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Hagwon place

Named in 12 reports across 4 stories - 1 Sept – 13 Oct
1 Sept 202613 Oct 2026

The web around Hagwon

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Hagwon. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Hagwon.

Jin Lee and Min Jin Lee share 12 reportsNational Book Award and South Korea share 11 reportsCalifornia and Min Jin Lee share 11 reportsJin Lee and South Korea share 11 reportsMin Jin Lee and South Korea share 11 reportsCalifornia and Jin Lee share 11 reportsJin Lee and National Book Award share 11 reportsMin Jin Lee and National Book Award share 11 reportsCalifornia and Mido share 10 reportsAustralia and Min Jin Lee share 10 reportsHelen Koh and South Korea share 10 reportsAustralia and South Korea share 10 reportsAustralia and Helen Koh share 10 reportsCalifornia and Helen Koh share 10 reportsAustralia and National Book Award share 10 reportsJin Lee and Mido share 10 reportsAustralia and California share 10 reportsAustralia and Jin Lee share 10 reportsMido and Min Jin Lee share 10 reportsMido and National Book Award share 10 reportsAustralia and Mido share 10 reportsHelen Koh and Jin Lee share 10 reportsHelen Koh and Min Jin Lee share 10 reportsCalifornia and National Book Award share 10 reportsMido and South Korea share 10 reportsCalifornia and South Korea share 10 reportsHelen Koh and Mido share 10 reportsHelen Koh and National Book Award share 10 reportsMin Jin Lee and Seoul share 9 reportsAmerica and Min Jin Lee share 9 reportsAmerica and Jin Lee share 9 reportsAmerica and Seoul share 9 reportsAmerica and California share 9 reportsCalifornia and Seoul share 9 reportsJin Lee and Seoul share 9 reportsHelen Koh and Seoul share 8 reportsAmerica and Australia share 8 reportsMido and Seoul share 8 reportsAmerica and National Book Award share 8 reportsNational Book Award and Seoul share 8 reportsHagwonJin LeeJin Lee - 12 shared reports (person)Min Jin LeeMin Jin Lee - 12 shared reports (person)CaliforniaCalifornia - 11 shared reports (place)National Bo…National Book Award - 11 shared reports (organization)South KoreaSouth Korea - 11 shared reports (place)AustraliaAustralia - 10 shared reports (place)Helen KohHelen Koh - 10 shared reports (person)MidoMido - 10 shared reports (place)AmericaAmerica - 9 shared reports (place)SeoulSeoul - 9 shared reports (place)

The stories

You can’t scare Min Jin Lee: The author on how she wrote ‘American Hagwon’

1 outlets2 reports name Hagwon13 Oct

I didn't think 'Pachinko' could be topped. Then I read 'American Hagwon'

1 outlets8 reports name Hagwon28 Sept

Ep 479 - September Most Anticipated Books! + Mike Chen!!

1 outlets1 report names Hagwon10 Sept

14 new books in September to help ease you into fall

1 outlets1 report names Hagwon1 Sept

People they appear with

Jin Lee12Min Jin Lee12Helen Koh10Taehun Shin8Alice Hoffman2Amanda Peters2Chloe Benjamin2Emma Cline2Hernan Diaz2

Places in the same coverage

California11South Korea11Australia10Mido10America9Seoul9Sydney9New Jersey8Paramus8

Organisations in the same coverage

National Book Award11Ivy League8

Who keeps naming them

wncw.org2maximumfun.org1kacu.org1wvtf.org1kpbs.org1whqr.org1kbia.org1ktep.org1aspenpublicradio.org1saratogian.com1timesherald.com1

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