LIFE&STYLE
UK newspaper to spotlight Korean poems in regular feature
Korean poems will become a regular feature in the Guardian newspaper this year. The poems -- selected in partnership with Asymptote, a website specializing in translations of literature -- will be f...
Feb 7, 2017
New book details old New Orleans’ hooker directories
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- “Josie came to this city ... to have a good time and she is going to have it while she lasts,” one madam advertised in a 1903 directory of Storyville, then New Orleans’ flourishin...
Feb 5, 2017
Coelho, local authors slam books seizure in east Libya
TRIPOLI (AFP) - Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho joined more than 100 Libyan writers and intellectuals Monday in condemning security forces for seizing books deemed “erotic” or anti-Islamic. Coelho’s...
Jan 25, 2017
Tips on using newspapers to learn English
“English Learning Tips Based on English Newspapers ENIE” by Yang Sung-jin; Surprise Publishing (272 pages, 15,000 won) English newspapers in South Korea have a long history. The Korea Herald, for in...
Jan 23, 2017
Book spurs rising above theological comfort zone
Evangelical Christians and reform-minded Protestants have reason to celebrate the recent publication of “Thinking the Think,” a book that critically engages their cherished beliefs and encourages the...
Jan 20, 2017
Korean novelist evokes horrors of Gwangju massacre
“Human Acts: A Novel” by Han Kang; Hogarth (224 pages, $22) In May of 1980, the South Korean government turned its guns on its own people, murdering hundreds in the city of Gwangju who had been prot...
Audiobooks boom in digital, multitasking age
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Curling up with a paperback may be a forgotten luxury for many thanks to today’s busy lifestyles, but listening to a book on the go, while shopping or jogging, is fast becoming the ...
Jan 19, 2017
‘Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films’ Review -- Molly Haskell trains her keen eye on the director
“Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films” By Molly Haskell Yale University Press (228 pages, $25) Film critics are not usually celebrated for their sense of charity. They’re not usually celebrated at al...
Jan 13, 2017
Korean edition of Playboy to be launched in June
US magazine “Playboy” will start issuing a Korean version from June, a South Korean magazine publisher said Tuesday. Playboy Enterprises, the owner of the magazine, has signed a contract with Korea’...
Jan 11, 2017
Korean poet Ko Un to be honored by Italy's Fondazione Roma
Poet Ko Un will receive an award from Italy-based Fondazione Roma, Changbi Publishers said Wednesday. According to the publisher, the poet was chosen as the recipient of the annual award presented t...
Julia Baird's biography gives the English monarch a beating heart
“Victoria the Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire” by Julia Baird; Random House (696 pages, $35) Queen Victoria dominated an age and inspired a word, “Victorian,” to captur...
Jan 4, 2017
David Bowie interview collection shows man behind legend
Tributes lie beneath a mural of singer David Bowie by artist Jimmy C in Brixton, south London on Jan. 12, last year. (AP-Yonhap) “David Bowie: The Last Interview and Other Conversations” by David Bo...
Beloved bookstore opens after 14 years, but it isn’t the same
Standing six stories high at the center of downtown Seoul, Jongno Books was Korea’s first multilevel bookstore, established in 1907. It was a haven for writers and thinkers, offering not only Korean...
Dec 28, 2016
Korea’s oldest bookstore to relaunch in Seoul
Korea’s oldest bookstore will be brought back to life 14 years after its closing, local publishers said Thursday. Jongno Books, more commonly known as Jongno Seojeok, will relaunch Friday at Seoul’s...
Dec 22, 2016
Books for for the bookworm in your life
I‘m ready to give the book the nine-lives prize. How many times has it been ruled obsolete? And yet, people are buying and enjoying print books more than ever. I’ve used an e-reader on occasion, but...
Dec 21, 2016