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Fri, February 26, 2021 | 13:45
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
MBK chairman debuts as novelist
MBK chairman debuts as novelist
MBK Partners Chairman Kim Byung-ju will publish an autobiographic novel in English on March 24.
Park Jae-hyuk | 2020-03-03 09:53
'Superbugs' timely as it has parallels with killer virus
'Superbugs' timely as it has parallels with killer virus
Matt McCarthy's 2019 book “Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic” was translated into Korean and published recently by local publishing house Next Wave Media. The work by the American physician and infectious diseases expert couldn't be timelier, as the nation has been grappling with the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-02-28 13:51
Late bloomer sings for wounded souls
Late bloomer sings for wounded souls
Korean American singer-songwriter Yang Joon-il's song lyrics are cryptic, leaving music fans scratching their heads about their meaning. His song “Fantasy,” for example, has a line that reads “(She) left me on a train, saying she has to collect washed laundry on the clothes line.” Yang, 50, said “collecting washed laundry” are code words he intentionally embedded in his lyric...
Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-02-14 08:59
Novel lampoons trouble-ridden Ivory Tower
Novel lampoons trouble-ridden Ivory Tower
An Ivory Tower locked in deadly infighting with loss of academic curiosity. Novelist Goh Gwang-ryul satirizes the dysfunctional side of Korean universities in his recently released fiction novel “Si-il-ya-bang-sung-dae-hak” (Deploring the Grim Reality of University).
Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-02-07 15:14
Literary award organizer apologizes over copyright waiver
Literary award organizer apologizes over copyright waiver
Munhaksasang or “Literature & Thought,” a publishing house and the organizer of the nation's prestigious Yi Sang Literary Award, broke a weeks-long silence about writers' protesting over the three-year copyright waiver it had inserted into its contracts, vowing to lift “the toxic clause.”
Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-02-04 16:08
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