Sum Kim

Sum Kim is a Korean author whose important novel translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton was the first Korean novel devoted exclusively to the subject of comfort women.


Articles by Sum Kim

A bronze statue of a seated young girl wearing traditional Korean clothing is displayed outdoors on a pathway covered in fallen leaves, with blurred trees and parked cars in the background.
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Tuesday May 1

from One Left

The last one is out of her coma. For three weeks she recognized no one. She speaks in a labored, halting tone: “I can’t die—not when I think there won’t be anyone after me to speak . . .”