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Korean hitmaker combines sci-fi with Korean folklore in new film ‘Alienoid’
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[Visual History of Korea] Do or die naval battles defined Adm. Yi Sun-sin as hero
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Twice’s Nayeon overcomes limits with first solo EP ‘Im Nayeon’
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Top Coast Guard brass offer resignation over civil servant slain by NK troops
Monkeypox patient passed airport’s health screening without being checked
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Memories of Korean War outbreak on June 25 transcended in art
Panel expert downbeat on Korean investments in premium TV displays
Government to push retailers for gasoline price cut
[Newsmaker] Approval of South Korea’s 1st homegrown vaccine likely next week
Porsche Korea CEO elected new KGCCI head
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Freewheeling Seoul book club spurs global insights, stories
Aug 9, 2021
“I guess there is a reason why three coffee shops exist on every street corner, no matter which city you visit,” Christopher Jones, 43, the co-founder of Itaewon Book Club, said in a phone interview with The Korea Herald on the adventurous journey of hosting a book club in a foreign country. “People like to sit down, look someone in the eye, and share what they have seen, read, and experienced.” ...
Daesan Foundation to fund translations of 13 Korean literary works
Aug 3, 2021
The Daesan Foundation will spend 180 million won ($156,385) to support translations of Korean literature, the foundation announced Monday. A total of 13 literary works, 11 novels and two poems, were chosen from 72 applications for this year’s “Korean Literature Translation, Research, and Publishing Support” program. The selected works will be translated into seven different languages: English, ...
[Herald Interview] How Frances Cha wrote her debut novel ‘If I Had Your Face’
Aug 2, 2021
“I honestly thought I would die before I got the book in my hand,” Cha said. “It is a common fear. Because it takes so long.” The process also opened her eyes to the reality of publishing in the US as a woman of color. “It was interesting that when we are pitching the book, the editors that I heard back from were all Asian women,” Cha said. She says the shelves of US bookstores are further evi...
The need to ‘translate’ a difficult text into a readily understandable one
Jul 24, 2021
Veteran translator puts out a collection of essays on the difficulty of writing easy-to-understand texts
[Herald Interview] Author Yun Ko-eun sees her Dagger-winning ‘The Disaster Tourist’ as being genre fluid
Jul 12, 2021
First Asian to win prestigious crime fiction prize talks about working closely with translator Lizzie Buehler, difficulties of packaging book for global audience
Yun Ko-eun first Asian to win prestigious Dagger award for crime novel
Jul 2, 2021
Novelist Yun Ko-eun become the first Asian to win a prestigious CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger on Thursday. The Dagger awards, conferred by the Crime Writers’ Association in the United Kingdom, recognize excellence in the art of crime writing. This year’s winners were announced during an online event hosted by the winners from last year. Yun was the first Asian winner since the associa...
Pastor hopes to give courage to people going through hardship
Jul 1, 2021
“It was after reading a story about four people who have leprosy in the Bible,” he said. “I found myself through this story.” The Bible’s Book of Kings tells the story of four lepers who are starving outside the city gates during a famine. Desperately searching for anything to eat, they come upon empty tents left behind by an enemy army, full of food and wealth. After enjoying some food in one o...
Labor activist-turned-poet chronicles travels in new book, exhibition
Jun 16, 2021
Exhibition of photos, poems written from conflict regions show writer Park No-hae’s love for humanity
[Herald interview] ‘It’s not Koreanness that matters in our story, only Batman’
Jun 7, 2021
Creators of ‘Batman: Moonin’ talk about their work process, introducing Korean elements that people around the world can relate to, including Korean readers
National Library of Korea sends 1,000-plus books to libraries abroad
Jun 5, 2021
The National Library of Korea received more than 1,000 books on Tuesday and will send them to major libraries around the world through its International Materials Exchange Program. The library signed an agreement in 2016 with the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, the publisher of the books, to carry out and expand overseas research on Korea while promoting Korean cultural assets over...
Korean children’s book wins BolognaRagazzi Award
Jun 4, 2021
“Iparapa Yamooyamoo” is a children’s book, but Lee has a different view. “Even though the book is made for children, anyone can easily approach my book, such as the reader’s parents. I wish the parents to feel unlimited happiness when they see their children’s smile while opening my book,” Lee told The Korea Herald. The world‘s leading event for children’s books, Bologna Children‘s Book Fair wi...
When Batman faces gangsters in Jongno
May 30, 2021
DC comics’ global collaboration series “Batman: The World” has Seoul as main stage
Korean Diaspora Literature Essay Contest calls for submissions
May 29, 2021
The Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea) is calling for submissions for this year’s Korean Diaspora Literature Essay Contest to expand the base of literary exchange through discovering and supporting writers of Korean diaspora literature. The writing contest will be based on 25 essays, novels, and poems written by people of Korean ancestry living in Central Asia, Europe, Japan, ...
Culture Ministry appoints Kwak Hyo-hwan as LTI Korea head
May 14, 2021
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Friday appointed poet Kwak Hyo-hwan as the new president of the Literature Translation Institute of Korea. His term will run through May 13, 2024. “With new president Kwak Hyo-hwan, we hope that LTI Korea expands its role as the key player in exporting Korean literature overseas,” a Culture Ministry official said. “The Ministry of Culture, Sports and ...
[Eye interview] New book offers unfettered look into life in North Korea
May 8, 2021
Lindsey Miller recounts the stress of constant questioning, her decision to believe in authenticity of relationships during her two years in Pyongyang
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