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New Haruki Murakami book eagerly awaited in Korea

Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami is off and running again. His latest full-length novel, "Killing Commendatore," was released in Japan Feb. 24 and people have queued to get their hands on the highly anticipated book. The novel, in two parts - "Arawareru Idea” (Emerging Idea) and "Utsurou Metaphor” (Moving Metaphor) - is Murakami’s first multi-volume novel in seven years, fol...

Books | 2017-03-03 17:35

[Book Review] 'I want to build a world of justice'

Moon Jae-in, former leader of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), is currently the frontrunner in the presidential race. As the presidential election is set to take place as early as April or May if incumbent President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment is upheld by the Constitutional Court, Moon has already started his campaign to strengthen his top position.

Books | 2017-02-24 19:17

Poet gets suspended sentence for sexual abuse

A poet was found guilty of sexual abuse, amid the recent breakout of accusations of sexual abuse in the local literary community.

Books | 2017-02-20 16:50

Poetry explores inside of unconscious minds

Culture critic Kang Young-hee has been seeing into the minds of people while running what she called a “healing center” near Gyeongbok palace in Seoul. There, Kang had consulted with some 5,000 people with illnesses of the mind at the place for five years from 2010 to 2015. The center is called “Koomoonjadap,” literally meaning “nine questions and one answer,” but she wants i...

Books | 2017-02-17 16:54

Playboy brings back nudity

Nudity is returning to U.S. men’s magazine Playboy, starting from the March/April edition. Nude photos were dropped in March last year. Playboy’s new chief creative officer, Cooper Hefner, 25, the son of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, said removing nude pictures was a mistake.

Books | 2017-02-15 14:23

Gov't to support victims of Songin Books' bankruptcy

Provincial governments, public libraries and universities have stepped up their effort to help mitigate the damage caused by the bankruptcy of the country's second-largest book wholesaler last month. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Friday that the amount of support for companies damaged by Songin Books was 2.6 billion won ($2.3 million). A total of 87 organizations said they were willing to buy leftover books from Songin's stock.

Books | 2017-02-10 16:46

Poetry reveals modern version of 'sijo'

Poet Ven. Cho Oh-hyun is known as the senior monk of Backdamsa Temple of Mount Seorak, a temple that has been famous since the Ven and where Han Yong-un stayed during the Japanese colonial rule. Ven. Han was imprisoned for signing the Korean Declaration of Independence on March 1, 1919, and he represented the Buddhists in the movement for Korean independence from Japanese rul...

Books | 2017-02-10 16:45

Clear your throats, action! [VIDEO]

In the afternoon of Jan. 31, an audio recording booth at Audien, in the business-savvy town of Sangam-dong in western Seoul, was bustling with actors preparing for an audiobook recording session. Three male and two female actors skimmed through scripts just given to them, which were for episodes nine to 16 of “Cat and Dog.” The romantic-comedy audiobook series is based on an ...

Books | 2017-02-09 10:51

Iconic Jongno Books returns amid authenticity issue

Jongno Books has returned. Located in the basement of Jongno Tower connected to Jonggak station on subway line 1, the bookstore made people nostalgic about the iconic six-floor Chongno Book Center which was originally situated in the heart of Jongno and served as a cultural gathering place in Seoul decades ago.

Books | 2017-02-03 17:08

Bangladesh bookfair

A Bangaldeshi salesman arranges books at a stall during the country’s largest bookfair in Dhaka on Feb. 1. Bangladesh’s largest book fair began in Dhaka on Feb. 1, with police warning organizers against selling books that hurt “religious sentiment” in the Muslim-majority country. The month-long Ekushey Book Fair draws hundreds of thousands of visitors ...

Books | 2017-02-03 17:04

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