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Sat, July 2, 2022 | 08:59

Anniversary book gives rare peek into Korea Times' newsroom, hard-won media freedom

“70 Years of The Korea Times (1950-2020)” offers an extensive historical account of the struggles of Korea's oldest English-language newspaper ― from its birth amid the gunfire, chaos and ashes of the Korean War to the present day ― to bridge Korea and the outside world.

2021-03-26 13:48

Book review: Trauma of 2017 atrocities haunts the Rohingya

Ronan Lee's “Myanmar's Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech” is an informative, timely piece that helps readers deepen their understanding of the 2017 ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people and its lingering tragic impact on them.

2021-03-21 09:53

Book review: women who deliver mighty punch to regain lost power

In Seol Jae-in's short story “Quite Powerful Punch,” readers are immediately met with the elaborate descriptions of adolescent angst and rage that enshrouds Hyun-jin. Perhaps such feeling is natural for a puberty-stricken 16-year-old girl to harbor. But her fury is directed at something very specific instead of at a larger systemic disorder - her tyrannical boxing coach.

2021-03-19 08:54

Sales of graphic novels increase by 7 times over last 10 years

Sales of graphic novels have increased by 7 times over the last 10 years, data showed Wednesday.

2021-03-18 08:54

Novelist makes literary comeback 5 years after #MeToo apology

Novelist Park Bum-shin, 75, unveiled his new poetry book, “Grumble Grumble, Now in the Seventies,” Feb. 20, five years after he offered a public apology for alleged sexual misconduct.

2021-03-10 17:20

Review: Book curator provides tips on running sustainable local bookstores

The future of physical bookstores in the digital age has been a topic constantly revisited in recent years, and has become especially apparent in the era of COVID-19 that made social distancing a part of everyday life. For almost two decades the number of bookstores nationwide has been dwindling, from 3,589 in 2003 to 1,976 as of December in 2019, according to the Korea Feder...

2021-03-09 09:17

[INTERVIEW] Author of 'comfort women' series urges world to hear their testimonies

In recent months, Harvard Law School Professor John Mark Ramseyer's paper “Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War” has created an uproar in political and academic circles by challenging the dominant discourse of Japan's wartime sexual slavery.

2021-03-05 09:05

Bestseller author apologizes over plagiarism, returns with new fiction

Million-seller author Shin Kyung-sook released her new fiction novel “I've Gone to Father” Wednesday, offering her belated formal apology in response to allegations that her 2016 work “Legend” plagiarized the late Japanese author Yukio Mashima's short fiction novel “Patriotism.”

2021-03-03 16:53

Review: Coming-of-age book untangles protagonist's inner self

Making up the book's title as well as the protagonist's first name, the term “dok-dae” is a Korean word that can also mean a one-on-one meeting. Kim Dong-ha's novel candidly follows Dok-dae's own “private consultation” with his inner self, as the boy sees his mother leave him and witnesses the incompetence of his father, highlighted by his domineering grandmother.

2021-02-23 16:50

Despite falling book sales, number of small bookshops increases six times

Book sales continue to fall. Feeling the pinch, bookshop owners closed down their businesses one after another. Amid the bleak news about the publishing industry, the latest data shows a six-fold increase in the number of small bookshops across the country over the past five years.

2021-02-22 08:48

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