As part of this issue’s “K-Lit Across Media”, film journalist Lee Yoochae explores media adaptations of Korean literature with an in-depth analysis of the screening of “Love in the Big City”, a novel by Sang Young Park of the same name. kln.or.kr/features/cover…

We live in a golden age of visual media where thousands of films and visual content are flooding our screens every day. But according to novelist Kim Un-su, the world is actually suffering from ‘story famine’. Read more from #KLN’s Cover Feature essay: kln.or.kr/features/cover…

Continuing on with #KLN Spring 2025 issue’s “Literature Across Media” Cover Feature, novelist Chung Han-ah shares a different perspective of screen adaptation as she observed the process of her novel transforming into a drama. Read the full essay (tr. #KariSchenk) from

Seo Ije was a film major who first started writing stories to help her become a good film director, but ultimately writing became her profession. In this #KLN Cover Feature essay (tr. #HannahKim), she shares her unique perspective on watching vs. reading. kln.or.kr/features/cover…

Don’t let the innocent, happily ever after ending fool you. You’ll be left with an eerie chill running down your back after reading this short story by Kim Kitae superbly translated by #SunnieChae for #KLN. kln.or.kr/bookmark/ficti…

In the Author’s Note for this short story, writer Lee Sun Ju said that she wrote the first draft in just two days based on a memory from her own childhood when she unwantedly grew-up when she ‘saw the darker side of life.’ Read ‘Choice’ written by Lee Sun Ju and translated by

#KLN brings you two ‘feel good’ poems by Oh Eun, “A Growing Story” and “Happy Ending”, for a ‘happy beginning’ to your May. Read the full poetry (tr. #SethChandler) from our website: kln.or.kr/bookmark/poetr…

Immerse yourself into poet Yoon Eunseong’s “At the Glass Plaza” and “From Unknown Things” brilliantly translated by #JackSaebyokJung. kln.or.kr/bookmark/poetr…

In the Writer’s Note for “Last Night, In My Dream” (tr. #StellaKim), Chung Han-ah said that she wanted to talk about “disease, money, and grace” through her story. Author Nadia Kalman explores how three generations of women find peace and reconciliation in this book review for

Author Son Jeong Seung writes about the joy of experiencing someone’s ‘first’ work as she shares this book review of Sou Linne Baik’s debut short story collection “Falling in Paul”. kln.or.kr/features/revie…

Journalist Hideyuki Tanabe shares this in-depth book review (tr. #MeriJoyce) on the Japanese edition of “Can’t I Go Instead” by Lee Geum-yi, an epic novel that follows the tangled lives of two women through Japanese occupation, World. War II and the Korean War.

Through this book review, #KLN readers will glimpse into the German edition of “Gomanechireul Wihayeo” written by author Cho Nam-joo who is best known for her feminist novel “Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982”. kln.or.kr/features/revie…

Maria V. Soldatova of the Russian State University for the Humanities reviewed “Медсестра-заклинательница“ (School Nurse Ahn Eun-young) by Chung Serang, translated into Russian by Anastasia Viktorovna Pogadaeva. kln.or.kr/features/revie…

For this week’s Book for You, Team Heo subscribes two Korean lit. works, short story “Goodbye, Cucu” and poem “Let People Be Born”, for our ‘imperfect vegan’ from the Philippines. Check out the video from #KLN. kln.or.kr/media/bookfory…

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