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Sat, July 2, 2022 | 20:19

[51st Korea Times Translation Awards] Fiction Grand Prize: Jab

I have an old punching bag. It's about 120 centimeters long and made of genuine cowhide, one of those top-quality bags meant to hang in a boxing studio. I've still got it tied to a branch of the persimmon tree in my backyard. Years of exposure to rain and wind have damaged the bag to the point that one touch might make it puke out all its sand and sawdust filling. I haven't p...

2020-11-11 19:07

[51st Korea Times Translation Awards] Fiction Grand Prize winner Hannah Hertzog

Hannah Quinn Hertzog is from Seattle, Washington, and graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle in 2018 with three majors - Computer Science, Korean and Asian Languages and Literature.

2020-11-11 19:00

[51st Korea Times Translation Awards] Poetry Grand Prize: 1mg of Anaesthetic

1mg of anaesthetic put me to sleep Sending me Wandering across glaciers Having to scale an iceberg Ascending A mountain of medical waste1mg was too heavy Shouldering just 1mg I struggled to move up

2020-11-11 18:55

[51st Korea Times Translation Awards] Poetry Grand Prize winner Mattho Mandersloot

Mattho Mandersloot is a freelance translator who grew up in the Netherlands and the U.K. He earned his bachelor's degree in Classics at King's College, and master's degree in Translation at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), before completing a master's in Korean Studies at the University of Oxford. He has been living in Seoul since 2019.

2020-11-11 18:52

[51st Korea Times Translation Awards] Judges' Report

What a year this has been! The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has ushered in a brave new world we have never experienced before, prompting institutions and individuals alike to rethink their opus operandi. Indeed, this crisis has demanded that we question in a fundamental way our mode of existence -the ways in which we organize space and time and communicate with others. So much has...

2020-11-11 18:42

Winners of 51st Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards

The Korea Times is pleased to announce the winners of its 51st Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards. This year, the Grand Prize in poetry, awarded by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, goes to Mattho Mandersloot for his translation of poems by Choi Jeong-rye, including "1mg of Anaesthetic."

2020-11-01 22:10

Park Soon-kyung, theologian and unification activist, dies

Park Soon-kyung, a theology professor and unification movement activist, died of old age on Saturday. She was 97.

Park Ji-won | 2020-10-27 15:54

Lee transformed Samsung into world's tech giant

The late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who died at the age of 78, Sunday, has been most recognized for his opinions on the effects of crisis on a company and his pursuit of innovation, which enabled the chaebol to transform into a world-leading company in the memory chip, digital television and mobile phone sectors.

Park Jae-hyuk | 2020-10-25 16:31

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee dies at 78

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee dies at 78

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who turned the company into the nation's largest conglomerate and a global technology titan, died in Seoul, Sunday, after years of hospitalization. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lee Kun-Hee, chairman of Samsung Electronics. Chairman Lee passed away on Oct. 25 with his family, including Vice Chairman Jay Y. ...

Kim Hyun-bin | 2020-10-25 15:44

Biography timeline of late Samsung head Lee Kun-hee

Lee Kun-hee, chief of South Korea's top conglomerate, Samsung Group, died at a hospital in Seoul on Sunday at age 78. The following are the major events during the life of the late business tycoon in chronological order.

2020-10-25 13:16

Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, force behind Korea's rise to tech powerhouse, dies at 78

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