Human Acts (Korean title: 소년이 온다) by Han Kang has been read or recommended by 18 Korean celebrities, including RM (BTS), Gaeul (IVE), Go Min-si. Below, each entry shows where they mentioned it and what they said.
She talked about this book on Naver V Live. (Source: Channel Yes)
Introduced it as a Han Kang book read this year about May 18, told through multiple viewpoints, and said it weighs heavily on the heart. (Source: YouTube)
Lee Jung-eun, of a generation close to Gwangju 1980, found it physically painful to read. (Source: Naver Blog)
Read to understand society; its tightly woven emotions ache, and Jinyoung calls it essential for every Korean. One of three life books. (Source: Naver Blog)
Named it as the last book in a suggested reading order of Han Kang, saying that after checking the Nobel reasoning it seems the work that best fits that message. (Source: YouTube)