Giving Voice to the Korean American Community
A U.S. Out of Korea rally will be held Saturday, August 15, 1 p.m., at Mayday Plaza in Minneapolis. The Minneapolis rally will be one of five happening nationwide that day. The demonstration is hosted by the Minnesota Peace Action Coalition (MPAC) in response to a call to action by Nodutdol, a New York-based Korean […]
A free webinar, to be held Thursday, August 27, will discuss the history of South Korea's adoption practices. The session will include how the adoption industry in Korean began, how the receiving nations influenced Korea's adoption industry, and why fraud and illegal practices took place. The event is cosponsored by the U.S. Korean Rights Group […]
The Sejong Cultural Society has announced a call for submissions to its annual Korean traditional poetry (sijo) contest. The contest is open to all poets, regardless of age or nationality, and the submission deadline is September 30. Contestants compete for cash prizes. A sijo is a traditional three-line Korean poetic form with a specific structure and syllabic […]
The Sejong Book Club is a Zoom-based free series designed for the average adult reader to learn more about Korean literature in translation. The upcoming meeting will be a discussion of Han Kang's novel The Vegetarian, to be held Thursday, September 24, 7 p.m. (Central). Originally published in 2007, The Vegetarian was translated by British […]
