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Volume 23, Spring 2012: Korea
Non-fiction | Korea
Web Exclusives and Writing from the Archive
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Essay | Asia
From the Publisher Ilyas Khan
Koreans are rightly proud of their unique culture and their fine literary heritage; they respect and appreciate their writers and poets. And if any place could be described as a country of readers, it would be South Korea.
Interview | South Korea
Shin Kyung-sook Charles Montgomery
The first woman and the first Korean to win the Man Asian Literary Prize reflects on her achievement
Essay | South Korea
Image and Identity Michael Breen
From the author of 'Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Lies' 
Fiction | South Korea
The Korean Soldier Jeon Sung Tae
It was obvious now that there was no way he’d be able to get back into the flat. If he didn’t break down the front door, he might end up freezing to death in this tundra. How was it possible that something as insignificant as a little metal key might drive him into the maw of death?
Art | Korea
Ancient Texts: Hunminjeongeum and Sokpo Sang-jol
Art | North Korea
North Korean Posters: the David Heather Collection David Heather
Photography | North Korea
Holiday Tours to the DPRK Simon Cockerell
Photography | South Korea
Photo-collages Won Seong Won
From The Editor
Memoir | South Korea
My Experiences in the Korean War Liu Jiaju's memoir stirred controversy in China - Martin Merz's translation shows us why
Essay | South Korea
Korean Literature on the World Stage Literary agent Joseph Lee gives us an insider's view
Essay | South Korea
Pyongyang: City of Privilege and Pretence Sue Lloy'd-Roberts looks back at her 2010 BBC documentary and considers the impact of Kim Jong I'ls death
Essay | North Korea
North Korea's Revolutionary Cinema Daniel Levitsky provides an authoritative account of North Korea's version of Stalinist cinema
Interview | North Korea
Blaine Harden Kathleen Hwang interviews the author of Escape From Camp 14
Non-fiction | North Korea
Review: Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden J. E. Hoare, diplomat and North Korea expert
Non-fiction | North Korea
Review: All Woman and Springtime by B. W. Jones Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore
Non-fiction | South Korea
Review: The Old Garden by Hwang Sok-yong Lucia Sehui Kim
South Korea Ice Cream Kim Young-ha
South Korea Is That So? I'm a Giraffe Park Mingyu
North Korea Kim Seon-dal: Korean Folk Hero Heinz Insu Fenkl
South Korea Black-and-White Photographer Han Yujoo
South Korea extract from What You Never Know Jeong I-hyeon
Jang Jin-sung, Hyesoon Kim, Min K. Kang, Cho Oh-hyun, Ko Un, Robert Ricardo Reese
 
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