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52nd Korea Times Translation Awards Poetry Grand Prize: “The Assassination of Peter Rabbit”

Cover of “The Assassination of Peter Rabbit” by Yu Hyoung-jin / Courtesy of MunhakdongneWritten by Yu Hyoung-JinTranslated by Joanne ParkI'm a Wind Billowing at the Mast of a Dazzling Ship Docked at a 17th Century Spanish PortI lie down in the quiet backyard of a mountain temple and try to fall sleep next to a mouse hole.This hole, frequented by a mouse living in a temple with nothing to eat, might as well be a black hole.Having brushed past the hem of a monk's robe, the desolate clink of wind chimes sweeps across my back.I follow the mouse into the jet-black hole,as narrow and dark as the first path that brought us into this world.I am a long, sleek snake. The mouse runs away in spurred riding boots. The passage ends at a subtropical swamp.At the other end of the swamp, a hunter is smoking a cigar.The mouse in riding boots is nowhere to be seen, andI'm a water buffalo captured by the hunter.The moment his eyes drift towards a sandpiperI gore him in his waist and run off. Fresh blood hangs from my horns like red flowers on a cactus.I run and run. When the cactus flowers w

Nov 23, 2021
[52nd Korea Times Translation Awards] Poetry Grand Prize: “The Assassination of Peter Rabbit”
  • 52nd Korea Times Translation Awards Judges' Report
  • 52nd Korea Times Translation Awards Poetry Grand Prize winner Joanne Park

52nd Korea Times Translation Awards Poetry Grand Prize winner Joanne Park

Poetry Grand Prize winner Joanne ParkJoanne Park was born and raised in Korea, although she lived and studied for several years in Brisbane, Australia. She studied History as an undergraduate at Yonsei University.Park got into translating literature when she took a two-year program at the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea) Translation Academy, and has since translated a variety of literary works of fiction as well as poetry. She received the LTI Korea Translation Award for Aspiring Translators last month for her translation of an unknown author's short story called “Gangdo-mongyurok”. “I've been translating literature for 3 years now. I believe the urge was always there. I've 'straddled two worlds' almost all my life without ever belonging to either of them. It can be difficult, rewarding and often lonely to reside in that grey zone. I've always felt the need ― at times practical, intellectual, or existential ― to bridge the two worlds, and that's really what translation is. It operates on a love for both languages, and its fuel is the need to com

Nov 23, 2021
[52nd Korea Times Translation Awards] Poetry Grand Prize winner Joanne Park
  • 52nd Korea Times Translation Awards Judges' Report
  • 52nd Korea Times Translation Awards Poetry Grand Prize: “The Assassination of Peter Rabbit”

52nd Korea Times Translation Awards Fiction Commendation Award winner Clare Richards

Fiction Commendation Award winner Clare RichardsClare Richards is a Korean-English translator from the U.K., She earned her bachelor's degree in Experimental Psychology at Oxford University, and master's degree in Korean Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), before studying a year at the Yonsei Korean Language Institute on a Korea Foundation Fellowship. After completing a two-year program at the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea) Translation Academy in June of this year, she currently lives in London. Richards first tried her hand at translation while working at the Korean Cultural Centre in U.K. in 2018.“I was part of the film team staff and there were always subtitles, reviews, and so on, requiring translation. This first experience of translating was not only extremely enjoyable and rewarding, but I found myself to be potentially quite good at,” Richards said. “Then I heard about LTI Korea's Translation Academy from a colleague, and that's where my journey into translating Korean literature began.”Richards translat

Nov 23, 2021
[52nd Korea Times Translation Awards] Fiction Commendation Award winner Clare Richards
  • 52nd Korea Times Translation Awards Judges' Report
  • 52nd Korea Times Translation Awards Fiction Commendation Award: Half of His Egg Muffin

52nd Korea Times Translation Awards Fiction Commendation Award: Half of His Egg Muffin

Cover of “I've Been Thinking about It for a Very Long Time” by Kim Keum-hee, which includes “Half of His Egg Muffin” / Courtesy of MaumsanchaekWritten by Kim Keum-heeTranslated by Clare RichardsOnce she'd started working for a company in Sinchon, Seonmi usually sorted breakfast on the no. 1000 intercity bus. Something quick―bread, an apple, a boiled egg. An empty stomach gave her heartburn, so she couldn't not eat. One day, however, Seonmi spent the entire bus journey in hell, desperate for the toilet, and from then on refused to have a single sip of water on her morning ride to work. Instead, she left earlier and got something to eat nearby the office. It meant having to wake up at 6.30am, but at that time the main roads were less jammed, and it was also before her bowel movements kicked in, ensuring she wouldn't end up in another awkward situation ― all in all, Seonmi decided she was probably better off this way. But when she woke up in the mornings, rather than moving of her own accord, it felt as if something was extracting her out of the duvet, like a rad

Nov 23, 2021
[52nd Korea Times Translation Awards] Fiction Commendation Award: Half of His Egg Muffin
  • 52nd Korea Times Translation Awards Judges' Report
  • 52nd Korea Times Translation Awards Fiction Commendation Award winner Clare Richards

Multicultural music radio station marks 13th anniversary

Shin Hyon-ung, back row third from left, the chairman of the Woongjin Foundation, and Kim Choong-hyun, fourth from left, the CEO of Digital Skynet, pose with the radio show hosts of Multicultural Family Music Broadcasting, during a ceremony commemorating the service's 13th anniversary at the broadcaster's studio in Seoul, Nov. 17. Courtesy of Woongjin Foundation

Nov 22, 2021By Kim Rahn
Multicultural music radio station marks 13th anniversary

Experts to discuss Korea-Japan relations at KOR-ASIA Forum 2021

 Ra Jong-yilShigeru IshibaThe Korea Times and its sister paper the Hankook Ilbo will host the KOR-ASIA Forum 2021 at the Westin Josun Seoul hotel in central Seoul, Nov. 25.Under the theme of "New Korea-Japan Relations: For a Future with Cooperation and Respect," the event will review the current diplomatic dynamics between Korea and Japan and explore a new way forward in relations between the neighboring countries.Among the speakers at the forum, Gachon University chair professor Ra Jong-yil, who served as former Korean ambassador to Japan and presidential secretary for national security, and Shigeru Ishiba, former Japanese defense minister and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) secretary-general, will deliver special lectures on the future of Korea-Japan relations.Shin Kak-soo, a former Korean ambassador to Japan and vice foreign minister, and Shinsuke Sugiyama, a former Japanese ambassador to the U.S., will discuss the "recovery of diplomacy." Rep. Kim Han-jung of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea and LDP lawmaker Rui Matsukawa will debate the politics of reconciliation.Japanes

Nov 18, 2021
Experts to discuss Korea-Japan relations at KOR-ASIA Forum 2021

Winners of Korea Times-APLN Essay Contest 2021

The Korea Times and the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN) announced the winners of the Korea Times-APLN Essay Contest 2021, Tuesday. They are, from left, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Aware winner Philip Chennery, The Korea Times Award winner Lee Sang-ou, and Asia-Pacific Leadership Network Award winner Miriam Astrid Machado Rieback. Courtesy of Philip Chennery, Lee Sang-ou, Miriam Astrid Machado RiebackThe Korea Times is pleased to announce the winners of the Korea Times-Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN) Essay Contest 2021 for graduate and undergraduate students writing on the theme of “Youth, Disarmament and Peace in the Asia-Pacific Region.”Philip Chennery, a graduate student at SOAS University of London, won the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Award. Lee Sang-ou, a student at Korea National Open University, won The Korea Times Award, while Miriam Astrid Machado Rieback, a graduate student at Korea University, won The Asia-Pacific Leadership Network Award. Chennery will rece

Nov 17, 2021By Kim Rahn
Winners of Korea Times-APLN Essay Contest 2021

Huneed chairman receives award for defense industry contribution

By Kim Bo-eunHuneed Technologies Chairman Kim Eugene, right, poses after receiving the 2021 “Pride of Korea” Defense Industry Achievement Award at the Korea Association of Defense Industry Studies' 30th anniversary event held Oct. 28 at the Army Hall in central Seoul. Courtesy of Huneed TechnologiesHuneed Technologies Chairman Kim Eugene has been recognized for his efforts in developing Korea's defense industry.The Korea Association of Defense Industry Studies awarded him the "Pride of Korea" Defense Industry Achievement Award on Oct. 28. Kim is also chairman of the Korea Defense Industries Association.The award honors those who have contributed to the development of the defense industry or defense-related academics and technology.Kim was awarded based on Huneed's contributions to the local defense industry, the association said. He was acknowledged for improving Korea's national defense capabilities through research and development of tactical communications systems and command and control system equipment using in-house technology over the last 20 years.Under Kim's lead

Nov 15, 2021By Kim Bo-eun
Huneed chairman receives award for defense industry contribution

Winners of 17th Economic Essay Contest announced

Lee Jae-hyeon, left, and Kyle WardwellThe Korea Times is pleased to announce the winners of its 17th English Economic Essay Contest for university students written on one of two subjects: “Do you agree with the idea of institutionalizing a basic income system?” or “What are your suggestions for co-prosperity between people and artificial intelligence?”Lee Jae-hyeon, who is an undergraduate studying at KAIST's Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, and Kyle Wardwell, an MBA student at Sungkyunkwan University's Graduate School of Business won the Grand Prize awards.Each will receive 3 million won and an award plaque.The runners-up were Hwang Jee-seon, who studies international relations at Seoul National University, and Koh Woo-sung, who studies economics and computer science at Yonsei University.Each will receive 2 million won and an award plaque.Commendation awards went to Samuel Wilson, a George Mason University Korea student specializing in conflict analysis and resolution, and Lee Yoon-ki, a student of Hanyang University's School of International Studies.

Nov 11, 2021By Park Jae-hyuk
Winners of 17th Economic Essay Contest announced

Exhibition 'Kandinsky, Malevich & Russian Avant-Garde' to be held in Seoul

The Korea Times and its sister paper Hankook Ilbo will host the “Kandinsky, Malevich & Russian Avant-Garde” art exhibition at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul, from Dec. 31 to April 17, 2022.The Russian avant-garde movement enjoyed its heyday in the early 20th century. But after Soviet leader Joseph Stalin labeled the movement as “bourgeois,” the artwork had to be locked away in the museums’ storage vaults, away from public view, for more than six decades.It was only after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 that this pioneering genre of art gained the global spotlight and became known for its influence in 20th century art, architecture and design.The works of renowned Russian avant-garde masters that will arrive in Korea this December gained recognition at the 2018 exhibitions held at the Royal Academy of Arts in London and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. They have also been exhibited in Hungary and the Czech Republic.The featured painters will include abstract art pioneer Wassily Kandinsky (“Improvisation&r

Nov 5, 2021
Exhibition 'Kandinsky, Malevich & Russian Avant-Garde' to be held in Seoul
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