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A Society Easily Hurt: Readers In Search of Emotional Essays

A Society Easily Hurt: Readers In Search of Emotional Essays   2018.05.30   A list of bestselling books at times can be perceived as a miniature version of a society. Especially at times like now when far fewer people are buying books, the act of purchasing a book reflects a person's strong want to own a book even at the expense of paying one's hard-earned money. Not only do trendy books sell, but books that accurately secure society's general flow and emotions do well. From that perspective, looking at bestsellers becomes an act of analysis into a society.       At present time in 2018, emotional essays are seeing no end to their fame in South Korean bookstores. For industry leaders like Kyobo Book Centre and Aladin last year, the bestselling book in 2017 was Lee Ki-ju's Temperature of Language. The book shows very well the author's career as a speech writer for the presidential office following years as a journalist. Previously, Lee was known for his books o...
  • VOL.9 / 2018.05
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K-Book in Berlin

K-Book in Berlin M&K's Monica Gu talks South Korean books   2019.09.09     It is rare for German publishers to release South Korean books.Considering this, the first exhibition for South Korean books in Germany, K-Book in Berlin embarked on a mission to spread the word about great South Korean books.     It's been three years since I came to Germany for personal reasons. As I run a publishing company in South Korea, I visit bookstores and libraries in Germany often in search of good ideas for publications. Naturally, I found myself seeking out South Korean books translated into German, and I found Han Kang's The Vegetarian (Changbi) and Jeong You-jeong's Seven Years of Darkness (Eunhaengnamu). The Literature Translation Institute of Korea played a huge role in getting these books to German readers, but usually it is rare for German publishers to publish South Korean books all on their own. Being aware of many excellent books in S...
  • VOL.15 / 2019.09
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Characteristics of South Korean Web Novel Platforms and Ventures Overseas

Characteristics of South Korean Web Novel Platforms and Ventures Overseas From a Community Into a Medium:South Korea's Web Novel Platforms Evolve   2017.9.11   There is a Korean phrase that goes: pearls are only good when they have been strung together. It means even if you have good resources, they will be of little good if you don't use them properly. South Korean genre literature used to be like this. There were many talented authors who could write genre literature and fans who wished to read it, even if their numbers fell short of other countries where genre literature developed far sooner than South Korea like Japan, the United States and places in Europe. However, there was not a platform for them to converge together. There were many reasons why South Korean genre literature took so long in taking off but one of the biggest was the lack of a means of communication between authors and readers. Another was the absence of a platform on which authors could make serial po...
  • VOL.4 / 2017.09
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South Korean bestsellers in September

South Korean bestsellers in September Bestsellers at South Korea's biggest online bookstores, Interpark and Kyobo Book Centre   2019.10.07   Comparing online bestsellers at South Korea's Interpark and Kyobo Book Centre in the second week of September shows the same books have mostly been included on their top-selling lists. Books including Normal Siblings 1, 2, One Day I Became a Princess (luxury limited edition) and You Can Fix Your Brain were all among the top 10 bestselling books in September, showing how popular they were.Among the bestsellers at Interpark and Kyobo Book Centre, Kim Young-ha's Why Travel drew intrigue. Why Travel is now marking its fifth month after release and despite this, it was the fifth bestselling book at both Interpark and Kyobo Book Centre, showing it has been consistently loved by readers. 90's Kids Are Coming also made it onto the bestseller lists after being recommended by the South Korean president while both parts of Seol Min-seok's Roman...
  • VOL.16 / 2019.10
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South Korea's November Bestsellers

South Korea's November Bestsellers Aggregate data as of the first week of October   2017.11.01   The Nobel Prize in Literature 2017   The first week of October is always called the season of the Nobel prize. Every year around this time, the Nobel prize committee convenes in Sweden to announce the winners in six different categories. This year on Oct. 5, the 117th Nobel Prize in Literature was given to Kazuo Ishiguro. According to Interpark Books, Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, one of his most famous novels, reached the top of their bestseller list the next day as soon as readers heard of the Nobel Prize news. Sales of the author's books in general soared in the days following the Nobel Prize announcement from Oct. 6 to 12, trouncing previous sales figures for the author which had been comparatively low. Also, Nudge, by Richard Thaler who was this year'srecipient of the Nobel Prize in economics saw a spike in demand around the same time.     In the ca...
  • VOL.6 / 2017.11
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Busan

Busan A City You Meet by walking its streets and crossing its bridges   2019.09.09     Busan. Frequently referred to as 'the second-largest city in South Korea' but these words don’t do the city justice. Of course, when it comes to objective data like population or the size of the economy, the description is true, but it would be regretful to leave the city's description at that single sentence, as Busan has its own unique culture. That uniqueness only grows in the oldest parts of the city. This is why one should walk through the streets and cross bridges to take a true look at Busan.     Travel into layers of time     The oldest and most cultural area of Busan is surely Bosu-dongA very old story that started during the time of the Korean War is continuing today.     For the longest time, Busan served more as an industrial city than a travel destination. It is a port city that leads to the Pacific...
  • VOL.15 / 2019.09
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Export Prospects of Korean Books

Export Prospects of Korean Books KPIPA’s Choice for Supporting Abstract · Sample Translation   2019.10.07   Flowers That Never Bloomed 1. Publication Details Imprint | Humanist Publishing Group inc.Title | Flowers That Never BloomedSubtitle | The unfinished art lessons of the Korean women who were sex slaves to the Japanese Imperial Army.Author | Lee KyungshinGenre | Humanities and Social ScienceFormat | 145×190Binding | PaperbackPages | 304pagesISBN | 9791160801477   2. Contact Name | Choe InyoungPhone | +82-70-7842-9409Email | iy2001@humanistbooks.comURL | www.humanistbooks.com   3. Marketing Information Keyword | History; The World War II; The Japanese Imperial Army; Comfort Women; The Japanese Imperial Army Sex Slave; The Korea-Japan Relations; Art Therapy   4. About the Author The author majored in painting at Hongik University. For five years starting from 1993, she carried on art l...
  • VOL.16 / 2019.10
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South Korea's Publishing Industry in H1 2019 and Forecasts for H2

South Korea's Publishing Industry in H1 2019 and Forecasts for H2 Local publishing industry issues seen through bestseller and reader data analyses   2019.08.05   What kind of changes took place in the first half of 2019 for South Korea's publishing industry? First of all, typical for the first six months of every year, there were many books that looked back on the previous year and set new goals for the current year. Books that carried serious ruminations about life were snapped up by readers. And for the first time in a long time, liberal arts books -mostly philosophical books, did better than books in other categories. Befitting the age of new media, various programs introducing books could be seen on television, YouTube and podcasts. Also, due to a controversy over the Korean language section of South Korea's national college entrance exam last year, educational books on the Korean language saw a surge in interest. This year will mark the 100th anniversary of the March 1 ...
  • VOL.14 / 2019.08
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Setting South Korean Works on the World's Literary Stage

Setting South Korean Works on the World's Literary Stage The 2017 Global Korean Literature Translation Award   2017.12.01   For Korean literature exports   In terms of the number of speakers, Korean is the 12th most spoken language in the world. After 100 years in the making, South Korea's modern literature has many treasures. When considering the quantity or quality of South Korea's literary works published every year, it is only fitting they receive the interest of the world.It is very important for a country's survival or prosperity that it become a loved country by the world, a respected country. This, however, cannot be obtained through economic power alone. The power of culture and arts must back the country.   The global potential of South Korea's cultural arts has already been proved through K-pop. South Korea’s movies, music and television dramas have gained popularity in many parts of the world. The terms 'K-beauty' 'K-food' have alre...
  • VOL.7 / 2017.12
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North Korea Seen Through Books, and the Unification of the Korean Peninsula

North Korea Seen Through Books, and the Unification of the Korean Peninsula   2019.08.05   On the last day of June this year, a historic event happened in the border village of Panmunjom straddling the two Koreas when the leaders of the United States and North Korea met for the first time. Just a mere 62 km away from Seoul, this location was where the ceasefire armistice was signed in July 1953 to put a stop to the Korean War that had raged for three years between North and South Korea. Although U.S. President Donald Trump stepped over to North Korea for just a minute and met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for 53 minutes, the image of the two men shaking hands heightened hopes that the Korean peninsula could move further towards denuclearization and peace. There are several books that address this reality on the Korean peninsula that have received much interest from the publishing industry in South Korea. Books that help children and adolescents understand the reality o...
  • VOL.14 / 2019.08
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