This "K-Fiction" Series represents the brightest of young imaginative voices in contemporary Korean fiction. Each issue consists of a wide range of outstanding contemporary Korean short stories that the editorial board of Asia carefully selects each season. These stories are then translated by professional Korean literature translators, all of whom take special care to faithfully convey the pieces’ original tones and grace. We hope that, each and every season, these exceptional young Korean voices will delight and challenge all of you, our treasured readers both here and abroad.
Born on October 10, 1979, Kim Keum Hee is a South Korean writer who entered the literary scene in 2009 by winning the Korea Times New Writer's Contest with her short story "Neoui dokyumeonteu" (너의 도큐먼트 Your Document). Her first collection of short stories, titled "Sentimenteoldo haruiteul" (센티멘털도 하루이틀 Sentimentality Works Only for a Day or Two), was published in 2014.