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Sat, July 2, 2022 | 08:47
Best-seller lists do not coincide with ideals
Best-seller lists do not coincide with ideals
The most-read articles and top 10 best-selling books at bookstores compiled by media outlets have one thing in common: readers here don't seem to find well-researched, insightful works to be fascinating.
Kang Hyun-kyung | 2021-06-18 16:04
Korea's No. 3 bookstore chain goes bankrupt
Korea's No. 3 bookstore chain goes bankrupt
Bandi & Luni's, the country's third-biggest bookstore chain that runs both online and in-person channels, has filed for bankruptcy. Seoul Mungo, the company behind the bookstore chain, sent an emergency letter notifying the bankruptcy to members of a local publishers' association on Wednesday. The company reportedly failed to pay a promissory note due the previous day.
2021-06-17 10:35
Book review: Community, collaboration between poets, artists forged during dark colonial times
Book review: Community, collaboration between poets, artists forged during dark colonial times
The fact that the golden age of Korea's modern literature and art occurred during the early 20th century may seem like an ironic twist to many. How was it that the bleak times of Japanese colonial rule formed the backdrop to a cultural flourishing of lively, communal interactions among artists and poets?
2021-06-16 16:59
Books about Yoon Seok-youl: like parable of the blind and the elephant
Books about Yoon Seok-youl: like parable of the blind and the elephant
Former Prosecutor-General Yoon Seok-youl, 61, has yet to declare a bid to run in the 2022 presidential election slated for March 22. Despite rampant rumors about his candidacy, he has played a waiting game about his presidential run.His every action, word and whereabouts spark speculation about his motives, maybe because he is currently one of the most popular - albeit unoffi...
Kang Hyun-kyung | 2021-06-15 09:05
'Grandpa Nomura is a living saint'
'Grandpa Nomura is a living saint'
Activist Choi In-gi's camera was damaged and broken during a photo project in Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market on Oct. 29 of last year. At that time, he was shooting photos of dozens of fish merchants who were protesting the closure of the old market space where they used to sell fish, refusing to move into a brand-new building that was built a few years back.
Kang Hyun-kyung | 2021-06-13 13:30
Korean children's books win big at Bologna Children's Book Fair
Korean children's books win big at Bologna Children's Book Fair
Lee Gee-eun's book “Iparapa Yamooyamoo” won the prestigious BolognaRagazzi Award in the comics/early reader category held on the sidelines of the 58th Bologna Children's Book Fair, the world's largest children's book expo and one of the most prestigious events of its kind.
Park Ji-won | 2021-06-02 15:03
Korean fashion designer recounts Elon Musk's 'inspiring' mother
Korean fashion designer recounts Elon Musk's 'inspiring' mother
Korean fashion designer Yuna Yang praised business tycoon Elon Musk's mother, Maye, portraying her as an inspiring woman and highly-successful model. In her recently published autobiography, “Fearless: World-Class Korean Fashion Designer's Way to Succeed,” Yang described Maye Musk as “a strong woman who chose to migrate all the way to Canada from South Africa for her three ch...
Kang Hyun-kyung | 2021-06-01 15:23
Book chronicles legendary pop music artists
Book chronicles legendary pop music artists
A brief conversation between U.S. actress Emma Stone and talk show host Conan O'Brien in July 2015, which aired on TBS, gives a sneak peek into Americans' perception about Korean pop music, suggesting that K-pop was barely known to the U.S. public until very recently. When Stone said that K-pop was her latest obsession, O'Brien reacted with the witty comment, “There're some p...
Kang Hyun-kyung | 2021-05-19 13:53
[INTERVIEW] Comic artist Won Soo-yeon talks about reprint of 'Full House' manhwa
[INTERVIEW] Comic artist Won Soo-yeon talks about reprint of 'Full House' manhwa
Webtoons are now the most popular way to read comic books in Korea. But back in the 1990s and the early 2000s, there were only printed comics, called “manhwa” in Korean, targeting female teens and women in their 20s, largely focused on romance. That genre of comics was called “sunjeong manhwa.” “Sunjeong” means “pure love” in Korean. Other comics about war, sports and action ...
Park Ji-won | 2021-05-18 20:18
Culture ministry appoints poet Kwak Hyo-hwan as new LTI Korea president
Culture ministry appoints poet Kwak Hyo-hwan as new LTI Korea president
Kwak Hyo-hwan, a poet and executive director of the Daesan Foundation, was appointed as the new president of the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea), Friday.
Kwak Yeon-soo | 2021-05-14 16:03
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