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Sat, December 15, 2018 | 02:37

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When in a shrinking society, do as BTS does

Like other global economies, Hong Sung-guk, author of the new book “Shrinking Society: Dump The Illusion of Miraculous Economic Growth,” said Korea has undergone a shift since 2008 when the financial crisis hit all across the globe.

Books | 2018-12-14 19:27

'Kim Ji-young Born in 1982' is best-selling Asian book in Japan

"Kim Ji-young Born in 1982," a novel describing the life of an ordinary Korean housewife on a career break, has become the best-seller in the Asian literature category of the online shopping site Amazon Japan.

Books | 2018-12-12 17:06

'New Silk Roads': insightful yet incomplete

Amid a flood of books about the U.S.-China rivalry, British historian Peter Frankopan's new book “The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World” envisions the future of the changing world in a very different manner.

Books | 2018-12-12 16:13

Korean fictions' global reader-base growing

Since 2010, there has been some good news for Korean literature. Scattered anecdotes have delivered the unprecedented successes of translated Korean fiction overseas.

Books | 2018-12-11 17:35

New version of 'Whale Hunting' released

When Koreans think of the name “Whale Hunting,” they often think of Bae Chang-ho's 1984 movie of the same title.

Books | 2018-12-07 17:51

War veteran's novel explores seamy side of diplomacy

We Canadians pride ourselves on our favorable reputation, on being a moral linchpin of the Western world. But the actual reason for that is because most other countries just don't give a damn about our country, the world's second-largest by area with a population almost 15 million people fewer than South Korea.

Books | 2018-12-07 17:50

Michelle Obama calls Facebook chief Sandberg's 'lean in' advice 'a lie'

Michelle Obama is not a fan of Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg's “lean in” advice for working women. As part of her “Becoming” book tour at the Barclays Center, New York, Saturday (local time), the former first lady said the advice from Sandberg's book, “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead,” is simply “a lie.”

Books | 2018-12-06 16:25

Photography - forgotten history storyteller

Amid a swath of self-proclaimed history storytellers, there is a group of people whose role has been underappreciated, if not forgotten - documentary photographers.

Books | 2018-12-06 15:43

How feminist book 'Kim Ji-young' became million-seller

"Kim Ji-young Born in 1982," a novel describing the life of an ordinary Korean housewife on a career break, has sold 1 million copies as of Nov. 27, just over two years after its release in October 2016.

Books | 2018-12-02 16:45

Read books in the morning, check emails later

Shion Kabasawa, a psychiatrist and author of dozens of books, is one of the busiest Japanese intellectuals. Besides his day job as a psychiatrist and founder of the psychology research institute, over the past seven years, he has published three books every year, uploaded daily posts on his blog, Facebook and YouTube to educate some 400,000 subscribers about brain activities ...

Books | 2018-11-30 17:06

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