Han Kang's 'The Tear Box' adapted into choral music theater production

Nobel Prize-winning author Han Kang's children's story "The Box of Tears" has been adapted into an original choral music theater production.

The National Chorus of Korea said Thursday it will present the work at its annual Liberation Day commemorative concert on Aug. 14 at the Seoul Arts Center. "The Box of Tears" centers on a child who cries over things that ordinary people in the village cannot understand.

The child sets off with a mysterious man who collects tears in a box and meets an elderl