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Thu, November 21, 2019 | 09:12
Baby boomers back in spotlight
Baby boomers back in spotlight
TV Chosun's talent search show “Ms. Trot,” aired from February to June, deserves to be on top 10 lists of TV shows this year.It became an epic success for the cable channel as each new episode broke TV Chosun's previous viewership record, with its highest rating of 18.1 percent.
Kang Hyun-kyung | 2019-11-19 16:30
Cosmetic rivalry: how underdog came to outperform champion
Cosmetic rivalry: how underdog came to outperform champion
The THAAD-driven crisis was a milestone event that reshaped the local skincare industry and created a new order featuring the rise of an underdog brand. Hong Seong-tae's new book “Growing Up” takes a deeper look at LG Household & Health Care after 2004 when Cha Suk-yong, also known as Suk Cha overseas, was called upon to serve as CEO with a mission to innovate the lackluster ...
Kang Hyun-kyung | 2019-11-14 15:41
Debut novel dissects materialism, social mobility
Debut novel dissects materialism, social mobility
Frances Cha's debut novel “If I Had Your Face” reveals the brutal side of a materialistic society where people judge others by their looks and wealth.It describes a society obsessed with looks and its social ramifications - attractive physical appearance matters but it alone doesn't necessarily lead to the dramatic transformation of one's life.
Kang Hyun-kyung | 2019-11-12 15:45
Youngest guest speaker of book fair talks about need for more tolerance
Youngest guest speaker of book fair talks about need for more tolerance
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates - One of the biggest advantages of strolling around the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) is that visitors can meet authors and discuss important topics related to literature and the world. Among them was 12-year-old Sanith Santhasa Piyadigamage, who was invited as the youngest guest speaker at the largest book fair in the Middle East. He is...
Jung Hae-myoung | 2019-11-11 16:02
Book fair emphasizes healthy eating, mind, lifestyle
Book fair emphasizes healthy eating, mind, lifestyle
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates - At the Sharjah Expo Center in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, students, scholars and people from all around the globe bustled, strolling between the booths of books from all around the world. The Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) is one of the most significant book fairs in the world along with that of Frankfurt and London. This year, t...
Jung Hae-myoung | 2019-11-10 15:53
US historian campaigns for return of 'Jikji'
US historian campaigns for return of 'Jikji'
"Jikji Simche Yojeol," or simply known as "Jikji," is the world's oldest surviving book printed with movable metal type. The Buddhist document was published during the Goryeo Kingdom in 1377, at the Heungdeok Temple in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. This was 78 years before the Gutenberg Bible, the "42-Line Bible," printed by Johannes Gutenberg, which was widely known ...
Kwon Mee-yoo | 2019-11-08 20:46
[ANNIVERSARY] Recent trend in Korean literature
[ANNIVERSARY] Recent trend in Korean literature
Since novelist Cho Nam-joo's book “Kim Ji-young Born 1982” was first published in late 2016, depicting the struggles of a young woman under socially-embedded gender discrimination, more than 1.23 million copies have been sold in Korea - the first million selling novel here since Shin Kyung-sook's “Please Look After Mom” in 2009. The book's film adaptation is currently hitting...
Anna J. Park | 2019-11-07 00:12
Ultramarathon runner recounts 'eye-opening' Sahara Race
Ultramarathon runner recounts 'eye-opening' Sahara Race
Kim Gyeong-su, a civil servant and an ultramarathon runner, has released a book reflecting on his 17-year adventure as a desert marathon runner that began in 2003 when he first participated in an endurance race in the Sahara Desert. In the memoir, “It's Not Time to Quit” published by ISAE Books, Kim said his journey to places off the beaten track will keep going, noting he ha...
Kang Hyun-kyung | 2019-11-05 16:16
Exhibition looks into modern publishing history
Exhibition looks into modern publishing history
"Publishing a Book - 100 Years of Modern Publishing in Korea," an exhibition at the Samseong Museum of Publishing, sheds light on the history of modern publishing in Korea, which is full of ups and downs."The history of publishing is the history of publishers,” Kim Jong-gyu, founder of the museum, nestled in Gugi-dong, Jongno-gu, said. “Korean publishers have been printing bo...
Kwon Mee-yoo | 2019-11-01 16:39
Baseball legend recalls shattered Major League dream
Baseball legend recalls shattered Major League dream
Korean baseball legend Sun Dong-yeol, 56, is one of the greatest pitchers of all time and undeniably an unrivaled athlete, particularly in the late 1980s when his arch-nemesis Choi Dong-won's career had declined. As his nickname “Mudeung Stealth Bomber” suggests, hitters of rival teams were devastated whenever he took to the pitcher's mound and dominated with his iconic fastb...
Kang Hyun-kyung | 2019-10-25 10:12
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