Korea

Japan warns against 'escalation' on Korean peninsula

The North blew up the roads and railways on Tuesday, Seoul's military said, adding it had conducted a "counter-fire" operation in response.

BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / Learning to let go

As the novel progresses, you peel back layers of history between Claire and her grandparents and realise that the Korea issue isn’t as straightforward as our protagonist imagined.

What Asia can do to fight climate change 

As far as climate change is concerned, the Asia Pacific is highly significant.

Grief is something pure and stark in Han Kang’s ‘The White Book’

Han Kang explores the nature of her existence and it is all portrayed through objects and ideas unified by a single color: white. 

Literature showcases a different side to the Korean Wave

The books coming out of Korea are brutal in how they push the audience right back into the bleakness of reality

A look into dual-storytelling with 7 Fates: Chakho

The main plot revolves around seven beom hunters, who are modelled after the members of BTS.

Five of BTS leader RM’s favourite books

RM, leader of the popular K-pop band BTS, is not only a musician but also an avid reader.

Ujan hosts award-giving ceremony for book review contest on Korean Literature

Bangladeshi publishing house Ujan Prokashan organised a book review contest where participants had to review Korean Literature on Monday, November 8.

Ujan Book Review Contest 2021 announces winners, reviews Korean literature in translation

Participants reviewed Bangla translations of two significant works of Korean literature—Korear Kobita (Korean Poetry) translated by Chhanda Mahbub, and Korear Golpo (Short Stories of Korea), edited by Soroishwarja Muhommod. Both translations were published by Ujan Prakashan and assisted by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea, who also helped organise the contest. 

October 11, 2017
October 11, 2017

US flies bombers over Korean peninsula

The US has flown two supersonic heavy bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force against Pyongyang, staging the first night-time joint aviation exercises with Japan and South Korea.

June 17, 2016
June 17, 2016

Chelsey Lee: American accused of forging South Korean birth documents

An American female basketball player uses forged birth documents to falsely claim she had South Korean ancestry, prosecutors have claimed.

March 31, 2016
March 31, 2016

Koreans seek ‘right to disconnect’

Koreans find their constantly buzzing smartphones disorienting, according to a report by the Korea Press Foundation on Wednesday.

March 10, 2016
March 10, 2016

North Korea 'fires short-range missiles'

North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea's military has said.

November 26, 2015
November 26, 2015

Nothing changed in N Korea: UN expert

UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Marzuki Darusman, today warned that nothing has changed in the country since the UN Commission of Inquiry on DPRK presented its landmark report to the UN Human Rights Council two years ago.

November 26, 2015
November 26, 2015

North and South-Korea in rare talks to improve ties

Officials from North and South Korea are meeting for rare talks aimed at improving long-strained ties, after a military standoff in August.

October 26, 2015
October 26, 2015

US soldier's remains returned from N Korea after 65 years

The remains of a US soldier missing since the Korean War have been returned to his family in California.

October 20, 2015
October 20, 2015

SKoreans head to the North for rare family reunions

Hundreds of South Koreans travelling to the North for a rare reunion with family members whom they were separated from by the Korean War.

July 2, 2015
July 2, 2015

Rice planting now a breeze! (video)

Advancing technology and innovations make the back breaking work of rice planting look like a breeze.

May 24, 2015
May 24, 2015

Female activists cross demilitarized zone on Koreas' border

30 women activists cross the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea in an attempt to promote peace.

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