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Thu, December 8, 2022 | 09:33

[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 Awards] Fiction Grand Prize: The Beginning of Winter

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

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

[53rd Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards] Fiction 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 Awards] Poetry 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 Awards] Poetry 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

Korean adoptee on journey into lost memories in birth country

Korean adoptee on journey into lost memories in birth country

It took more than 45 years for Linn G. Assersen to return to the land of her birth. For her whole life, whenever she was asked whether she wanted to visit Korea, she said no. Assersen always knew she was Norwegian and never felt a need to find her birth parents - or so she thought.

Jung Min-ho | 2022-11-16 17:01

Students honored for offering insights on MZ customers, ESG in economic essay contest

Students honored for offering insights on MZ customers, ESG in economic essay contest

The Korea Times awarded seven winners of its annual economic essay contest for university students, Tuesday, who wrote about one of two challenges faced by the finance industry - attracting tech-savvy Generation MZ, a Korean term referring to Millennials and Generation Z, as customers, and better implementing the principles of environmental, social and corporate governance (E...

Yi Whan-woo | 2022-11-15 20:57

Inside the minds of the MZ Generation

Inside the minds of the MZ Generation

Shristi TiwariPeople from older generations indeed see millennials as a generation with no grasp of reality and someone struggling to make ends meet. The older generation does not even consider Gen Z as an active part of the economy. But in a study done by Coldwell Banker Global Luxury in 2020, it was found that in the USA alone, the millennials and Gen Z had a combined spend...

2022-11-14 17:17

[Economic Essay Contest] How ESG practices can help banks attract young customers

Data-driven subscriptions along with digitalization for personalized services

Data-driven subscriptions along with digitalization for personalized services

Venkatesan DhivyaAdvancement of crypto-currencies, big data and fintech innovations have captured the attention and imagination of customers. Roughly one in four Gen Zers and millennials now call a checking account from a digital bank their primary account. That is about double the percentage it was just nine months ago, according to a Forbes article published in 2021. This d...

2022-11-14 17:17

[Economic Essay Contest] The finance of the future

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