Hankyoreh article about Han Kang's and other Korean Works
There is a common theme in all the Korean cultural content that’s achieved international popularity throughout the past decades or so. Bong Joon-ho has achieved worldwide recognition for films that are laden with social criticism, such as “Memories of Murder,” “Snowpiercer,” and “Parasite.” The Netflix series “Squid Game,” the platform’s most popular series ever, depicted a murderously competitive society saturated with fear and tension. Han Kang’s “Human Acts” is based on the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement. Her book “We Do Not Part” deals with the events of the Jeju April 3 Incident. “The Vegetarian” reveals the dark side of familial love. In addition to the Nobel Prize, Han has received several other literary accolades.
