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Mon, September 25, 2023 | 01:29

Book review: women who deliver mighty punch to regain lost power

Book review: women who deliver mighty punch to regain lost power

In Seol Jae-in's short story “Quite Powerful Punch,” readers are immediately met with the elaborate descriptions of adolescent angst and rage that enshrouds Hyun-jin. Perhaps such feeling is natural for a puberty-stricken 16-year-old girl to harbor. But her fury is directed at something very specific instead of at a larger systemic disorder - her tyrannical boxing coach.

Park Han-sol | 2021-03-19 08:54

Sales of graphic novels increase by 7 times over last 10 years

Sales of graphic novels increase by 7 times over last 10 years

Sales of graphic novels have increased by 7 times over the last 10 years, data showed Wednesday.

Park Ji-won | 2021-03-18 08:54

Novelist makes literary comeback 5 years after #MeToo apology

Novelist makes literary comeback 5 years after #MeToo apology

Novelist Park Bum-shin, 75, unveiled his new poetry book, “Grumble Grumble, Now in the Seventies,” Feb. 20, five years after he offered a public apology for alleged sexual misconduct.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2021-03-10 17:20

Review: Book curator provides tips on running sustainable local bookstores

Review: Book curator provides tips on running sustainable local bookstores

The future of physical bookstores in the digital age has been a topic constantly revisited in recent years, and has become especially apparent in the era of COVID-19 that made social distancing a part of everyday life. For almost two decades the number of bookstores nationwide has been dwindling, from 3,589 in 2003 to 1,976 as of December in 2019, according to the Korea Feder...

Park Han-sol | 2021-03-09 09:17

[INTERVIEW] Author of 'comfort women' series urges world to hear their testimonies

INTERVIEWAuthor of 'comfort women' series urges world to hear their testimonies

In recent months, Harvard Law School Professor John Mark Ramseyer's paper “Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War” has created an uproar in political and academic circles by challenging the dominant discourse of Japan's wartime sexual slavery.

Park Han-sol | 2021-03-05 09:05

Bestseller author apologizes over plagiarism, returns with new fiction

Bestseller author apologizes over plagiarism, returns with new fiction

Million-seller author Shin Kyung-sook released her new fiction novel “I've Gone to Father” Wednesday, offering her belated formal apology in response to allegations that her 2016 work “Legend” plagiarized the late Japanese author Yukio Mashima's short fiction novel “Patriotism.”

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2021-03-03 16:53

Review: Coming-of-age book untangles protagonist's inner self

Review: Coming-of-age book untangles protagonist's inner self

Making up the book's title as well as the protagonist's first name, the term “dok-dae” is a Korean word that can also mean a one-on-one meeting. Kim Dong-ha's novel candidly follows Dok-dae's own “private consultation” with his inner self, as the boy sees his mother leave him and witnesses the incompetence of his father, highlighted by his domineering grandmother.

Park Han-sol | 2021-02-23 16:50

Despite falling book sales, number of small bookshops increases six times

Despite falling book sales, number of small bookshops increases six times

Book sales continue to fall. Feeling the pinch, bookshop owners closed down their businesses one after another. Amid the bleak news about the publishing industry, the latest data shows a six-fold increase in the number of small bookshops across the country over the past five years.

Park Ji-won | 2021-02-22 08:48

[INTERVIEW] UK-based author warns of uncertain future for Hong Kong, Taiwan

INTERVIEWUK-based author warns of uncertain future for Hong Kong, Taiwan

Graham Hutchings, an associate at Oxford University's China Center and honorary professor of politics and international relations at Nottingham University, revisited what happened in China about seven decades ago in his recently published book, “China 1949: Year of Revolution,” providing clues as to what to expect in East Asia in the foreseeable future.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2021-02-18 13:40

'Life out of Orbit' author tells there is no need to live extraordinary life

'Life out of Orbit' author tells there is no need to live extraordinary life

Students who excel in school often take advanced courses so they can go on to a special-purpose high school and then a prestigious university to eventually get a coveted job such as a doctor or lawyer. Lee Ji-su, 30, the author of a book of essays titled “Life out of Orbit,” said she thought she would also take a similar route after graduating early from a science high school...

Jung Da-min | 2021-02-17 16:14

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