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Sun, April 5, 2020 | 00:01

Acclaimed novelist bringing Korean sci-fi literature to the West

Acclaimed novelist bringing Korean sci-fi literature to the West

In recent years, science fiction has become a popular genre in Korea, with a surge in the number of sci-fi titles in bookstores. In the past decade or so young, talented writers have lifted the once unpopular literary genre and brought it to the mainstream.

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2020-04-02 16:58

Science fiction's golden age in Korea?

Science fiction's golden age in Korea?

Unlike Western countries, Korea does not have a long tradition of discourse on science fiction literature. It was not until the 2000s when the Korean literary scene began to actively explore fantasy worlds and the future. A new generation of writers started traversing the line between realism and fantasy.

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2020-04-02 16:56

Baek Hee-na wins international children's book award

Baek Hee-na wins international children's book award

Baek Hee-na, author and renowned picture book artist, has been named the winner of the 2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world's largest children's literature prize. She is the first Korean to win the prestigious award.

Park Ji-won | 2020-04-01 16:13

13 days of fears in Korea's deep south

13 days of fears in Korea's deep south

Paul Courtright's “Witnessing Gwangju” is an American's account of the tragic May 18 Gwangju Uprising that took place four decades ago. His memoir revisits the 13 days of fears and gunfire during the student-led pro-democracy uprising in the southwestern city in 1980 when the author was working with a leprosy resettlement center named Hohyewon in South Jeolla Province as a Pe...

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-03-27 12:48

Children's book writer Shin Ji-sik dies at 90

Children's book writer Shin Ji-sik dies at 90

Shin Ji-sik, a children's book writer and the first translator here of Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel “Anne of Green Gables,” died of a chronic disease March. 12. She was 90.

Park Ji-won | 2020-03-18 15:45

Left-winger examines 'close but distant' Japan

Left-winger examines 'close but distant' Japan

Yum Jong-soon's “Observing Japan for 30 Years: 18 Reasons Why Korea Will Defeat Japan,” published by Tornado, reveals a new factor that pits South Korea and Japan against each other - mistranslation.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-03-13 12:02

Book clubs deliver curated selections to doorstep

Book clubs deliver curated selections to doorstep

In an age when the reading population continues to decline and those who purchase books head to convenient online bookstores, small brick-and-mortar bookshops are striving to engage local customers with a distinctive selections of books.

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-03-12 18:20

Penguin Books only

Penguin Books only

Penguin Books only

A shelf of vintage orange Penguin Books always catches one's eyes when visiting used bookstores. A second-hand bookshop filled solely with Penguin Books would be a dream of a bibliophile. Paperback, a new bookstore that opened in February located near Itaewon-dong's Kyoungridan Street, is a dream-come-true for booklovers as this shop only features vintage Penguin Books, its i...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-03-12 18:07

Book clubs deliver curated selections to doorstep

40% of adults don't read a book a year: survey

40% of adults don't read a book a year: survey

Nearly 40 percent of South Korean adults don't read a book a year, a stunning finding that the time-tested way to gain knowledge, wisdom and insight is losing luster amid the text-to-video shift of preferred sources of information powered by high-speed internet.

Park Si-soo | 2020-03-11 15:47

Swedish Tax Agency born again

Swedish Tax Agency born again

The Bible gives some insight into the historical perception of tax collectors. In the Gospel of Luke, for example, Jesus sympathizes with the tax collector Zacchaeus, causing outrage from the surrounding crowd. The Gospel also tells of a parable about the self-righteous Pharisee and a self-deprecating tax collector who describes himself as a sinner.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-03-08 09:59

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