Attached is a bibliography of contextual sources for studies of The Vegetarian, together with a few articles addressing the controversy over Deborah Smith's translation of The Vegetarian:
Kim Wook-Dong, “The ‘Creative’ English Translation of The Vegetarian by Han Kang,” Translation Review 100.1 (2018): 65-80
Charse Yun, "How the bestseller The Vegetarian, translated from Han Kang’s original, caused an uproar in South Korea" (LA Times), attached
Jiayang Fan, "Han Kang and the Complexity of Translation" (The New Yorker)
Han Kang and Deborah Smith, "It is fascinating to ponder the possibilities of language" (Guardian)