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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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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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Export Prospects of Korean Books

Export Prospects of Korean Books KPIPA’s Choice for Supporting Abstract · Sample Translation   2017.10.10   Firefly Goes Poo Poo Poo 1. Publication Details Imprint | A Thousand Hopes Title | Firefly Goes Poo Poo Poo Author | Yoon, Yeo-Rim Illustrator | Cho, Won-Hee Format | 192*230 Binding | Hardcover Pages | 64pages ISBN | 979-11-87287-13-1   2. Contact Name | Kim Ji-yeon Phone | +82-31-955-5242 Email | jiyeony12@hanmail.net URL | http://blog.naver.com/athousandhope   3. About the Author / Illustrator Author: Yoon, Yeo-Rim Yoon once met a cheerful old lady called Bicky in San Diego. Bicky explained to Yoon that there are words in English that are made by combining two different words to create new meanings. It occurred to Yoon that Korean has such compound words as well, and she thought “Shall I search for some fun Korean compound words?” While searchin...
  • VOL.5 / 2017.10
[TREND / BOOK TRIP]

Hongdae, a neighborhood with a free and unique culture

Hongdae, a neighborhood with a free and unique culture   2019.08.05     When one hears the word 'Hongdae', they immediately think of the area's image, rather than the physical location. Hongdae is hard to put into just one word thanks to its unique and diverse culture. It's a location where new culture is made by people who turn away from the mundane and routine. This is why Hongdae is a good location to try out something new that hasn't existed previously.Hongdae is one of Seoul's key spots for young people. Hongdae's vibe and culture attract young people who are always looking for something new, and those young people, in turn, create Hongdae's image. There are bookstores in this unique area as well, tucked next to other unique shops, and this book trip is all about the bookstores in Hongdae, one of the top locations for tourists in Seoul.     Gyeonguiseon Book Alley   The word 'Hongdae' was first used to refer to the immediate area in front of Hongik U...
  • VOL.14 / 2019.08
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Essays that touch the heart

Essays that touch the heart Readers tired of their hectic lives take comfort in warm words   2019.07.08   Emotional essays that touch and 'heal' readers have seen no end to their popularity over the past several years. Works of writing that spell out everyday experiences and emotions in simple sentences as well as essays that provide comfort via narrators that are well-known animation characters have found immense demand from young readers in South Korea. 2018, in particular, was truly a year for these emotionally touching essays.   Pooh Bear, Happiness Happens Every Day, Every Moment Was You, Temperature of Language   According to 2018 bestseller data from online bookstore YES24, Pooh Bear, Happiness Happens Every Day (RH Korea) was the bestselling book last year. Two places behind this book was Every Moment Was You (Wisdom House) and in fifth place was Lee Ki-joo's Temperature of Language (Malgeulteo). Jeong Mun-jeong's How to Respond Smil...
  • VOL.13 / 2019.07
[INTERVIEW / KOREAN PUBLISHERS]

EunHaeng NaMu Publishing

EunHaeng NaMu Publishing Fun and touching books, books on the ages and the future   2019.10.07   Stories still entice people's imaginations. We live in an age inundated by images and videos, but despite this, everything circles back to stories in books made of paper and letters. This might be the reason why books are continuously being created ever since humans created written characters. And EunHaeng NaMu Publishing has a special talent for making stories that leave readers wanting for more.     Hi. It's good to meet you through K-Book Trends. We are aware that EunHaeng NaMu Publishing has made many efforts in publishing many stories in the form of novels and essays. Could you introduce EunHaeng NaMu Publishing to our readers?   After our establishment in 1997, we have published some 700 liberal arts and general education books of many genres including history, philosophy and science from inside and outside the country with the motto, 'fun and touching books,...
  • VOL.16 / 2019.10
[INTERVIEW / KOREAN AUTHORS]

Author Jo Jung-rae

Author Jo Jung-rae One of the nation's most revered novelists who has loved Korea and its people   2019.10.07   Jo Jung-rae is an author known for his piercing novels that shrewdly punch through contemporary Korean history. He has become one of South Korea's most revered novelists by telling the painful history of the country including Korea's colonial rule by Japan, the Korean War and military dictatorship through three novel series: Taebaek Mountain Range, Arirang and Han River.Jo's literary work has been acknowledged through countless accolades, including the Hyundae Munhak Award, the Korean Literature Award, Manhae Daesang, Danjae Literature Award and Noshin Literature Award. His novels have been adapted into comics, television dramas, movies and musicals, leaping beyond paper pages to touch audiences. Jo's work has also been translated into different languages, including English, French, German and Japanese and loved by readers around the world. Three years after releasi...
  • VOL.16 / 2019.10
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Feel the Street Vibes with Watercolor Painting

Let’s Try   Feel the Street Vibes with Watercolor Painting   2023.06.05   [Event]   Let’s Try introduces various useful, practical books published in Korea every month.Also, don’t miss gift events related to the introduced books!   Simply click on the link below to enter the event! Let’s Try!   Urban Watercolor Painting Book that Colors Your Heart- Written by Kim Young-Ran (Ddaengran), published by J-Pub     Paint the cozy corners of streets with a brush.Fill the ordinary, familiar streets with beautiful watercolors!   Kim Young-Ran (Ddaengran), who is a beloved painter (and now author) for her serene and sentimental watercolor paintings, came to meet readers with the coloring book Urban Watercolor Painting that Colors Your Heart. Including pictures that were popular on her Instagram and unreleased designs, the book guides readers to paint the beautifu...
  • VOL.59 / 2023.06
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Export Prospects of Korean Books

Export Prospects of Korean Books Export Prospects of Korean Books KPIPA’s Choice for Supporting Abstract · Sample Translation   2019.08.05   From Poetry 1. Publication Details Imprint | SANZINITitle | From PoetryAuthor | Choi YeongcheolGenre | LiteratureFormat | 140×205Binding | PaperbackPages | 224pagesISBN | 9788965455974   2. Contact Name | Kang SugeulPhone | +82-051-504-7070Email | sanzini@sanzinibook.comURL | https://sanzinibook.tistory.com/   3. Marketing Information Keyword | Poetry; poet; writing; poetry theory; essayTarget Readership | Adult   4. About the Author Kang made his literary debut in 1986 at the Hankook Ilbo Daily Spring Literary Competition. His published poetry anthologies include It’s drying up. It’s scattering, Rolled up, I sent a Gumjeongsan, Poke at, Whistle, Shadow Lake, and Sunbathing Furniture.Kang has also published a handwritten poetry anthology titled Th...
  • VOL.14 / 2019.08
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South Korea Book Exports

South Korea Book Exports Kyung-sook Shin's The Court Dancer Sold Into the United States   2017.10.10   South Korean author Kyung-sook Shin known for her acclaimed novel Please Look after Mom is about to become published in the United States once more. The novel in the limelight is The Court Dancer, which was first published in South Korea in 2007. The book is already sparking waves of curiosity as to how successful it will be in the United States as a historical novel by Shin that looks at the deep inner workings of man.   Cover art for the English version of 『The Court Dancer』 to be released in 2018   The English language rights for Kyung-sook Shin's The Court Dancer were sold into the United States. Shin is a New York Times bestseller and one of the recipients of the Man Asian Literary Prize and this will be her fourth book to be published in the United States after Please Look After Mom, I'll Be Right There and The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness....
  • VOL.5 / 2017.10
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