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Author criticizes agencies for cashing in on int'l adoption
Author criticizes agencies for cashing in on int'l adoption
Being lauded as “heroes” during Korea's industrialization period, manufacturing workers were commonly portrayed as a key driving force behind Korea's dramatic rise from a war-torn country to one of the world's fastest-growing economies in the 1970s. Although their contribution was forgotten, however, there is another unknown group of people who also played a part in Korea's r...
Lee Yeon-woo | 2022-07-28 08:36
12 award-winning Korean authors to hold talks with overseas readers
12 award-winning Korean authors to hold talks with overseas readers
As a string of translated Korean literary works continue to gain global recognition, online and in-person book talks joined by 12 award-winning Korean writers will travel across the world until the end of this year. Hosted by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea), the 2022 K-Literature Talks program consists of 12 dialogue sessions between best-selling Kor...
Park Han-sol | 2022-07-26 16:48
Book shows how migrant women in rural Okcheon joined hands to seek their rights
Book shows how migrant women in rural Okcheon joined hands to seek their rights
Many migrant women in Korea are foreigners who married Korean men who live primarily in rural areas. These marriage migrants also refer to themselves as “the first daughters of poor families.”
Lee Yeon-woo | 2022-07-13 08:34
Newly translated Korean edition of 'Pachinko' to be published at the end of July
Newly translated Korean edition of 'Pachinko' to be published at the end of July
The newly translated Korean edition of “Pachinko,” the internationally acclaimed saga chronicling the lives of four generations of a “Zainichi” (ethnic Koreans in Japan) family, will hit local bookshelves in the coming weeks, three months after it went out of print due to issues with the publishing contract.
Park Han-sol | 2022-07-05 16:32
Seoul city's book talks in June to bring together celebrated writers and readers
Seoul city's book talks in June to bring together celebrated writers and readers
Seoul Metropolitan Government will host a month of book talks in June to connect some of the country's celebrated novelists with readers, officials said Thursday.
2022-06-02 11:42
'Cursed Bunny' misses out on Int'l Booker Prize
'Cursed Bunny' misses out on Int'l Booker Prize
“Cursed Bunny,” written by Chung Bora and translated by Anton Hur, failed to win this year's International Booker Prize, one of three largest literary awards in the world.
Kwak Yeon-soo | 2022-05-27 16:59
Kim So-yeon's poems win best translation award in Japan
Kim So-yeon's poems win best translation award in Japan
The translator of Korean poet Kim So-yeon's work has become the recipient of this year's best translation award in Japan, the selection committee announced on May 17. Two literary pieces have been named the winner of this year's prize: Kim's “One-letter Dictionary,” translated by Kang Shin-ja, and “A Hora da Estrela (The Hour of the Star),” written by Ukrainian-born Brazilian...
Park Han-sol | 2022-05-19 16:00
Sales of translated Korean literature increase in domestic market
Sales of translated Korean literature increase in domestic market
From genre-defying short story collections to picture books with vibrant visuals, a string of translated Korean literary works have continued to gain international recognition, as they have been nominated for or named winners of coveted prizes in recent years. In Korea, sales of such translated works that are being honored on the global stage are increasing as well, according...
Park Han-sol | 2022-05-18 17:09
'Almond' by Sohn Won-pyung sells 1 mil. copies
'Almond' by Sohn Won-pyung sells 1 mil. copies
The Korean coming-of-age novel "Almond" by Sohn Won-pyung has sold 1 million copies five years after its release, the book's publisher said Tuesday.
2022-05-17 15:12
Seoul International Book Fair to return in grand scale
Seoul International Book Fair to return in grand scale
The Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF) 2022, known as the largest book and publishing trade show in Korea, will return to a grand scale next month at COEX in southern Seoul, as a new kind of book fair tailored to the ongoing pandemic situation. Book lovers from across the country are expected to flock to the annual event to attend a series of lectures, seminars and exhibiti...
Park Han-sol | 2022-05-12 08:00
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