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Sat, February 4, 2023 | 13:50
Popularity of 'Extraordinary Attorney Woo' pushes up sales of drama script book
Popularity of 'Extraordinary Attorney Woo' pushes up sales of drama script book
The script book of “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” is expecting high sales following the popularity of the ongoing TV series. Yes24, one of Korea's leading online bookstores, said Friday that it has received reservations for more than 5,000 copies combined of the two-volume screenplay book in just 20 hours since reservations started on Thursday afternoon.
Kim Rahn | 2022-08-13 10:35
Star novelist's 'Harbin' on Korean independence fighter becomes bestseller
Star novelist's 'Harbin' on Korean independence fighter becomes bestseller
Kim Hoon's latest book, “Harbin,” on independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun (1879-1910), has become a new bestseller in major local online bookstores. Published on Aug. 3 ahead of the 77th anniversary of Liberation Day on Aug. 15, the novel has climbed to the top of the bestseller lists of both YES24 and Kyobo Books for the first week of August
Park Han-sol | 2022-08-12 14:05
'Pachinko' author Min Jin Lee credits Korean Wave for her success
'Pachinko' author Min Jin Lee credits Korean Wave for her success
Min Jin Lee, the author of historical novel "Pachinko," on Monday gave credit to artists behind the Korean Wave for the wide recognition of her works and other Korean American novels in the United States.
2022-08-08 17:26
Popularity of film, TV adaptations lead to surging book sales
Popularity of film, TV adaptations lead to surging book sales
Films and TV series that became hits are also taking the publishing industry by storm, leading to a surge in sales of related publications including script books and original novels. The screenplay book of the romance mystery film “Decision to Leave” has topped the bestsellers' list for two consecutive weeks on YES24, one of the country's leading online bookstores, even befor...
Lee Gyu-lee | 2022-08-03 15:21
Author criticizes agencies for cashing in on int'l adoption
Author criticizes agencies for cashing in on int'l adoption
Being lauded as “heroes” during Korea's industrialization period, manufacturing workers were commonly portrayed as a key driving force behind Korea's dramatic rise from a war-torn country to one of the world's fastest-growing economies in the 1970s. Although their contribution was forgotten, however, there is another unknown group of people who also played a part in Korea's r...
Lee Yeon-woo | 2022-07-28 08:36
12 award-winning Korean authors to hold talks with overseas readers
12 award-winning Korean authors to hold talks with overseas readers
As a string of translated Korean literary works continue to gain global recognition, online and in-person book talks joined by 12 award-winning Korean writers will travel across the world until the end of this year. Hosted by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea), the 2022 K-Literature Talks program consists of 12 dialogue sessions between best-selling Kor...
Park Han-sol | 2022-07-26 16:48
Book shows how migrant women in rural Okcheon joined hands to seek their rights
Book shows how migrant women in rural Okcheon joined hands to seek their rights
Many migrant women in Korea are foreigners who married Korean men who live primarily in rural areas. These marriage migrants also refer to themselves as “the first daughters of poor families.”
Lee Yeon-woo | 2022-07-13 08:34
Newly translated Korean edition of 'Pachinko' to be published at the end of July
Newly translated Korean edition of 'Pachinko' to be published at the end of July
The newly translated Korean edition of “Pachinko,” the internationally acclaimed saga chronicling the lives of four generations of a “Zainichi” (ethnic Koreans in Japan) family, will hit local bookshelves in the coming weeks, three months after it went out of print due to issues with the publishing contract.
Park Han-sol | 2022-07-05 16:32
Seoul city's book talks in June to bring together celebrated writers and readers
Seoul city's book talks in June to bring together celebrated writers and readers
Seoul Metropolitan Government will host a month of book talks in June to connect some of the country's celebrated novelists with readers, officials said Thursday.
2022-06-02 11:42
'Cursed Bunny' misses out on Int'l Booker Prize
'Cursed Bunny' misses out on Int'l Booker Prize
“Cursed Bunny,” written by Chung Bora and translated by Anton Hur, failed to win this year's International Booker Prize, one of three largest literary awards in the world.
Kwak Yeon-soo | 2022-05-27 16:59
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