Keum Suk Gendry-Kim receives France's Order of Arts and Letters

The Jeju 4.3 Massacre in "Jiseul," wartime sexual slavery under the Japanese military in "Grass," families separated by the Korean War in "Waiting," and North Korea in "My Friend Kim Jong Un" — graphic novelist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim has spent years bringing the wounds, pain and resilience of Korea's turbulent modern history to light through deeply human stories.

On Thursday, Gendry-Kim became the first Korean comics or graphic novel artist to receive France's Order of Arts and Letters at the rank ...