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Sat, July 2, 2022 | 07:27

[INTERVIEW] UK economist calls for redirecting capitalism to make it more inclusive

Guy Standing, a professorial research associate at SOAS University of London and author of “The Precariat: the New Dangerous Class,” observed that rising job insecurity across the world is the result of neo-liberals' ceaseless pursuit of a flexible labor market and their allegedly wrong remedies have paved the way for unbridled capitalism that only benefits the haves at the e...

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2021-08-13 11:09

Book review: 'Modern Girl' anthology series features Korea's early modern feminists

How were women represented in the works of modern Korean literature a century ago? Do these stories have anything in common with their contemporary counterparts, which revolve around women and their struggle for equality? It's no surprise that in the early 1900s, when the Korean literary circle was heavily male-dominated, as were most other sectors of Korean society, the voic...

2021-08-11 09:45

'Zitwer factor': Before her, few readers outside Korea heard about Korean thrillers

Exporting Korean novels is a delicate and time-consuming job that requires network with big Western publishers as well as a significant level of knowhow in pitching translated books to them. Adding to the complexity, several different groups of people become heavily involved in the pre-publication process before the translated books eventually go on sale in local bookstores.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2021-08-04 13:43

[EXCLUSIVE] Not your average thriller, 'The Consultant,' to be published in US, Europe

“It's surreal.” That's what Im Seong-sun, author of the award-winning 2010 thriller, “The Consultant,” said when asked how he felt when he learned that his debut novel will be published in English for English-speaking readers in 2023.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2021-07-30 13:33

[INTERVIEW] Korean girls' comic books reflect multifaceted female roles in society

From the late 1950s to the 1990s, female-targeted comic books known as “sunjeong manhwa” were popular among female readers in their teens and 20s. People might expect these stories to revolve around a starry- and wide-eyed Barbie-like lead character who struggles her way through a tough life situation but ends up falling in love with a handsome male character and living happi...

Park Ji-won | 2021-07-24 09:44

Blind Wall Street analyst shares wisdom to live life 'durably' to the fullest

Soon-kyu Shin, a blind Wall Street-based credit analyst and author of two books, knows better than anyone else how people feel when they are discriminated against or experience verbal violence intentionally or unintentionally from ignorant people.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2021-07-16 15:02

[INTERVIEW] 'As humans, we all have a dark side'

Bestselling author Jeong You-jeong's new psychological thriller, “Perfect Happiness,” unravels the darkest side of human nature, taking readers into a chilling and haunting world. Some of the moments are described so vividly, with meticulous attention to details, that readers find themselves frightened as they visualize the gruesome scenes. With the author's captivating story...

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2021-07-09 12:53

[EXCLUSIVE] Psychological thriller 'Perfect Happiness' to hit US, UK bookstores

Star novelist Jeong You-jeong's chilling psychological thriller, “Perfect Happiness,” published by EunHaengNaMu Publishing Co., has been on the bestseller list of the nation's largest bookstore, Kyobo Books, for weeks since it went on sale in Korea in early June.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2021-07-07 12:19

Yun Ko-eun's 'The Disaster Tourist' wins UK's crime fiction award

Best-selling author Yun Ko-eun's novel, “The Disaster Tourist,” became the first Korean literary piece to win the prestigious crime fiction award in the UK, Thursday, local time. The eco-thriller, translated into English last year through sponsorship of the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea), was named the winner of the Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger c...

2021-07-02 16:09

[INTERVIEW] Priest and Sogang University president translates book on LGBT people to bridge gap

Fr. Sim Jong-hyeok, a Jesuit priest and president of Sogang University, recently translated a book into Korean to help bridge the gap between religious people and sexual minorities. Released in April, the book, titled “Building a Bridge,” introduces actual tips like helpful Bible lines for both religious people and sexual minorities to communicate more effectively with each o...

Park Ji-won | 2021-06-24 16:44

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