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October 27, 2026

Korea Honors Late Poets Yoon Dong-ju and Kim Nam-jo

Two legendary Korean poets, Yoon Dong-ju and Kim Nam-jo, have been posthumously awarded the Geumgwan Order of Cultural Merit, Korea's highest cultural honor. Yoon, who died in a Japanese prison in 1945 at age 27, is beloved for his introspective poetry about colonial suffering; his collection was only published after his death. Kim Nam-jo was a pioneering female voice in postwar Korean literature.
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