LIFE&STYLE
New bilingual book explains traditional Korean culture
“10 Selected Topics from Korean Traditional Culture: Stories, Images and Lyrics” By Kim Suk-hyon (KoreaStory) In “10 Selected Topics from Korean Traditional Culture: Stories, Images and Lyrics,” ...
Nov 5, 2015
European-language translations of Korean novels win big at awards
This year’s Korean Literature Translation Awards went to French, Spanish, Italian and Vietnamese translations of Korean novels, the Literature Translation Institute of Korea announced Wednesday. “Th...
Nov 4, 2015
Mah, Hwang win Daesan literary awards
Poet Mah Chong-gi (left) and novelist Hwang Jeong-eun, winners of the 2015 Daesan Literary Awards (Daesan Foundation) Poet Mah Chong-gi and novelist Hwang Jung-eun have been named this year’s awarde...
Nov 2, 2015
[Herald Review] Novel follows gamer Kansas teen to Korea
Lawrence Tabak’s young adult novel “In Real Life” is coming-of-age story for digital age
Oct 29, 2015
Publisher halts sale of book by Nobel economics winner over mistranslations
Sales of the Korean-language edition of “The Great Escape,” written by Angus Deaton, this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, have been halted due to “changes that are not approved by the ...
Oct 27, 2015
[Weekender] Up-and-coming writers test fiction’s boundaries
Since the early 2000s, South Korea welcomed a new group of writers who delved into their unique experiences as Korean millennials, as well as the horrors and joys of modern Korean life. Among them, ...
Oct 23, 2015
[Weekender] Book cafes aren’t just about books
Library-style cafes rarely spur reading, but provide new cultural hub
The story of Korean fiction: Proud tradition, humble present
How homegrown novels have become a rare find on best-seller lists
[Weekender] Guilty-pleasure books drive e-book market
When R-rated flick “Fifty Shades of Grey” opened in theaters here in February, the box-office score was a big disappointment with only 364,410 tickets sold. However, the story was different in the e...
Engineering professors look into fallacies of Korea's fast growth, remedies
26 scholars share insight on future of Korea Inc. in ‘Time of Accumulation’
Oct 1, 2015
Anthropologist reveals new insight on Korea
“Way Back into Korea” By Choong Soon Kim (Ilchokak) Cover of “Way Back into Korea” (Ilchokak) There is always the danger, with introductory books into Asian culture, of stereotyping and the spra...
Sept 17, 2015
Book traces roots of K-pop from 1900s to present
“Introduction to K-pop History” By Zhang Eu-jeong, Suh Byung-kee (Sung An Dang) Cover of "Introduction to K-pop History" (Sung An Dang) Listeners of K-pop may be surprised to find that the ...
Aug 20, 2015
Korean office laid bare
Frenchman recounts 10 yrs working at LG in memoir
Aug 6, 2015
[NEW BOOK] ‘IS Report’
“IS Report” By Samuel Laurent, Korean translation by Eun-Jung Felsner / (Hanul Publishing Group) Since it declared statehood about a year ago, the Islamic State, a jihadist militant group, has been...
Jul 23, 2015
Book delves into identity factor of Korea-Japan relations
In the field of political science, the issue of national identity has been marginalized due to its abstract, impractical and amorphous nature that makes it difficult for one to empirically back his o...
Jul 16, 2015