Han Kang calls for change of course in age of hate
Han made the remarks as she met Korean reporters on the sidelines of the Avignon Festival, one of the world's most prestigious performing arts festivals, where…
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Han made the remarks as she met Korean reporters on the sidelines of the Avignon Festival, one of the world's most prestigious performing arts festivals, where Korean has been invited as an official language to mark the 140th anniversary of diplomatic ties between South Korea and France. During the Avignon Festival, a lecture-performance titled "Oiseau," based on Han's novel "We Do Not Part," was presented in both Korean and French by French actress Isabelle Huppert and Korean actress Lee Hye-young. Their chants were linked to a controversial Starbucks Korea promotion on May 18, the anniversary of the 1980 Gwangju pro-democracy uprising, which drew strong criticism for allegedly mocking the movement.
Furthermore, Baseball players at Pai Chai High School yelled slogans, such as "Let's go to Starbucks!" and "Tank Day!" at their opponents from Gwangju Jeil High School during a late June tournament game in Seoul. Han Kang calls for change of course in age of hate. "We are at a time, in which we have to put our heads together to discuss how we can change the course and move forward in another direction." In such a context, Han noted the recent controversy surrounding a Seoul high school baseball, which came under fire and eventually received a six-month ban for deriding opponents with trash talk.
In addition, "The sentences I envision and the musicality that actors bring to them through their own interpretations and express through their bodies are two different things." "It is meaningful that people who have only read 'We Do Not Part' through a book can experience the work in a different way," Han said.
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Han made the remarks as she met Korean reporters on the sidelines of the Avignon Festival, one of the world's most prestigious performing arts festivals, where Korean has been invited as an official language to mark the 140th anniversary of diplomatic ties between South Korea and France.
reliability low1/2 sourcesDuring the Avignon Festival, a lecture-performance titled "Oiseau," based on Han's novel "We Do Not Part," was presented in both Korean and French by French actress Isabelle Huppert and Korean actress Lee Hye-young.
reliability low1/2 sourcesTheir chants were linked to a controversial Starbucks Korea promotion on May 18, the anniversary of the 1980 Gwangju pro-democracy uprising, which drew strong criticism for allegedly mocking the movement.
reliability low1/2 sourcesBaseball players at Pai Chai High School yelled slogans, such as "Let's go to Starbucks!" and "Tank Day!" at their opponents from Gwangju Jeil High School during a late June tournament game in Seoul.
reliability low1/2 sourcesHan Kang calls for change of course in age of hate.
reliability low1/2 sources"We are at a time, in which we have to put our heads together to discuss how we can change the course and move forward in another direction." In such a context, Han noted the recent controversy surrounding a Seoul high school baseball, which came under fire and eventually received a six-month ban for deriding opponents with trash talk.
reliability low1/2 sources"The sentences I envision and the musicality that actors bring to them through their own interpretations and express through their bodies are two different things." "It is meaningful that people who have only read 'We Do Not Part' through a book can experience the work in a different way," Han said.
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