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Thu, October 18, 2018 | 15:59

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Heritage project with North Korea

At the recent pre-summit working level meeting held in Gaeseong, they agreed to carry out an eighth joint survey and historical preservation effort at Manwoldae between today and Dec. 27 this year.

Kim Ji-myung | 2018-09-26 17:24

Visit to Tongdo Temple

My recent visit to the Tongdo Temple in southeastern Korea seemed to be more than five decades overdue. The head family of the Gyeongju Kim clan, my family clan, has lived just 40 kilometers from Yangsan City, where this 1,300-year-old temple stands.

Kim Ji-myung | 2018-08-24 17:08

1919-2019: time for new narratives

The year 1919 marked a historical turning point in Korea. It was the 10th year of Japanese colonial rule. Emperor Gojong died suddenly on Jan. 21, 1919, at today's Deoksu Palace. Rumors and information from reliable sources pointed to Japan as the mastermind of his murder by poisoning.

Kim Ji-myung | 2018-07-29 17:23

'The Korean Mind' revised

Reading my column of Aug. 29, 2015, I find my article was a quite undiplomatic and blunt criticism of the unthinkable and unpardonable mistakes made in “The Korean Mind,” published in 2012 by Tuttle Publishing.

Kim Ji-myung | 2018-07-01 17:51

What to do in unified Korea?

The on-again off-again June 12 talks between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump are just eight days away. The venue is chosen and the main agenda is under discussion.

Kim Ji-myung | 2018-06-03 18:00

US and Korea: then and now

If things had been normal, ex-president Park Geun-hye would have visited Washington D.C. in the spring of 2013 to open the Korean Legation Museum on Logan Circle on her first presidential visit to America.

Kim Ji-myung | 2018-05-04 17:41

Stable national leadership

“History never looks like history when you are living through it.” This is a statement by American educator John W. Gardner.

Kim Ji-myung | 2018-04-06 15:33

Time for k-thrillers?

When Barbara Zitwer asked me the statistics on Korean thrillers and their translated English versions last week, I could not find answers through searching. Why? Because Korea's literary classification system does not have “thriller” as an independent category.

Kim Ji-myung | 2018-03-09 01:50

In defense of intrusive interviewing

This argument may look like playing the devil's advocate against the much publicized and praised practice of “blind interviewing” or “blind hiring” or even “background-blind hiring,” challenging one of the aggressive Moon government's policies.

Kim Ji-myung | 2018-01-12 18:23

Dark horses of literary translation

The three winners of the 2017 Global Korean Literature Translation Award - Agnel Joseph, Sung Eungee and Janet Hong - beamed at the award ceremony on December 11 in front of the judges (except for one in New York), gurus and friends of the community for Korean literature in English. Among participants in the ceremony were Dr. Kim Seong-kon, president of LTI Korea, Prof. Ross King of the University of British Columbia, Prof. Wayne de Fremery, Prof. Krys Lee, Prof. Chung Eun-gui and Prof. Sora Kim-Russell. Novelist Bae Suah came to the ceremony to meet her translator Janet Hong, who flew from ...

Kim Ji-myung | 2017-12-15 16:45

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