Korea and the Nobel Prize for Literature

Re: [Arrowhead] At the Royal Asiatic Society

I know very little about science, so am not qualified to speak as to whether Nobel Prize recipients in the sciences are qualified or not. I imagine they are. However, the prizes for literature (and peace) are often politically motivated, which I think debases them greatly. Thus, Korea (and China) shouldn't overly worry about not receiving recognition from Stockholm.

That said, he writer of the above peace, Choi Yearn-hong, poet and professor at University of Seoul offers some good suggestions for Korean writers. Among them:

"[M]ore Korean poets and writers should travel around the globe to search for common ground among different ethnic backgrounds, languages, and customs. The greatness of literature is its transcendence, readability and ability to touch the human heart. Some Korean poets and writers act like frogs in a small pond; they have difficulty going beyond their own lily pads."