Language & Literature

What the lights at Gwanghwamun were celebrating On the evening of October 8, Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul hosted the eve of Hangul Day celebration. After sets by the K-pop …

October 8 Announcement Triggers Translation Shortages in South Korea On October 8, the Swedish Academy announced Canadian poet, essayist, and classicist Anne Carson as the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature …

Three Korean authors arrive in English translation this October English editions of novels by Bora Chung, You-jeong Jeong, and Kim Hye-jin are making their way to international bookshelves in October …

The Shift Highlighted by a Korean Language Graduation Ceremony in Budapest A completion ceremony for a Korean language course recently took place at the King Sejong Institute in Budapest, Hungary. …

The first glance into another’s world For five days starting September 16, Seoul’s Daehangno area, centered around Marronnier Park and the ARKO spaces, becomes a stage bridging generations of Korean …

When London Bookstores Couldn’t Find Korean Books About 30 years ago, if you asked for a book about Korea at a major bookstore in London, you would often be pointed …

3.58 Million Copies Sold Across 40 Languages According to statistics released by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea) on July 28, 2026, Korean literary works sold a cumulative …

260,000 Korean Textbooks for Overseas Schools South Korea’s Ministry of Education will distribute roughly 260,000 Korean-language textbooks to regular elementary and secondary schools overseas in 2026, alongside nine newly developed …