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Gangseo Miracle Library, Busan

Book Trip   [Beautiful Library in Korea ③] Gangseo Miracle Library, Busan A Memoir of Happy Days When Books, Nature, and People Harmonized   2022.04.04   The biggest port city of Korea, Busan, which embraces the blue sea, is known to be the best vacation spot for people. Busan is filled with attractions like wide-open sea, time-engraved historical sites, and impressive places you can discover like you find hidden objects from a picture. Those places give you a sense of relief from daily lives and room to rest and recharge. To pick the best way to enjoy peace during a vacation is to read books as if there is nothing one has to do. Is that why Busan has many public libraries and boasts a high usage rate? Out of numerous libraries, Gangseo Miracle Library, which was built as part of the Miracle Library project (Children's library construction project that has been promoted in various regions across the country), recorded the highest utilization rate am...
  • VOL.45 / 2022.04
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Anyang Pavilion (Books on Contemporary Public Art)

Book Trip   [Beautiful Library in Korea ②] Anyang Pavilion(Books on Contemporary Public Art) A Heavenly Harmony of Rest, Nature, and Global Art Pieces   2022.03.07   Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, is a city of art. It hosts Anyang Public Art Project (APAP) every 3 years, which is the only public art festival in Korea, with Anyang-si as background. The APAP is a project where the city cooperates with artists from around the world to interpret and turn the changing context and environment of a modern city like Anyang, including its history, culture, landscape, and development, into various public artworks such as pure art, sculpture, structure, design, and performance. It also turns the city itself into a gallery so that the citizens can enjoy art in daily life. Anyang Pavilion, is the only library specialized in public art in Korea, being a special cultural complex that serves as both a library and an art exhibition hall. Let’s meet Anyang Pavilion, a library that deli...
  • VOL.44 / 2022.03
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Art Library Of Uijeongbu

Book Trip   [Beautiful Library in Korea ①] Art Library Of Uijeongbu A Public platform serving as both library and art gallery   2022.02.14     Recently, libraries that offer more than reading experiences have been springing up across the country. Art Library of Uijeongbu, opened in November 2019, combined the different areas of library and art gallery, boasting a great deal of beauty and practicality both in the exterior and interior of the building. The library plays the roles of not just a library but an art gallery in Uijeongbu city which hasn’t run its own art gallery before. The opening was great news for residents longing for cultural infrastructure. When searching for art reference materials, residents were often reliant on reading rooms in art museums such as the National Museum of Contemporary Art, where lending and accessing books were challenging. But, the opening of the Art Library of Uijeongbu now allows anyone to borrow ...
  • VOL.43 / 2022.02
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The Korean Book Importing Success Story of AST, a Russian Publisher

Export Case   The Korean Book Importing Success Story of AST, a Russian Publisher The Weakest Spirit in the World by Kim Dong-sik   2022.01.03   The story behind the Russian edition of The Weakest Spirit in the World (Yodabooks) by Kim Dong-sik is not very common for a commercial publisher. Still, I hope it could help small and niche imprints that prefer building long-lasting relations with their readers to a hit-and-run strategy.   Cover of The Weakest Spirit in the World, Russian edition     At Lingua, we predominantly publish textbooks, dictionaries, etc., for those learning foreign languages. In late 2016, our first Korean textbook came out to test our hypothesis and became a huge success, so we devised a concise publication strategy for this language. To our great surprise, few Korean literary translations were published at the time. We decided to exert ourselves as learning the language als...
  • VOL.42 / 2022.01
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SpringSunshine Publishing Co.

Korean Publishers   SpringSunshine Publishing Co. Warm Spring Sunshine for Every Child   2023.07.03   SpringSunshine Publishing Co. is a publishing house specializing in children’s and young adult books. It has been devoted to delivering stories to its readers by publishing about 150 titles over the past 11 years since it was established in 2012. While SpringSunshine Publishing Co. covers heartwarming stories for children like the spring sunlight, it has also been making books that discuss social issues or problems that we need to ponder. It also actively communicates with readers by attending numerous events and spreads the philosophical idea embedded in the books to society by donating its profits and books to children through various channels. Following is an interview with SpringSunshine Publishing Co., which has been doing its best to make the world a healthier and happier place for children to live in.   Logo of SpringSunshine Pu...
  • VOL.60 / 2023.07
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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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South Korea’s Library Status

South Korea’s Library Status   2018.07.31   Libraries form the base of the public’s reading activity. They also play a role in the publication market as they buy various reading materials to provide to the public. According to the 2017 South Korean Library Almanac by the culture ministry and the Korean Library Association, there were three national libraries in South Korea as of end-2016, 1,010 public libraries(92 children’s libraries), 5,914 small libraries, 48 libraries for the disabled, 53 libraries in correctional facilities, 1,877 adjunct libraries(check), 461 university libraries(221 in four-year institutions), 11,625 libraries in elementary, middle and high schools(6,132 in elementary schools, 3,152 in middle schools and 2,341 in high schools) and 602 specialized libraries. In total there were 21,593 libraries nationwide.   If you look at just the numbers they may seem large, but there is a Korean aspect that needs to be considered. Aside South Korea’s basic l...
  • VOL.11 / 2018.07
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Export Prospects of Korean Books

Export Prospects of Korean Books KPIPA’s Choice for Supporting Abstract · Sample Translation   2019.09.09   Fantasy Fixer 1. Publication Details Imprint | BIR Publishing Co., Ltd.Title | Fantasy FixerAuthor | Kang MinjeongIllustrator | Kim ReahyeonGenre | children’s storyFormat | 130×190Binding | Hard coverPages | 232pagesISBN | 9788965483755   2. Contact Name | Claire YangPhone |  +82-2-515-2000Email | claire@bir.co.krURL | http://bir.co.kr/   3. Marketing Information Keyword | children’s fiction; fantasy fiction; mysteryTarget Readership | age 6 to 12   4. About the Author Author - Kang MinjeongKang Minjeong made her debut as a writer with Fantasy Fixer and Fantasy Fixer 2: Suspicious Creator. Illustrator - Kim ReahyeonKim Reahyeon previously wrote A Litter Bit of Change and illustrated Cleaning Out My Wardrobe on Weekends.   5. About the Book Winner of No.1 Marshmallow Fi...
  • VOL.15 / 2019.09
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Where Korean readers meet books (3)

Where Korean readers meet books (3) Libraries transform into cultural spaces   2017.11.01   Bookstores and libraries globally have been attempting to transform themselves. These locations are no longer places for people to just read or buy books, but spaces where visitors can enjoy culture, various events and take some time to stretch their legs. Reading books is often compared to traveling different worlds and this month's webzine looks at three special libraries that all strive to become cultural spaces with unique themes.     1. Science and books come together at KAOS Bookpark     Jen Campbell, author of Bookshop Story says early on in her book, "Bookstores are time machines, spaceships, story makers, secret keepers, dragon tamers, dream catchers, fact finders and safe places." The author of this article would like to say the following about the bookpark to be introduced. "Bookparks are analog-form spaces consisting of books, bookcases, comfortabl...
  • VOL.6 / 2017.11
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