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A case against ‘creative’ translation of ‘The Vegetarian’

Apr 2, 2018

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 ...
Book details Joseon’s ‘warts and all’ approach to portraits

Mar 20, 2018

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 ...
Professor BG Muhn’s publication sheds lights on North Korean art

Mar 14, 2018

‘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...
Han Kang's latest novel nominated for Man Booker Int'l Prize

Mar 13, 2018

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 ...
[Newsmaker] Poet Choi Young-mi reaffirms sexual harassment allegations denied by Ko Un

Mar 5, 2018

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...
Professor advises on ways to become global-minded citizens

Feb 1, 2018

Choi Jung-wha, a professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, has released “Global Etiquette,” a book that offers suggestions on etiquette to observe in various circumstances. Through the book...
Borrowing Weberian perspective to dissect North Korea, knotty world

Jan 11, 2018

“North Korea is a monster beyond the concepts ‘Leviathan’ termed by English political scientist Thomas Hobbes, and ‘Maschine’ termed by Weber.”
[Photo News] Poet Ko Un’s library reproduced, revealed to public

Nov 21, 2017

Korean poet Ko Un was contemplative at the launching ceremony of the Maninbo Library, Tuesday, where his old study was recreated and officially opened to the public. The Maninbo Library is situated ...
[Herald Interview] Peering into Korean society with sociological imagination

Oct 26, 2017

Korea University Professor Andrew Eun-gi Kim illuminates nation-building in South Korea through the lens of “civil religion,” a term the academic has coined as a framework for analyzing national identity and its concomitant material progress.
Congress of Korean-language writers kicks off in Gyeongju

Sept 12, 2017

An event celebrating Korean-language literature by writers from around the world kicked off Tuesday in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province. The 3rd International Congress of Writers Writing in Korea...
Rushdie crafts masterpiece in ‘The Golden House’

Sept 7, 2017

“The Golden House” by Salman Rushdie; Random House (400 pages, $29) If you read a lot of fiction, you know that every once in a while you stumble upon a book that transports you, telling a story ful...
Scholars: Refuse to bow down to China censorship pressure

Aug 21, 2017

BEIJING - Scholars are petitioning Cambridge University Press to restore more than 300 politically sensitive articles removed from its website in China after a request from authorities, underscoring ...
Chae Man-shik, compromised conscience of occupied nation

Jul 20, 2017

Chae Man-shik was a prolific Korean novelist, playwright, literary critic, journalist and essayist who boldly confronted society’s pretensions and predicaments under the restrictions of Japan’s colon...
Mistranslation of ‘The Vegetarian’?

Jul 3, 2017

A slew of controversies surrounding the English translation of Han Kang’s award-winning "The Vegetarian" have started numerous conversations about accuracy and readability. Even if there were some m...
Underdog status pays off for Korean novelist

Jun 23, 2017

A chronic inability to talk to attractive women can eventually reap rewards. That was the takeaway message from author Cheon Myeong-kwan as he addressed the Seoul Literary Society at the Swedish Amba...