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Introducing the short story [1984] from Ha Seong-nan's collection of novels [Wafers], we talk about the 1980s in Korea.

Translated by Janet Hong

Introducing Kim Young-ha's short story [Moving], we talk about moving in Korea.

Translated by Chi-young Kim

Introducing Kim Ji-yun's novel [Yeonnam-dong's Smiley Laundromat], we talk about neighborly love in Korea.

Translated by Shanna Tan

Introducing Kye Yong-muk's short story [Counting Stars], we talk about the poor immediately after liberation.

Translated by Eugene Larsen-Hallock

Introducing Park Hyun-joo's novel [Romancing on Jeju], we talk about women in their 30s in Korea.

Translated by Paige Morris

Introducing Ko Yohan's short story [Paper Airplane], we talk about people living below the poverty line.

Translated by Bruce and Ju-chan Fulton

Introducing Anton Hur's novel [Toward Eternity], we talk about what human beings are.

Introducing three poems from Ku Sang's collection of poems [Wastelands of Fire]

- [Myself], [Shame], [Scenes of a Summer's day]

Translated by Brother Anthony of Taize

Introducing Kim Ha-kee's novel [Gingko Love], we meet a heartbreaking tale of a love that could never be.

Translated by Sohn Suk-joo and Catherine Rose Torres

Introducing Lee Dong-ha's novel [Toy City], we talk about the lives of Koreans after the Korean War.

Translated by Chi-young Kim