The Writers Association of Korea (Korean: 한국작가회의) is a society formed by writers of South Korea to promote Korean literature and support Korean writers.
On November 18, 1974, the Council of Writers for Freedom and Practice (자유실천문인협의회) was established by a number of writers including Ko Un to protect the rights of writers, and started a campaign to free the poet Kim Ji-ha from imprisonment.
[1][2] 1987, the group was extended to become Association of Writers for National Literature, and then in 2007 it was renamed the Writers Association of Korea.
The office is located in Yonghyeon Building, 50-1 Yonggang-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul.
The past chairmans are Lee Si-young, Gu Jungseo and Jeong Hui Seong.