A native of what is now South Korea, Kim spent more than 80 of his 96 years in Japan, where he faced discrimination on two fronts: for being ethnic Korean and later as a sufferer of Hansen’s ...

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South Korean poet Kim Kyung Ju has written and translated over 10 books of poetry, essays, and plays. Widely considered the progenitor of the Korean new-wave movement “Miraepa” (“Future Movement”), ...

That year, authorities arrested poet and playwright Kim Ji-ha and placed him under house arrest for penning a satirical poem titled "Higo" (Groundless Rumor). A movement arose in Japan to free him.