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A New Chapter in Korea-China Literary Exchange

Export Case   A New Chapter in Korea-China Literary Exchange Folio Culture’s Korean Book Localization Strategy   2025.03.10   Folio Culture (Beijing) has consistently focused on introducing and localizing Korean books in the fields of humanities, social sciences, and literature. In recent years, we have successfully brought several Korean works to the Chinese market through precise topic selection, cultural adaptation, and innovative promotion strategies, sparking widespread discussions on the social media platform Xiaohongshu. Below, we share our experiences in four key areas: topic selection strategy, localization practices, promotion strategy, and future plans.   Balancing Social Issues with Literary Value, Grounded in Shared East Asian Emotions, to Create a Dialogue Space for Chinese and Korean Youth   Capturing Social Resonance Points in Korean Literature   In recent years, Korean literature has shifted from grand narrati...
  • VOL.80 / 2025.03
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Globalizing Korean Literature: The Journey of Kim Hye-jin and Her Works

Export Case   Globalizing Korean Literature:The Journey of Kim Hye-jin and Her Works   2024.11.04   I am writing this a day after Han Kang received the Nobel Prize in Literature “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” The first in history for a writer from South Korea. It is, without a doubt, a huge milestone for South Korean literature and a debt that was long overdue. Some may even feel that this is the ultimate goal for the internationalization of Korean literature.Korea has an incredibly rich and diverse literary culture that has conquered the world in recent years, and I feel that this is an interesting moment to stop and think about how authors and authorships are managed. The most important ‘ingredients’, which are talent and key resources such as translators, grants, and promotion programs, are already there. The support is truly impressive. But how can we best promote a...
  • VOL.76 / 2024.11
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My Favorite Book, Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan

I Read   My Favorite Book, Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan   2024.05.07   This article is a review written by an Indian reader ofK-Book Trends after reading a Korean book.If you want to share your wonderful experience of reading Korean bookswith other overseas readers, please send us an email!kbooktrends@gmail.com   “Reading maketh a full man,” said Sir Francis Bacon years ago. The saying still holds true. Reading for leisure and pleasure is a good habit. It instructs us in our youth and comforts us in our old age. Sometimes, reading brings about a revolutionary change in a person’s outlook. Particularly in these days of mechanical existence, when people have hardly any time to attend meetings, the best source of acquiring religious and general knowledge is books that can be easily browsed wherever a person finds time to spare. For a long time, I, too, have developed this habit of reading books. I like reading books of different ge...
  • VOL.70 / 2024.05
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Please Look After Mom by Shin Kyung-sook

I Read   Please Look After Mom by Shin Kyung-sook   2024.04.01   This article is a review written by an Egyptian reader ofK-Book Trends after reading a Korean book.If you want to share your wonderful experience of reading Korean bookswith other overseas readers, please send us an email!kbooktrends@gmail.com   The novel Please Look After Mom (Changbi) sold one million copies within 10 months of its first edition, which was in 2009. This novel is one of my favorite novels ever. This is a story about the loss of a mother at Seoul subway station after her husband preceded her and left her outside the train. But the question here is, Will her children try to find her? Will she return to her husband? That woman spent her life sacrificing everything until the day she disappeared, and that mother did her best to help her family and cared more about Her family’s life than her life while she was in so much pain. When she got los, everyone...
  • VOL.69 / 2024.04
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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo

I Read   Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo   2024.01.02   This article is a review written by an Indian reader ofK-Book Trends after reading a Korean book.If you want to share your wonderful experience of reading Korean bookswith other overseas readers, please send us an email!kbooktrends@gmail.com   My passion for reading began at an early age, and books have always been my constant companions. Over the years, I have explored different genres, from comics to romance to thrillers, and each one has stirred different emotions and insights in me. However, the book that has left the most profound impact on me is Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (Minumsa) by Cho Nam-Joo. This book resonated with me on a personal level, as if I were reading my own diary. As a novice Korean learner, I read the English translation by Jamie Chang, published by Scribner. I was impressed by how well Jamie Chang conveyed the nuances and intentions of the original ...
  • VOL.66 / 2024.01
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Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-jin

I Read   Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-jin   2023.12.04   This article is a review written by a Turkish reader ofK-Book Trends after reading a Korean book.If you want to share your wonderful experience of reading Korean bookswith other overseas readers, please send us an email!kbooktrends@gmail.com   Kim Hye-Jin’s award-winning book Concerning My Daughter (Minumsa). The book’s main characters are a mother in her sixties who works as a nurse and leads a quiet life, her daughter ‘Green,’ and her daughter’s girlfriend ‘Rain.’ The author describes the mother’s collision with her daughter Green’s different lifestyle and relationship in a fluent, gripping language.   English and Korean covers of Concerning My Daughter     The term gender refers to physical, morphological, and anatomical differences (biological differences). However, gend...
  • VOL.65 / 2023.12
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