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Japanese scholar publishes book justifying Korea's Dokdo ownership

A Japanese historian will publish a Korean book containing ample historic evidence justifying South Korea’s sovereignty over Dokdo Island in the East Sea. “Truth of Dokdo” is a Korean translation of Norio Kuboi’s book of the same title published in Japanese in 2014. Dr. Lee Jang-woo, a Japanese teacher at Dongsung High School in Busan, translated the book into Korean.

Books | 2017-08-20 13:35

Thriller fiction 'Memoir of a Murderer” released as film

Peeking into someone else’s diary is always thrilling. But what if it is the daily record of a criminal? Popular writer Kim Young-ha’s bestselling thriller “Memoir of a Murderer” tells the story of the main character Kim Byeong-soo in a unique way _ in the form of a journal written in the first person. And the book is now to set to hit the big screen. A 70-year old man, Kim, ...

Books | 2017-08-18 19:32

Changes seen in Sejong Books after blacklist scandal

Writers critical of the government had to go through a great ordeal during the previous Park Geun-hye administration. The government created a register of nearly 10,000 artists, writers and filmmakers deemed unfriendly to the conservative administration and discriminated against them using the so-called “artist blacklist” when it allocated subsidies and made awards of state e...

Books | 2017-08-11 18:56

Cartoonist depicts life of former sex slave

Paris-based cartoonist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim has penned a new book depicting the life of a former sex slave. Titled “Pool,” (meaning 'grass’ in Korean), the book sheds light on Lee Ok-seon, who was forced to work as a sex slave for the Japanese army during World War II. When she was forced into slavery she was 16 years old.

Books | 2017-08-08 16:29

Woo Ah-ji modernizes 'sijo' poems

Visiting Busan offered me a chance to meet new poets and writers in the area during the Sixth Busan Literature Festival on June 21-24. During the Festival program, I delivered a keynote speech on nostalgia, a source of my literature , and read five of my own poems, including “Flowers in the Borderland,” in Korean and English, as a Korean-American poet. Then, I met Woo Ah-ji. ...

Books | 2017-08-04 18:49

Historical books on demand with box office hits

Historical books featuring stories of current box office hits such as “Dunkirk,” “The Battleship Island” and the upcoming “A Taxi Driver” are receiving renewed attention. As the three biggest highly anticipated films for this summer happen to deal with modern historical events, people are reading the books about these topics as the popular movies. The book “Dunkirk,” by Edwar...

Books | 2017-07-31 18:13

GKL Foundation launches literature translation award

The Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) Foundation has created a new translation award called the "Global Korea Literature Translation Award." The foundation was established in 2014 by the public corporation Grand Korea Leisure Co. Ltd, an affiliate of the Korea Tourism Organization that operates foreigner-only casinos in the country, and is funded by the GKL Co. Ltd.

Books | 2017-07-28 16:59

Limited editions exclusively available at samll, independent bookstores

Mimumsa, one of the largest book publishers in Korea, has released two special edition books only available at small independent bookstores. The publisher announced Saturday they will sell “Record of a Journey to Mujin,” by Kim Seung-ok and “No Longer Human” by Osamu Dazai, at some 130 small bookstores nationwide for the first time. The two special editions cannot be purchase...

Books | 2017-07-24 19:24

“Women are more likely to be rich”: Yoo

Yoo Soo-jin, 42, celebrity asset manager and author, has earned popularity by giving “spot-on” lectures on becoming rich, especially for young female office workers, on local variety television shows. Her book “Rich Sister, Rich Lecture: How an ordinary office worker can become rich,” first published in 2015 and whose 19th edition was released in June, has met with a strong r...

Books | 2017-07-21 16:42

Ansan Media Library helps community learn English

ANSAN -- A woman in her 30s surnamed Kim visits a nearby library three times a week with her two daughters, ages five and six. At the library, located in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, she spends time reading English books with her children. “In this hot weather, I feel lucky to have this library near my home. Outside it’s hot, but we can stay cool here and I can narrate stories f...

Books | 2017-07-20 17:39

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