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One-Liner Quotes Timeless Wisdom, Ageless Class Music Critic’s Pick 2025.01.06 Park Jun-Heum is a popular music critic and curator. Since 1997, he has been involved in popular music media, festivals, research, education, and publishing. He recently published an interview collection featuring Uhm In-Ho and Ahn Chi-Hwan in the series Record of a Legend: The Artists Park Jun-Heum Met. The winter’s cold and cloudy days are lingering on. Partly because of the weather, partly because of getting older, I think there is definitely a kind of depression that I have never experienced before. Maybe that’s why old politicians are so obsessed with power to counteract it. And maybe that’s the answer to the question, “What kind of wealth and honor do you expect at that age?”It may have little to do with wealth or glory, but here are two books that embody the enduring wisdom forged only by those who persevere daily through hardships, along wit...

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How To Enrich Your Life

One-Liner Quotes How To Enrich Your Life Financial Planner’s Pick 2024.12.02 Jung Won-Jun is a freelance financial planner specializing in financial counseling and education. He advises young adults and middle-aged people in Seoul through public institutions and gives lectures to middle-aged people on finance at Seoul Open City University. When I counsel clients on their finances, I often meet people who are not satisfied with what they have and are constantly chasing something that doesn’t exist. We expect greater wealth to bring greater satisfaction, but it doesn’t unless you are absolutely destitute. Money cannot be the ultimate solution because it is just one of many means. Then, how can we increase our satisfaction? I would like to introduce you to two books that will help you find the answer. Author Seo Eun-Kuk, a professor of psy...

VOL.77 / 2024.12

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Korean Publishing Market’s Trends in 2024 and Outlook for 2025

Knowledge Korean Publishing Market’s Trends in 2024 and Outlook for 2025 2024.12.02 Trends in 2024: Questioning life, fandoms, and Nobel Prize in Literature Philosophy and psychology books have dominated the Korean publishing market, with Reading Schopenhauer at Forty (Uknowbooks) topping the overall bestseller list through August. Also, 11 of the 30 bestselling fiction titles in the first half of the year were “rebound” titles, meaning they were published more than 10 years ago. In addition, the nonfiction category returned to growth after 4 years of decline, and the cases of books becoming bestsellers after being recommended by celebrities increased.Reading Schopenhauer at Forty has continued to grow in popularity this year after being featured on a TV entertainment series last year. The autho...

VOL.77 / 2024.12

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The Art of Selling Books: Innovative Strategies by Korean Booksellers

Topic The Art of Selling Books:Innovative Strategies by Korean Booksellers 2024.11.04 You will be able to find the figures for “reading preferences” in the results of the National Reading Survey conducted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism in Korea last year. It gives a hint to the “actual” reading population based on the ratio of people liking books. The overall reading rate covering paper books, e-books, and audio books was 95.8% for elementary, middle, and high school students and 43.0% for adults; the actual reading preferences turned out to be 39.6% for students and 18.3% for adults. The actual reading rate, which means readings done autonomously, is cut in half from the overall reading rate as the overall figure includes cases in which people have to read books for necessary reasons, such as for work or educational purposes. Why do people read books, but have very few “enjoyable” experiences reading them? Well, consi...

VOL.76 / 2024.11

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Women Who Protected the Korean Empire

One-Liner Quotes Women Who Protected the Korean Empire An Imperial Descendant of the Korean Empire’s Pick 2024.11.04 Lee Won is the crown prince and the descendant of the imperial family of the Korean Empire. He is currently the chair of the Dae Han Imperial House, continuing the royal legacy of the Joseon Kingdom and the Empire of Korea. I would like to recommend two novels that focus on the hardships and adversity of people who lived through the history of the Korean Empire. The stories in these novels vividly depict tragic but resilient lives, and remind us of the stories of our ancestors who endured suffering throughout history. First off, Kwon Bee-Young’s novel Princess Deokhye (Dasan Books) has a special meaning to me. The protagonist of the novel, Princess Deokhye, is the last princess of the Korean Empire and my great-aunt. She was born into the imperial family of the Korean Emp...

VOL.76 / 2024.11

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The Global Craze for Korean Language and Culture!

Special Project [English Books in Korea ④] The Global Craze for Korean Language and Culture! King Sejong Institute Foundation’s new textbooks for international Korean language learners 2024.09.02 As the Hallyu (Korean Wave) spreads across the world, the demand for learning Korean has been increasing internationally. In response, a variety of Korean language-related textbooks are being developed for various learning purposes and levels. Among them, the following are representative textbooks provided by the King Sejong Institute Foundation, a representative organization for the promotion of Korean language and culture abroad. A variety of Korean textbooks for all purposes and levels, from beginner to advanced The first is King Sejong Institute Korean, a textbook specifically designed for beginners and advanced learners alike. It can be used together with the King Sejong Institute Foundation’s signature online curriculum, and learners can also...

VOL.74 / 2024.09

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The Great Legacies of Two Literary Masters of Modern Times

Book Trip [A Trip to Literary Museums ⑤] The Great Legacies of Two Literary Masters of Modern Times Busan Metropolitan City: Yosan Kim Jung-Han Literary Museumand Hyangpa Lee Juhong Literary Museum 2024.09.02 A writer’s legacy can sometimes become an important cultural asset for a region as it incorporates various stories. In this month’s issue, Book Trip travels to Busan, Korea, where you can feel a rich sense of literature. Busan, with its abundant tourist offerings such as the sea, movies, and modern cultural heritage, has a presence in literature that is second to none. The two pillars of Busan’s literary scene are Kim Jung-Han, who has intensely depicted modern life in his novels related to the region, and Lee Ju-Hong, whose works span a wide range of genres, including children’s literature, poetry, novels, and plays. The scent of their literature is wafting through the city, which has been a source of emotional support for people ...

VOL.74 / 2024.09

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What Do Life and Death Look Like for Single-Person Households in South Korea?

New Books What Do Life and Death Look Likefor Single-Person Households in South Korea? 2026.06 Kim Su-Young, The Inevitable Loneliness, 2026. In 2021, Professor Kim Su-Young, author of The Inevitable Loneliness, launched the 〈ALONE〉 project, a two-year study documenting the lives of 109 single-person households. This book brings to light the stories of 56 participants from that research. As of August 2025, South Korea officially entered an era where single-person households exceed ten million. Recognizing that living alone is a structural landscape carved out by late-industrial society, the author conceptualizes this phenomenon as a mechanism of self-production and self-reproduction. Under the heavy shadows of an unstable labor market and a rapidly aging society, individuals in single-person households must live as the sole authors of ...

VOL.95 / 2026.06

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Bestsellers for the First Week of May: Family Month Special

Best Sellers Bestsellers for the First Week of May:Family Month Special 2026.06 Major franchises dominate the majority of South Korea’s offline bookstore market. Currently, four major franchises—Kyobo Book Centre, Youngpoong Bookstore, Jongno Books, and Arc N Book—are competing in the offline retail sector. Starting with Kyobo Book Centre, which has the largest number of branches, followed by Youngpoong Bookstore, Jongno Books, and Arc N Book, we will examine the top 10 best-selling books. In our last issue, we explored the bestseller chart at Youngpoong Bookstore. For this June edition, which marks the fourth installment of our offline bookstore bestseller analysis, we conclude our look at the “Big Four” franchises by examining Arc N Book’s top sellers from...

VOL.95 / 2026.06

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A Literary Journey to Gangneung in June: When the Plantain Flowers Bloom

K-Book Map A Literary Journey to Gangneung in June:When the Plantain Flowers Bloom 2026.06 My heart is a lake,Row toward me, love.Your white shadow I’ll take in my arms,I’ll break like jade on your prow. Like the poetic lines of Kim Dong-Myung, Gangneung is a city where quiet resonance and deep lingering emotions reside. His literature no longer stays confined within the pages of a book. Instead, his words have gently dissolved into the sea, the open fields, and the serene, timeless pathways of this beautiful region. Kim Dong-Myung Literary Museum Following the quiet, secluded paths of Sacheon-myeon, where the Kim Dong-Myung Literary Museum is located, the birthplace where the poet was born and raised quietly reveals itself. In the center of the courtyard stands a monument inscribed with his famous poem Pl...

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