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Obama memoir sells a record 1.7m copies in first week

Nov 25, 2020

Former President Barack Obama’s "A Promised Land" sold more than 1.7 million copies in North America in its first week, roughly equal to the combined first week sales of memoirs by his two immediate ...
A refugee’s story, told in pictures

Nov 21, 2020

Picture book “The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story,” released in September, recounts the story of author Thao Lam, who escaped Vietnam after the Vietnam War in a small fishing boat with her parents, becom...
Ha Seong-nan’s short story collection makes Publishers Weekly top 10 list

Nov 10, 2020

Ha Seong-nan’s collection of five short stories translated into English, “Bluebeard’s First Wife,” was selected as one of the Publishers Weekly Top Ten Books of 2020. This is the second time that a ...
[Herald Interview] The things ‘Star Trek’ writer Joe Menosky didn’t say in his novel ‘King Sejong the Great’

Nov 7, 2020

Although Menosky originally wrote the story as a “four-hour teleplay -- intended as a miniseries for television, for a non-Korean audience,” his Korean management company, Saram Entertainment, introd...
Samsung’s chief learning officer introduces talent of the future in ‘Talent’s Counterattack’

Nov 7, 2020

Samsung Human Resource Development Institute’s former Chief Learning Officer Shin Tae-gyun sheds light on the qualities that companies should keep an eye out for heading into the “fourth industrial r...
Social critic and journalist Rhee Yeung-hui remembered in 10th anniversary with two books

Oct 27, 2020

“When I read ‘Logic for an Era of Transition Era’ published in 1974, it felt like an earthquake had erupted inside my head,” said Kwon on Tuesday. “This critical biography began by searching for wher...
[Eye interview] Trailblazer who cut new path for women seeks to change lives through coaching

Oct 23, 2020

Yun Yuh-soon shares her experience as LG Group’s first female executive in her book ‘Winning Gracefully”
‘Writing Tomorrow’ festival to discuss role of literature in COVID-19 era

Oct 19, 2020

The 2020 Seoul International Writers’ Festival, the largest international literary festival in South Korea, will take place online Nov. 2-8, with the aim of expanding opportunities to enjoy literatur...
‘Hysteria’ wins two American translation awards

Oct 18, 2020

An English translation of Kim Yi-deum’s book of poetry “Hysteria” (Action Books) became the first-ever book to win both the National Translation Award and the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize giv...
Translated Korean works receive international awards

Oct 14, 2020

The graphic novel “Grass” by Keum Suk Gendry Kim was awarded “Best International Book” at the Harvey Awards, while the German translation of “Memoir of a Murderer” by Kim Young-ha was selected by Ger...
Glimpse into life of pioneer of English-language journalism in Korea

Oct 9, 2020

Lee finally decided the work was done last year and “I am the Master of My Fate and Captain of My Soul,” a collection of his father’s articles and their translations, was released in June. The Englis...
Books going through digital transformation

Oct 3, 2020

The prolonged battle against the COVID-19 outbreak is changing life patterns, including how we read and digest books. Public libraries have shut down with some offering delivery-only services, or act...
[Herald Interview] Connecting ‘comfort women’ and present-day experience through the eyes of a Korean immigrant

Sept 21, 2020

“Literature does a good job of adding emotional information to foster empathy, giving you portals to connect other narratives with yours,” said Yoon. “The ultimate goal of this book for people unfami...
Church elder’s view of current events

Sept 19, 2020

Columnist for The Korea Herald and the Elders Press of Korea, Kim Myong-sik has released “All in the Same Boat,” a compilation of 140 columns that he wrote for the Elders Press of Korea from March 20...
Your signature enriches workplace, society

Sept 5, 2020

In 2019, Lee won the Positive Organization Intervention Challenge Finalist Award from the International Positive Psychology Association, a global professional organization for thousands of psychologi...