The author, a former president of Seoul National University, is the chairman of the Korea Institute for Shared Growth. The awarding of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature to novelist Han Kang ...

This is the 34-year-old South Korean writer’s second memoir recounting her treatment for dysthymia, or persistent depressive disorder. The first was called I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki.

That much of the frustration and pressure I felt in Korea was caused by not being able to contact clean nature. I found it very sad to start the day by checking the fine dust app every day.