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Fri, December 1, 2023 | 11:43

'Uncanny Convenience Store' becomes newest book to sell over 1 million

'Uncanny Convenience Store' becomes newest book to sell over 1 million

The novel series, “Uncanny Convenience Store,” penned by Kim Ho-yeon, has become the newest title to sell over a million copies in Korea this week. According to the local publishing house, Namu Bench, as of Monday, the book's first volume had sold 800,000 copies, while the second sold more than 200,000.

Park Han-sol | 2022-11-15 16:33

LTI Korea launches web platform to facilitate global publications of Korean literature

LTI Korea launches web platform to facilitate global publications of Korean literature

As part of its mission to promote and facilitate the translation and international publication of Korean literature, the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea) has launched a new website called KLWAVE (Korean Literature Wave).

Park Han-sol | 2022-11-15 08:24

[INTERVIEW] International Booker Prize-winning 'Tomb of Sand' breaks down borders, celebrates plurality of life

INTERVIEWInternational Booker Prize-winning 'Tomb of Sand' breaks down borders, celebrates plurality of life

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates - “No, no, I won't get up. Noooooo, I won't rise nowwww. Nooo rising nyooww. Nyooo riiise nyoooo. Now rise new. Now, I'll rise anew.” Uttered by author Geetanjali Shree in her mother tongue, Hindi, on the morning of Nov. 3, the delightful wordplay echoed through the convention hall at the Expo Centre Sharjah, filled with nearly 400 secondary scho...

Park Han-sol | 2022-11-09 16:58

English book on Korea's modern, contemporary art published

English book on Korea's modern, contemporary art published

An English-language introduction to Korea's 20th and 21st-century art has been published. The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) said, Friday, it recently published the English-version of “Korean Art 1900-2020,” about a year after the Korean version came out.

Kim Rahn | 2022-10-29 08:42

Disappearance of 'average consumer' to dominate 2023's trend

Disappearance of 'average consumer' to dominate 2023's trend

The likelihood of a global recession is feared to grow throughout the rest of 2022, with the chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, warning that the agency would issue downgrades to its growth projections for next year. Painting a grim picture of the global economy during her speech on Thursday at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., she n...

Park Han-sol | 2022-10-07 17:01

What language and translation mean for 2 Korean-born poets

What language and translation mean for 2 Korean-born poets

“Languages Walking Side by Side,” the title of the Sept. 24 talk session between poets Kim Hye-soon and Don Mee Choi at this year's Seoul International Writers' Festival, couldn't have been more of a fitting descriptor for the literary duo's relationship. Kim made headlines in 2019 as the first Asian woman to be named the winner of the prestigious International Griffin Poetry...

Park Han-sol | 2022-09-30 07:57

Animal rights, pet book sales grow in domestic market

Animal rights, pet book sales grow in domestic market

Nearly one out of four Koreans - or 14.48 million according to the 2021 KB Management Institute's survey report - live with animal companions. As the number of pet owners is on the rise, so are the sales of books on animal rights and pet culture in the domestic market, according to Yes24, one of the country's leading online bookstores.

Park Han-sol | 2022-09-29 07:35

Seoul Int'l Writers' Festival to present lineup of global literary heavyweights

Seoul Int'l Writers' Festival to present lineup of global literary heavyweights

A number of global literary heavyweights who have won awards such as the Pulitzer Prize, Hugo Award and the National Book Award, among other prestigious accolades, will land in Korea for the upcoming Seoul International Writers' Festival (SIWF). First launched in 2006 as a platform for fruitful literary exchanges between Korean and international authors and readers, SIWF will...

Park Han-sol | 2022-09-18 16:41

Lebanese-born French author to be awarded Park Kyung-ni prize

Lebanese-born French author to be awarded Park Kyung-ni prize

Lebanese-born French novelist Amin Maalouf has been named this year's recipient of the Park Kyung-ni Literary Prize, the award's organizer, the Toji Cultural Foundation announced, Wednesday.

Park Han-sol | 2022-09-07 16:23

Graphic novel 'The Waiting' nominated for Harvey Award

Graphic novel 'The Waiting' nominated for Harvey Award

Graphic novelist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim's “The Waiting,” which tells the heart-wrenching story of families forcibly separated during the 1950-53 Korean War, has been nominated for this year's prestigious Harvey Awards. The Harvey Awards have celebrated quality comic books, graphic novels and manga since its establishment in 1988 to commemorate the literary achievements of Harvey...

Park Han-sol | 2022-08-17 18:05

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