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Thu, November 30, 2023 | 11:10

Helping out needy people in winter season

Helping out needy people in winter season

Yoido Full Gospel Church senior pastor Lee Young-hoon, left, fills boxes with daily necessities for people in need at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul, Friday. The church joined hands with Seoul Metropolitan Government, Good People and CJ CheilJedang to deliver boxes to 23,000 underprivileged families in Seoul. Courtesy of Yoido Full Gospel Church

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2022-11-25 18:24

Korea Times Translation Awards open doors for aspiring literary translators

Korea Times Translation Awards open doors for aspiring literary translators

Aspiring translators said that the Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards, hosted by The Korea Times, have become a stepping stone for their literary translation dreams. The Korea Times held the award ceremony for the 53rd edition of the contest, sponsored by KB Financial Group, at the Korea Press Center in central Seoul, Thursday. Gene Png, who won the highest honor, th...

Lee Gyu-lee | 2022-11-24 15:59

[53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards] Fiction Commendation Award winner Giulia Macri

53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation AwardsFiction Commendation Award winner Giulia Macri

Giulia Macri is a translator from Milan, who is currently in her second year at the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea). She used to work as a graphic designer in Italy before coming to Korea in December 2017. After taking a Korean course at Yonsei University, she attended the Interpretation and Translation Course for six months at Hankuk University of Forei...

2022-11-24 08:20

[53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards] Fiction Commendation Award: The Forty-Four Lives of a Wedding Dress

53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation AwardsFiction Commendation Award: The Forty-Four Lives of a Wedding Dress

The dress was picked up at a small warehouse in Vancouver during the Canada Day Sales of July 2013 and imported to Korea. Although it was a designer dress, it came at a highly discounted price because it was the work of an emerging creator. The price tag read $15,000, but the final price had come to $3,500. The dress was a size 4 but because it was somewhat larger than the av...

2022-11-24 08:20

[53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards] Fiction Grand Prize: The Beginning of Winter

53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation AwardsFiction Grand Prize: The Beginning of Winter

It was after midnight when my wife suggested we redo the wallpaper. - Right now? - Yeah. I stayed hunched over on the sofa for a moment before I said, “Okay,” and got up. It had been a long time since my wife suggested we do anything. I went out onto the veranda and got it out of the storage cabinet. A roll of do-it-yourself wallpaper we'd bought at a nearby big box store a w...

2022-11-24 08:19

[53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards] Fiction Grand Prize winner Graham Hand

53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation AwardsFiction Grand Prize winner Graham Hand

Graham Hand is a modern Korean literature student from Boston, who is currently studying for a master's degree at Korea University. He has studied for two years at the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea).

2022-11-24 08:19

[53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards] Judges' Report

53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation AwardsJudges' Report

As judges of the Korea Times Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards, we have the privilege and pleasure of discovering every year what bilingual readers and writers are reading. It is always interesting to find out what our translators are choosing to translate. We enjoy the element of surprise.

Kim Rahn | 2022-11-24 08:18

53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation AwardsFiction Grand Prize: The Beginning of Winter

53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation AwardsFiction Grand Prize winner Graham Hand

53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation AwardsFiction Commendation Award: The Forty-Four Lives of a Wedding Dress

53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation AwardsFiction Commendation Award winner Giulia Macri

[53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards] Poetry Grand Prize winner Gene Png

53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation AwardsPoetry Grand Prize winner Gene Png

Gene Png is a Seoul-based illustrator and Korean-English literary translator from Singapore. She came to Korea to study at Yonsei University's Underwood International College, earning a bachelor's degree in Asian Studies. After completing the regular program at the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea), she became a mentee for the Emerging Translator Mentorshi...

2022-11-24 08:15

53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation AwardsPoetry Grand Prize: Everlasting Snow

[53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards] Poetry Grand Prize: Everlasting Snow

53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation AwardsPoetry Grand Prize: Everlasting Snow

That winter, the list of ways you kept yourself amused:Mourned Patrasche and made a windmill out of an empty milk carton + two leftover skewer sticks + a single chopstick + a thumbtackDecorated the Christmas tree with chains made of countless interlocking paper rings of silver, gold, and every color

2022-11-24 08:14

53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation AwardsPoetry Grand Prize winner Gene Png

Koreans' creative desire is one big factor behind hallyu's success: Sejong Center CEO

Koreans' creative desire is one big factor behind hallyu's success: Sejong Center CEO

People around the world are eager to uncover the secrets behind the global success of hallyu, or the Korean wave. Multiple factors have contributed to its rise, but Ahn Ho-sang, CEO of the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in central Seoul, picks the creative desire of Koreans as one of its biggest driving forces.

Dong Sun-hwa | 2022-11-23 13:40

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