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Wed, August 23, 2017 | 16:57

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Playboy hits Korea - but no nudes

The Korean edition of Playboy magazine hit the shelves of Korean bookstores Monday covering a range of issues from celebrities to social and political stories. But one critical factor that gained the U.S. magazine international fame is missing: nude photos. Korean book distributor Kaya Media signed a contract with Playboy in January under which the Korean edition would have n...

Books | 2017-08-21 16:51

Poet Choi Yearn-hong receives 2017 Mincho Overseas Korean Literature Award

Poet Choi Yearn-hong has been chosen as the recipient of the Mincho Overseas Korean Literature Award for his 2015 poetry book, “White Cotton-tailed Deer,” the committee of judges chaired by poet Shin Kyung-rim, announced last week.

Books | 2017-08-20 16:53

Japanese scholar publishes book justifying Korea's Dokdo ownership

A Japanese historian will publish a Korean book containing ample historic evidence justifying South Korea’s sovereignty over Dokdo Island in the East Sea. “Truth of Dokdo” is a Korean translation of Norio Kuboi’s book of the same title published in Japanese in 2014. Dr. Lee Jang-woo, a Japanese teacher at Dongsung High School in Busan, translated the book into Korean.

Books | 2017-08-20 13:35

Thriller fiction 'Memoir of a Murderer” released as film

Peeking into someone else’s diary is always thrilling. But what if it is the daily record of a criminal? Popular writer Kim Young-ha’s bestselling thriller “Memoir of a Murderer” tells the story of the main character Kim Byeong-soo in a unique way _ in the form of a journal written in the first person. And the book is now to set to hit the big screen. A 70-year old man, Kim, ...

Books | 2017-08-18 19:32

Changes seen in Sejong Books after blacklist scandal

Writers critical of the government had to go through a great ordeal during the previous Park Geun-hye administration. The government created a register of nearly 10,000 artists, writers and filmmakers deemed unfriendly to the conservative administration and discriminated against them using the so-called “artist blacklist” when it allocated subsidies and made awards of state e...

Books | 2017-08-11 18:56

Cartoonist depicts life of former sex slave

Paris-based cartoonist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim has penned a new book depicting the life of a former sex slave. Titled “Pool,” (meaning 'grass’ in Korean), the book sheds light on Lee Ok-seon, who was forced to work as a sex slave for the Japanese army during World War II. When she was forced into slavery she was 16 years old.

Books | 2017-08-08 16:29

Woo Ah-ji modernizes 'sijo' poems

Visiting Busan offered me a chance to meet new poets and writers in the area during the Sixth Busan Literature Festival on June 21-24. During the Festival program, I delivered a keynote speech on nostalgia, a source of my literature , and read five of my own poems, including “Flowers in the Borderland,” in Korean and English, as a Korean-American poet. Then, I met Woo Ah-ji. ...

Books | 2017-08-04 18:49

Historical books on demand with box office hits

Historical books featuring stories of current box office hits such as “Dunkirk,” “The Battleship Island” and the upcoming “A Taxi Driver” are receiving renewed attention. As the three biggest highly anticipated films for this summer happen to deal with modern historical events, people are reading the books about these topics as the popular movies. The book “Dunkirk,” by Edwar...

Books | 2017-07-31 18:13

GKL Foundation launches literature translation award

The Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) Foundation has created a new translation award called the "Global Korea Literature Translation Award." The foundation was established in 2014 by the public corporation Grand Korea Leisure Co. Ltd, an affiliate of the Korea Tourism Organization that operates foreigner-only casinos in the country, and is funded by the GKL Co. Ltd.

Books | 2017-07-28 16:59

Limited editions exclusively available at samll, independent bookstores

Mimumsa, one of the largest book publishers in Korea, has released two special edition books only available at small independent bookstores. The publisher announced Saturday they will sell “Record of a Journey to Mujin,” by Kim Seung-ok and “No Longer Human” by Osamu Dazai, at some 130 small bookstores nationwide for the first time. The two special editions cannot be purchase...

Books | 2017-07-24 19:24

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