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Thu, September 19, 2019 | 01:19

Farmers, rustic lifestyle captured in photopoetry

Yang Hae-nam, 53, writes poems, takes documentary photos and has put them together for photographically illustrated poetry in a book form - a rare genre dubbed “photopoetry” or “photopoem.”

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2019-01-20 16:18

Tom Malmquist shares his most 'raw experience' in first novel

“The consultant stamps down the wheel lock of Karin's hospital bed. In a loud voice he addresses the intensive care nurses, who are cutting open her tank top and sports bra: Pregnant woman, week thirty-three, child reportedly in good health, started feeling ill about five days ago with flu-like symptoms...” written in a hectic first-person present tense, a narrator begins the...

2019-01-18 17:22

Japanese girl taught by Korean to debut as youngest go player

A Japanese school girl Sumire Nakamura, who trained in go, or baduk in Korean, in Seoul for about two years, will become the youngest professional go player in Japan. Officials of the Nihon Ki-in, the largest go organization in Japan, told reporters during a press conference Saturday in Tokyo that the organization has decided to promote Sumire to a professional go player as o...

Park Ji-won | 2019-01-09 17:32

Novelist Yun I-hyeong wins 43rd Yi Sang Literary Award

Novelist Yun I-hyeong was named the winner of the 43rd Yi Sang Literary Award, one of the most prestigious literary awards in Korea, Monday. The 43-year-old won the grand prize for her latest novel, “Their First and Second Cat,” described by the judges as “a trailblazing novel that highlights the importance of loving all living creatures.”

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2019-01-08 16:45

[INTERVIEW] 25 French architects find dynamics of Korea in modern architecture

Korea's national image is often represented by some specific Korean foods, popular culture or ancient traditions such as pansori music. The real life of Koreans is much broader than these representations, says Kang Min-hee, a Korean architect in Paris.

Jung Da-min | 2019-01-06 16:43

Notorious drama writer returns with health book

Im sung-han, 58, a retired drama writer infamous for her extremely nonsensical plots and controversial lines, returned with a book. The theme of the book goes in line with one of her most famous lines in a 2013 drama, which reads “Cancer cells are part of life. So if I try to kill them, I am afraid they would feel that.” The line was delivered by a character declining to rece...

Park Jin-hai | 2019-01-04 17:13

Mistakes, failure catalyst for success, book says

Tracing his background to a humble a family struggling to make ends meet, author Jae Park explains how his mistakes and failures became the catalyst for his accomplishments today.

2019-01-04 16:16

'Fake news cut my career short'

Choi Yu-ri, a former child star who dominated the small screen in the 1970s, vanished from the public eye in the early 1990s. Stars come and go. Thus few people took her disappearance seriously and Choi was gradually forgotten. After a decades-long hiatus, Choi made a comeback - this time not as an actress or TV show host, but as an author. Choi, 54, released a memoir in Nove...

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2019-01-03 15:10

'Wish Lanterns' portrays six young Chinese people

Alec Ash's “Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China” is a story of China's younger generation born between 1985 and 1990, part of the generation known as “ba ling hou, ” or “after the 80s.”

2018-12-28 17:55

Serafina discovers her identity as catamount

Written by Robert Beatty, “Serafina and the Twisted Staff” is the sequel to the No.1 New York Times Bestseller “Serafina and the Black Cloak” and has recently been translated into Korean by Kim Ji-yeon. Kim also translated the first book earlier this year.

2018-12-21 16:41

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