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Film adaptation boosts sales for feminist novel

With the novel “Kim Ji-young, Born in 1982” set to be adapted for the big screen, the book’s sales have seen a significant bump in sales. According to Kyobo Bookstore, the novel took the No. 10 spot...

Sept 21, 2018
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[Herald interview] Like BTS, can Korean literature be globally embraced?

Kim Sa-in, head of Literature Translation Institute of Korea, stresses importance of cultivating young literary translators of quality

Sept 6, 2018
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'Panmunjom and DMZ’ highlights history of divided peninsula

Veteran photojournalist offers readers rare look into restricted areas along the border

Jul 26, 2018
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Christian couple’s yearlong honeymoon is investment for future

“About Marriage: the 357-day honeymoon” is a collection of writings by a Christian couple who went on a 357-day-long honeymoon to places like Yanbian, Cambodia and India. Like Japanese female writer...

Jul 24, 2018
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‘In Praise of Death’ won’t come to life for modern readers

Han So-jin’s “In Praise of Death” seems equipped with the enticing elements of a best-seller: a femme-fatale artist misunderstood by her generation and a tragic affair with a married man. Unfortunate...

Jul 19, 2018
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In Sweden, compassion still trumps bigotry

“Instead of imitating another nation, the Swedes made an unrivaled achievement of their own -- creating a strong society for the people.”

Jul 4, 2018
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[Herald Interview] Now is time to talk about Korean literature

Publishers choose the books to put out on bookstore shelves, hoping that some will buy and perhaps read them. Yet, many of them go unnoticed among the countless books that are released every day. Th...

Jun 21, 2018
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Poetry of Kim Jong-gil’s Life, ‘A Black Kite’

Kim Jong-gil passed away in 2017 at the age of 92. He was professor emeritus at the Korea University English literature department, and in the 1990s we met and discussed translation of poetry from Ko...

Jun 21, 2018
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Forgetting is bliss, but not always

Author of ‘White Chrysanthemum’ talks about debut novel on victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery

Apr 25, 2018
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Han Kang's novel shortlisted for Man Booker Int'l Prize

South Korean novelist Han Kang, the 2016 winner of the Man Booker International Prize, has been shortlisted for the British literary award of world authority, the organizer said Thursday (British loc...

Apr 13, 2018
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A case against ‘creative’ translation of ‘The Vegetarian’

Literary translator and professor Kim Wook-dong asserted in his recently published article that the English version of the novel “The Vegetarian” has a significant number of mistranslations. In his ...

Apr 2, 2018
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Book details Joseon’s ‘warts and all’ approach to portraits

Lee Sung-nack, a board member at the Kansong Art and Culture Foundation, has released a new book that attempts to explain how portraits created in the Joseon era depicted their models in a realistic ...

Mar 20, 2018
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Professor BG Muhn’s publication sheds lights on North Korean art

‘When people ask whether I am liberal or conservative, I tell them that I am an artist,’ said Muhn Baum-gong, also known as BG Muhn, an artist and professor at Georgetown University, during a press c...

Mar 14, 2018
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Han Kang's latest novel nominated for Man Booker Int'l Prize

South Korean novelist Han Kang, who won the Man Booker International Prize in 2016, has again been longlisted for the British literary award of world authority. Han's "The White Book" was among the ...

Mar 13, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Poet Choi Young-mi reaffirms sexual harassment allegations denied by Ko Un

Poet Choi Young-mi, who revealed her experience of being groped by an unnamed senior poet through her poem, on Monday reaffirmed sexual harassment allegations made against renowned poet Ko Un, who re...

Mar 5, 2018
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