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Not just comfort and empathy, but anxiety and fear: Pay Attention to K-Horror

Topic   Not just comfort and empathy, but anxiety and fear: Pay Attention to K-Horror     2026.03     Healing and Zombies   In the Bag   For the past few years, the mainstream of Korean genre literature has undeniably been "healing." Healing fantasy, set in familiar spaces such as convenience stores, bookstores, and antique shops, offered solace to Korean readers weary of individualism. Messages like "You are not alone in your struggles" and "We are looking toward the light together" were sweet and comforting. However, where there is bright light, there are also deep shadows. No matter how much we comfort one another, we remain beings who must ultimately compete alone in a cold, harsh reality. To make matters worse, the pandemic that struck like a tidal wave...
  • VOL.92 / 2026.03
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Export Case: Jeong Hae-Yeon’s Success in Thailand

Export Case   Export Case: Jeong Hae-Yeon’s Success in Thailand   2026.01.05   Introduction of Eric Yang Agency   Founded thirty years ago, Eric Yang Agency is now widely known as one of Korea’s leading literary agencies for introducing international translated titles to the domestic market, including the Harry Potter series and JUSTICE: What’s the Right Thing To Do?. Less widely known, however, is that the agency has also achieved significant results in exporting Korean books to overseas markets for more than two decades. Over twenty years ago, Eric Yang Agency established a branch in China, and today it exports Korean titles across Asia through its offices in Taiwan and Thailand, as well as through local Eric Yang agents based in each market. Building on this stable Asian foundation, the agency has recently expanded its efforts to export Korean books more broadly, including to English-language and European markets. In addition to handling global rights ...
  • VOL.90 / 2026.01
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The Expansion of Korea’s Picture Book Market

Knowledge   The Expansion of Korea’s Picture Book Market   2026.01.05   At some point, Korean picture books began making headlines. Korean authors are now frequent winners of Italy’s Bologna Ragazzi Award, one of the most prestigious prizes in the field. They have also produced award recipients of the Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (BIB) Award?one of the world’s oldest international picture book festivals, launched in 1967?as well as Sweden’s Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, often described as the Nobel Prize in children’s literature; the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest honor bestowed upon authors and illustrators of children’s literature; and France’s most prestigious children’s literature prize, the Prix Sorci?res. Plus, countless Korean picture books have been exported to countries around the world, earning the love of readers internationally. Most importantly, picture books have become central to Korea’s reading culture, ...
  • VOL.90 / 2026.01
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Jane Lawson, Publishing Director at Doubleday, Talks About Korean Literature

Export Case   Jane Lawson, Publishing Director at Doubleday,Talks About Korean Literature   2025.11.03   Just a decade ago, there was a prevailing belief that Korean literature could not be globalized because of linguistic and translational barriers. However, with the improvement of translation and global readers’ growing eagerness for a wider range of stories, Korean content began to draw closer to them. It eventually settled in as its own genre under the name “K-content,” now recognized worldwide. Korean literature, in particular, proved this trend with Han Kang’s Nobel Prize in Literature. Yet, many Korean works remain undiscovered internationally. At the “2025 Copyright Export Support Program,” organized by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI) this past September, we met Jane Lawson, publishing director at Doubleday, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK, and discussed Korean literature.   ...
  • VOL.88 / 2025.11
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Crafting Connections Through Korean Literature: Books Curated and Translated by BACA Publishing House

Export Case   Crafting Connections Through Korean Literature:Books Curated and Translated by BACA Publishing House   2025.02.17   In 2016, Han Kang became the first Korean author to win the International Booker Prize for her novel The Vegetarian (Changbi Publishers). This triumph also marked a milestone for BACA, a young but feisty publishing house from Indonesia. In February 2017, just a month before celebrating its first birthday, BACA took a bold step by publishing The Vegetarian, followed by Human Acts (Changbi Publishers), another brilliant novel by Han Kang.   Human Acts and The Vegetarian     From that point on, BACA began to consistently publish K-books, initially focusing on literary fiction, including The Hole (Moonji Publishing) by Pyun Hye-young, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly (SAKYEJUL PUBLISHING) and The Dog Who Dared to Dream (imazubooks) by Hwang Sun-mi, among others. The themes in contemporary Korean...
  • VOL.79 / 2025.02
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What Comes After Today’s Korean-Style Healing Novels?

Topic   What Comes After Today’s Korean-Style Healing Novels?   2024.10.07   “While the so-called ‘Korean style healing novels’ are selling well these days, trends always change. This craze will be replaced with a new trend sooner or later.” Barbara J. Zitwer, a literary agent working across English-speaking countries, said so in a recent interview. Zitwer is an American who has been exporting Korean literature overseas for about 20 years and is often referred to as a “Korean literature ambassador.” She explains that the phenomenon of Korean-style healing novels being so popular not only in Korea, but also abroad, is something that may change at any time soon. “At first, everyone read pure literature,” she said, “and then the trend shifted to healing novels.” While it may seem that the popularity of Korean literature across all genres has grown on the surface, Zitwer says that international readers switched genres when they got tired of...
  • VOL.75 / 2024.10
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Korean Readers’ Picks in the First Half of 2024

Topic   Korean Readers’ Picks in the First Half of 2024   2024.09.02   According to the “2023 National Reading Survey” announced by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism in Korea, the overall reading rate was observed to be 43.0%, the lowest since the survey was initiated in 1994. This means that 6 out of 10 adults don’t even read a single e-book or audiobook, let alone a paper book. The shrinking of the reading population, which forms the foundation for the publishing market, and the aging population have been issues in Korea for quite a long time. However, it was indeed a shocking figure for the publishing industry as it expected to see a steady increase in the reading population since it enjoyed a boom during the pandemic compared to other industries.In the first half of the year, the reduction in newly published titles, driven by a contracting publishing market, alongside the enduring popularity of long-time bestsellers, played a si...
  • VOL.74 / 2024.09
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Dreaming of a Different Peace as We Depart from Houyhnhnms

Topic   Dreaming of a Different Peace as We Depart from Houyhnhnms   2024.08.05   The 2024 Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF) has concluded with great success. During the peak hours when the crowd surged, I found myself in a state of constant anxiety, hoping that everything would go smoothly. As visitors queued up, stretching so far that the end of the line was out of sight, and the temperature inside rose, making the air conditioning struggle, my heart tightened. Yet, now I breathe a sigh of relief that the event ended without major incidents.   Main posters of 2024 SIBF     Challenges in preparing for the 2024 Seoul International Book Fair   This year’s preparation for the Seoul International Book Fair was fraught with challenges. Traditionally held in Hall A on the first floor of COEX, we were informed last year to reduce the event...
  • VOL.73 / 2024.08
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Agency List

  Agency List   Agency List     2026.05     Abba Communication Ltd.   Launched as a translation and interpretation agency in 204, Abba Communication (Abba here after) now also acts as a copyright agency. Abba supports young Korean publishers who are aspiring to build experiences in moving on to the international market, providing consultation on the way until they become global. Abba’s special forte is its excellent professional team with expertise in re-writing and/or editing synopses and introductions into texts both competitive and persuasive. Other services Abba provides include translating original materials and creating promotional texts.   Focused Subjects  LiberalArts : Biography, Management, Negotiation ...
  • VOL.94 / 2026.05
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Agency List

  Agency List   Agency List     2026.04     Abba Communication Ltd.   Launched as a translation and interpretation agency in 204, Abba Communication (Abba here after) now also acts as a copyright agency. Abba supports young Korean publishers who are aspiring to build experiences in moving on to the international market, providing consultation on the way until they become global. Abba’s special forte is its excellent professional team with expertise in re-writing and/or editing synopses and introductions into texts both competitive and persuasive. Other services Abba provides include translating original materials and creating promotional texts.   Focused Subjects  LiberalArts : Biography, Management, Negotiation &n...
  • VOL.93 / 2026.04
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