-29 / II00000126

KLN is published and distributed for the purpose of generating a discourse on Korean literature and introducing Korean writers and works to general readers and experts overseas. KLN Vol. 43 contains Park Min-gyu’s notes on his thoughts as a writer and everyday feelings.

2019-03-29 / II00000127

KLN is published and distributed for the purpose of generating a discourse on Korean literature and introducing Korean writers and works to general readers and experts overseas. KLN Vol. 43 contains an excerpt from “Jeol” by Park Min-gyu.

2019-12-05 / II00000156

KLN is published and distributed for the purpose of generating a discourse on Korean literature and introducing Korean writers and works to general readers and experts overseas. The theme of KLN Vol. 46 is Cats and Dogs in Korean Literature. This is an excerpt from “Swaying into the Darkness” by Bak Solmay.

2020-06-12 / II00000210

For the purpose of generating a discourse on Korean literature and introducing Korean writers and works to general readers and experts overseas, KLN publishes book reviews by overseas scholars and publishers. This is a review of the Mongolian translation of Korean Short Stories and Novellas by Choe Jeong-hui.

2021-11-25 / II00000870

This 51-page final report of the 2021 Seoul International Writers’ Festival contains the following information: results of the festival, program structure and operation, participating writers, survey (participating writers and audiences) results, opening keynote speeches, closing keynote speeches, related articles and media coverage

2022-03-03 / II00001113

This is a review of the Spanish translation of Castella, published in KLN Vol. 55. Spanish writer Andrea Abreu approaches the Spanish translation of Park Min-gyu’s Castella with a focus on themes such as fantastical reality and injustice.

2023-04-07 / II00001165

This is a Cover Feature essay of KLN Vol. 59. Under the theme of “A Mourning Against Mourning,” critic Sung Hyunah explores how Korean literature has preserved “counter-memory,” defying the misappropriated and selective mourning for the deaths of others. Through literary works such as Han Kang’s We Do Not Part and Seong Haena’s “Oz,” this essay highlights the possibility of a broader sense of mourning that goes beyond the collective notion of “we.”

2024-12-01 / II00001516

This is a special feature essay on Han Kang, published in KLN Vol. 66. Literary critic Kyung Hee Youn discusses the significance of Han Kang’s Nobel Prize in Literature for contemporary readers of her works.