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  Han Kang’s ‘We Do Not Part’ wins National Book Critics Circle Award Han Kang, who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, has received the National Book Critics Circle Award for her novel We Do Not Part, the English-language edition of her Korean novel Jakbyeolhaji Anneunda. It is the first Korean-language novel to win an NBCC award. The National Book Critics Circle said it selected We Do Not Part, translated by E. Yaewon and Paige Morris, as the winner in the fiction category at its awards ceremony for books published in 2025, held March 26 local time i March 27, 2026
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  CRAVITY’s Hyeongjun to Star in Interactive Short-Form Drama ‘Kill the Romeo’ on KITS CRAVITY’s Hyeongjun is set to show a new side as an actor in a first-person interactive short-form drama, built around viewer choices that determine his fate. Global K-pop short-form platform KITS said on the 27th it will exclusively release the interactive series “Kill the Romeo” starring Hyeongjun at 1 p.m. “Kill the Romeo” is an interactive, multi-ending romantic comedy in which the protagonist — “you” — lives a double life: a killer by trade and a devoted fan by persona. The story March 27, 2026
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  KBS ‘Music Bank’ Announces Lineup Featuring Kangmin, Yuna, Baby DONT Cry and Moon Byul KBS has announced the lineup for its music show “Music Bank.” The KBS2 program airing Friday afternoon will feature AB6IX, ALL(H)OURS, AmbiO, AtHeart, Baby DONT Cry, cosmosy, CSR and DIGNITY. Also set to appear are H1-KEY, NouerA, ODD YOUTH, RED OOPART, V01D, YENA (Choi Ye-na), Gamseong Dansokban, Kangmin, Moon Byul, S2IT and Yuna (ITZY). Kangmin and Yuna are scheduled to perform their “hot debut” stages on the show. Baby DONT Cry and Moon Byul will return with comeback perfor March 27, 2026
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  ADC Drug Development Shifts to Platforms as Linker Technology Becomes Key Edge Antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) development is increasingly shifting from individual drug candidates to platform-based approaches, as companies seek technologies that can be scaled across multiple programs in cancer drug development, where costs and timelines are heavy. According to global market research firm Grand View Research, the ADC market is projected to grow from about $12 billion in 2024 to about $32 billion in 2033. As the market expands, companies that control core technology pla March 27, 2026
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  Dongkook Pharm Moves to Develop Generic of Chong Kun Dang Diabetes Drug Duvie Dongkook Pharmaceutical has begun developing a generic version of Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical’s diabetes drug Duvie (lobeglitazone). According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on the 27th, Dongkook Pharmaceutical on March 13 received approval to conduct a bioequivalence study for “DKF-457.” Duvie, developed by Chong Kun Dang, is described as South Korea’s first thiazolidinedione (TZD) class diabetes treatment, with annual prescriptions totaling about 20 billion won. TZD drugs o March 27, 2026
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  Ahn So-hee Says She Misses the Stage but Will Focus on Acting Wonder Girls member Ahn So-hee has shared her plans for future work. A video titled “Actor Ahn So-hee” was posted on March 26 to the YouTube channel “Insaeng84.” Ahn said she recently appeared in the play “Geuttaedo Oneul 2,” which ended last month. She said the two-person production was physically demanding, and that she played four roles, calling it a work that required significant energy both physically and emotionally. When Kian84 asked whether she would sing again, Ahn said she has March 27, 2026
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  Korea Pavilion at Venice Biennale to Explore ‘Liberation Space’; Han Kang Sculpture Included The theme of the Korea Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale, opening in May, is “Liberation Space: Fortress and Nest.” The exhibition revisits the “liberation space” of 1945 to 1948 — the transitional period after Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule and before the establishment of a new state — and extends it as an ongoing question in the present, reexamined through aesthetics. Nobel literature laureate Han Kang is also taking part. Choi Bitna, the artistic director overse March 27, 2026
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  South Korea to Cut Generic Drug Pricing to 45% of Brand-Name Level, Industry Warns of R&D Hit The government will lower the benchmark used to set prices for generic drugs to about 45% of the price of original medicines, down from 53.55%. The pharmaceutical industry says the cut, combined with supply uncertainty tied to the Middle East conflict, could curb research and development spending and worsen job insecurity. According to the industry on the 27th, the Health Insurance Policy Deliberation Committee approved the drug-pricing overhaul at a meeting the previous day. It is the fi March 27, 2026
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  Singer Lee Ji-hye Says Daughter Moved to Public Kindergarten After English Preschool Closed Singer and TV personality Lee Ji-hye said her younger daughter transferred from an English-language preschool to a public kindergarten after the preschool announced it was shutting down. A video titled “Why Lee Ji-hye’s daughter transferred to a public kindergarten after giving up English preschool? (Early English education)” was posted on March 26 to her YouTube channel, “밉지않은 관종언니.” Lee said she received a notice from the English preschool attended by her second daughte March 27, 2026
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  Korea Golf Course Managers Association Holds Annual Meeting on Tax, Labor Changes The Korea Golf Course Managers Association said Thursday it held its 2026 annual general meeting over two days, March 25-26, at Maison Glad Jeju and Golfzon County Ora CC. Advisers, an honorary chair, auditors and CEOs from member companies attended. The group reviewed last year’s projects and approved its financial statements, while discussing responses to fast-changing conditions in the golf course industry. The association shared the outcome of an appeals court ruling in a lawsuit over March 26, 2026