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Popular Korean Webtoons in the US

Popular Korean Webtoons in the US   2021.04.05     In Korea and Japan, it is common for one or two writers or illustrators to complete comics from their beginning until the end. However, comics in the US are different in that the publisher owns the copyright of all the characters. Numerous writers and illustrators come together and create stories endlessly centering around the characters based on the copyrights. This is why you can easily find comics of about 32 pages mainly about masculine characters and have limited storylines. Here, Korean webtoons are blowing a new wind of change in the US comics market, appeasing a female readership as well with various characters, subjects, and genres (romance, fantasy, action, martial arts, boy’s love, sports, daily life, comedy, office life, entertainment, etc.) continuing to grow exponentially in the market.   Creative, ingenious Korean webtoons are leading the fourth Hallyu (Korean Wave) across the world. ...
  • VOL.33 / 2021.04
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Bookkeeper’s Choice - Picture Book

Bookkeeper’s Choice - Picture Book   2021.04.05         The writer of Midnight’s Gift says she reinterpreted her thankful feelings toward nature that she got when she was looking at the evening sunset. Saying that she liked the night sky from her childhood, the picture book delivers warm happiness just like the old fairy tale mom would tell us in bed. The colorful obangsaek (five cardinal colors) expressed in hanji (traditional Korean paper handmade from mulberry trees) collage makes us feel thankful towards nature, and the gift shared among the five brothers of light and darkness teaches us the happiness of sharing. The imaginative story of yin and yang, the Five Elements, and obangsaek begins when the light and darkness give birth to five children. They named their children, Dawn, Morning, Day, Evening, and Midnight. While the children were in bed, Time came and laid a present by their side. Dawn, Morning, Da...
  • VOL.33 / 2021.04
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Uijeongbu

Uijeongbu Where the Past and Future Coexist   2020.11.02       Being a central city in northern Gyeonggi-do Province, Uijeongbu is where nature and history blend together. Indeed, transportation is convenient as the city is near the capital, Seoul. The brand slogan of Uijeongbu, “Uijeongbu, City of Happiness,” exhibits the city’s will to become a city where its citizens are happy. At the center of the city flows Jungnangcheon Stream, which meets the Han River, and Suraksan Mountain and Dobongsan Mountain rise high in the East and West, respectively, which all add up to a balanced mixture of the city and nature. Meanwhile, the name Uijeongbu has a long history. The name derived from a historical incident where the top administrative body “Uijeongbu” moved its base here during the Joseon Dynasty. Being a gateway towards Seoul today, Uijeongbu has settled as a center of politics, economy, society, culture, and transportation.Greeting the season of books, let’s d...
  • VOL.28 / 2020.11
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Bombom Publishing Co.

Korean Publishers   Bombom Publishing Co. Unique Picture Books Made with Love   2022.10.04   Picture books were often regarded as “books only for children.” Driven by the growing interest of adult readers in picture books, however, a number of “picture books for adults” have been published lately. “What are picture books for adults?” In search of the answer to the question, Bombom Publishing Co. is dedicated to redefining them as “books that both adults and children can enjoy” from “books that adults can merely read,” and to publishing picture books covering all genres. We had the opportunity to feel the publisher’s commitment to its readers, along with a passion for picture books.   The logo of Bombom Publishing Co.     It is our pleasure to have Bombom Publishing Co. in K-Book Trends’ interview. Please introduce the company and its mission to our global readers.   “B...
  • VOL.51 / 2022.10
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Writer Kim Lily

Korean Authors   Writer Kim Lily   2021.12.06     Please introduce yourself to our readers.   Hello. My name is Kim Lily, a children’s author as well as a rice cake shop owner who wrote My d’Artagnan (Changbi), Puff Snacks are Here (Munhakdongne), and Manbok’s Rice Cake Shop Series (BIR).   Did the memories from your childhood influence your works?   When I was young, I was a skinny, not pretty to look at, and not a bright girl. I think that is why I went through some difficult times. But whenever those times hit me, I survived by imagining things. At the time I remember desperately wishing for my wishes to come true. I do write many stories about wishes by reminiscing on those days.   Why did you dream of becoming a children’s book author?   I had this idea that a children’s book author is someone who ‘grows the flower garden of the imagination’. Since I had many siblings, I was sent to the countryside alone and spen...
  • VOL.41 / 2021.12
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ACHIMDAL BOOKS

Korean Publishers   ACHIMDAL BOOKS Never Changing Literary Value Rises Radiantly and Brightly   2021.11.01   Literature is a genre with deep roots in the publishing market, but there is an increasing number of cases where the genre is excluded from the mainstream. On top of this, there aren’t too many literature publishers that completely fulfill their roles properly. In a reality like this, we cannot help but approve of ACHIMDAL BOOKS for fulfilling its role as a publisher of literature and continuing to make efforts, including the expansion of opportunities for poems, essays, and other works of literature to be published. Although it is a small publisher, there seems to be a light that shines with the rapid advancement of ACHIMDAL BOOKS, which works to broaden the literature base by searching for new ways of publishing literature in a clever way.   Logo of ACHIMDAL BOOKS   Please tell foreign publishers what ACHIMDAL BOOKS does and what mean...
  • VOL.40 / 2021.11
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Memories of Cherry Blossoms and Spring for a Week

Let's Try   Memories of Cherry Blossoms and Spring for a Week     2026.03   [Event] Let’s Try introduces various helpful books published in Korea every month. Also, don’t miss gift events related to the books introduced! Simply click on the link below to enter the event! Let’s Try!   “On the way home, under the long-stretching branches of a cherry blossom tree. There you were.”   Seo Eun-chae, Way Back Love, Hwanggeumgaji, 2018.   Spring, the season when winter passes and new life is born, and the months of March and April in Korea are full of excitement waiting for cherry blossoms. Writing that captures life and longing is perhaps the most practical form of writing. Is there anything more important than life and people? The time s...
  • VOL.92 / 2026.03
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From Taste to Sentiment - Bridging the Korean Food Experience with "Anyway, Tteokbokki"

  Image of K-Book   From Taste to Sentiment - Bridging the Korean Food Experience with Anyway, Tteokbokki     2026.02    
  • VOL.91 / 2026.02
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A Heartwarming Journey to Neighborhood Bathhouse

  Let's Try   A Heartwarming Journey to Neighborhood Bathhouse     2026.02       『Blossoming Years, Neighborhood Bathhouse』- Written by NeverlessHolida, Illustrated by Aleoji, Dot Book     『Blossoming Years, Neighborhood Bathhouse』   “On days when you long for warmth, the neighborhood public bathhouse is always right by our side!”   With steam rising, as you soak your body in the tub, the chill hiding in every joint slips away,and a sigh of ‘"Ah, that’s good!" naturally escapes your lips – there is such a place, and it is the neighborhood bathhouse. It offers a deep refreshment incomparable to washing at home, leaving both your skin an...
  • VOL.91 / 2026.02
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A Confession Told Through Tteok

Image of K-Book   A Confession Told Through Tteok   2025.12.01     Korea’s signature dessert, tteok     Tteok (떡; rice cake), which topped the latest K-Book Trends survey as Korea’s No. 1 signature dessert, is a traditional Korean food made by steaming and pounding grains such as mepssal (멥쌀; non-glutinous rice) or chapssal (찹쌀; glutinous rice) into powder and shaping it by hand. Tteok is not only served during major celebrations such as national holidays, birthdays, weddings, and ancestral rites, but is also enjoyed casually by many Koreans in daily life. There is a wide variety of tteok in Korea - from mujigae-tteok (무지개떡; rainbow-colored tteok), siru-tteok (시루떡; layered tteok topped with red beans), injeolmi (인절미; sticky tteok coated with soybean powder), and susupat-tteok (수수팥떡; red-bean-coated sorghum tteok), to omegi-tteok (오메...
  • VOL.89 / 2025.12
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