Han Gong-ju by Lee Su-jin

Top Gear Korea's resident presenter and speed demon Kim Jin Pyo talks about the show's latest season TOP Gear Korea is back for its fifth and the biggest season yet with more car stunts, celebrity interviews and wild antics. Some of this ...

By Kim Young-jin There's no surefire method to predict the international success of a novel, especially one crossing over from a lesser-known market such as Korea. However, there are signposts that make the prognostication a bit easier. There ...

By Kim Young-jin In her debut novel, Hannah Michell weaves together plotlines involving North Korean defectors and embassy intrigue, but the work isn't inherently political. Instead, The Defections focuses on the troubled behind-the-scene stories ...

Hwang Sun-mi Hwang Sun-mi's The Hen Who Dreamed SheCould Fly By Kim Young-jin Hwang Sun-mi, author of the popular book The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly, has been a household name here since it was published in 2000. But she's poised for wider ...

'Post-rock' veterans Mogwai return to Seoul this week to promote new album By Kim Young-jin For fans of slow-burning, heavy music, it's hard to believe Scottish band Mogwai has been around for nearly 20 years. For those in Korea, it may also be ...

By Kim Young-jin Eleanor and Park by American writer Rainbow Rowell has many of the elements that make a winning young adult novel. A love story involving two misfit teenagers in the 1980s, the characters are flawed and relatable; it crackles with ...

By Kim Young-jin Readers often expect particular traits from prolific authors. This holds true for Chang-rae Lee, whose charm has been the measured, introspective study of narrators seen in novels Native Speaker and Aloft. While his restrained ...

By Kim Young-jin, Baek Byung-yeul From lovers reveling beneath New York's Queensboro Bridge to a giant octopus devouring the Golden Gate, bridges have long been scenic locations for Hollywood films. With Marvel Studios shooting parts of The ...

By Kim Young-jin, Jun Ji-hye Rep. Lee Jasmine Rep. Lee Jasmine of the ruling Saenuri Party is drafting a bill to provide thousands of undocumented foreign children with health insurance and other essential benefits. These children are officially ...