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Sun, September 24, 2017 | 17:29

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Book tells of Yook's sundae journey

Many people enjoy sundae, a Korean food consisting of intestines stuffed with various ingredients, but only a few know the history of this popular Korean food. Yook Kyung-hee, CEO of Heestory Food and owner of Sundaesilrok, a sundae restaurant in Seoul, does, and she traveled miles (literally) to track down the best sundae in Korea. She didn’t stop there. Following her local ...

Books | 2017-03-24 17:00

Review: 'Someone Always in the Corner of My Eye.' Shim Bo-seon

Shim Bo-seon is known as a social scientist educated at Seoul National University and Columbia University, some of the best institutions of higher education in Korea and the United States, respectively. Although he is not yet a well-known poet in Korea, his poetry book has already been published in English in the United States. I opened his poetry book with some curiosity, be...

Books | 2017-03-17 15:21

Young poets remember late Gi Hyeong-do

A special poetry night for the iconic 1980’s poet Gi Hyeong-do was held at the small bookstore and cafe Wit N Cynical in Hapjeong, Seoul, Wednesday. Some 40 young people who filled the cafe quietly read his poems together in remembrance of him. In between the reading, four aspiring poets and You Hee-kyoung, a poet and the owner of the poetry-specialized independent bookstore,...

Books | 2017-03-10 17:01

Korean Turtle enters U.S. race to help boost literacy

In spring 2014, students enrolled in international schools across South Korea voted for their favorite English children's books in an annual reading competition run by school librarians. The winner in the upper elementary category was an old Korean fairy tale, “Maya and the Turtle,” published by Tuttle in 2012. Their votes awarded Maya the annual Morning Calm Medal, among fou...

Books | 2017-03-07 17:12

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

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