Song Joong Ki is gearing up for his next project “My Name is Loh Kiwan”! Based on Jo Hae Jin’s novel “I Met Loh Kiwan” (literal title), “My Name is Loh Kiwan” tells the story of the meeting, break up, and love between North Korean defector Loh Kiwan (Song Joong Ki), who arrives in Belgium
Posted : 2021-02-05 09:09
Updated : 2021-02-07 12:06
Cho Hae-jin, author of I Met Loh Kiwan and Simple Sincerity, poses during an interview with The Korea Times at a cafe inside the Changbi Publishers building in Mapo District, western Seoul, Feb. 1. / Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk
By Park Han-sol I am a person who wishes to write about sincerity, with sincerity.
With this phrase, fiction writer Cho Hae-jin explained her literary focus based on recounting the stories of nameless figures ― politically marginalized Koreans, immigrants and adoptees. She said she finds parts of herself in those voiceless people, and that her sense of solidarity forces her to keep writing their tales.