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[INFORMATION / AGENCY LIST]

Agency List Agency list 2023.07.03 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 Contacts • Kim jungsukE-mail : jskim@abbacomm.co.kr / Phone : +82-2-707-2103 / Regions : Asia, UK, USA • Han-gyul GoE-mail : abba@abbacomm.co.kr / Phone : +82-2-7...

VOL.60 / 2023.07

[TREND / EXPORT CASE]

Mexican Readers and Korean Literature

Export Case Mexican Readers and Korean Literature Korean Literature is the Promised Land of the Western Publishing Market 2023.08.07 Although Mexico and South Korea are on different continents and have many differences, they both have a history of fighting for their identity and country. While some events, such as the immigration of the first Korean community to Mexico in 1905, have been erased from Mexico’s official history (the historical debt is still being addressed), there is no arguing that the friendly relationship between the two countries is growing stronger every day as they find common ground.Korea has increasingly expanded its influence through its culture and entertainment industry to bring down the borders, and its music and TV series, especially the drama and action genres, have been favored by Latin American audiences, including Mexico. Latin American audiences have long been influenced by the United States in their approach to universal hu...

VOL.61 / 2023.08

[TREND / BOOK TRIP]

Where the Children from the Book Children of Kwaeng-I-Bu-Ri Village Used to Play

Book Trip [Into the Book ①] Where the Children from the BookChildren of Kwaeng-I-Bu-Ri Village Used to Play Mansuk-dong, Dong-gu, Incheon: Time Travel with the Book 2023.08.07 Children of Kwaeng-I-Bu-Ri Village The Kwaeng-i-bu-ri Village is the oldest poor neighborhood in Incheon. (...)Over the years, the village turned from a forest of pine trees into a factory townfull of smokestacks and shanty houses. Children of Kwaeng-I-Bu-Ri Village (Changbi Publishers), published in 2000, is a children’s book featuring the life of twin sisters Sook-Hee (the main character) and Sook-Ja living in a poor daldongne neighborhood. The word “daldongne” means a poor village situated on the slopes of a hill in Korea, and it is said to have deriven from its proximity to the moon. It is widely known that Kim Jung-Mi, the writer, had once run a s...

VOL.61 / 2023.08

[INFORMATION / NEW BOOKS]

Together, and There Shall be the Path

New Books Together, and There Shall be the Path 2023.06.05 “There is warmth that does not ignore pain while ferociously confronting reality.”- Former president Moon Jae-In’s recommendationA keen but warm “diagnosis of labor in Korea,” Together, and There Shall be the Path A collection of writings by Lee Sang-Heon, Director of the Employment Policy Department of the International Labor Organization (ILO), contemplates labor in Korea and suggests new hope. Our society makes laborers fight against each other with the excuse that we want faster development.It forces people to take sides, and puts up fences.It exploits the laborers, saying that there’s no other option.Infinite competition, forced efforts, and classification of labor...Do these give us truly happy lives?The writer says that if we stop fighting against each other and hold hands and bond instead, it will create ...

VOL.59 / 2023.06

[TREND / ONE-LINER QUOTES]

Radio DJ’s Pick

One-Liner Quotes Radio DJ’s Pick 2023.08.07 Lee Hyun-Gyung is a newscaster at SBS, a radio PD and DJ, a sports-caster, and an MC on a TV program. She is also working as an essay writer, publishing three books such as Feeling Like Nothing (Needlebook), What Do You Think About at Dawn, When Everyone’s Asleep? (Bookisbab), and Little Happiness in My Life (Gipennamu). The primary audience of the radio program “Lee Hyun-Gyung’s Musictopia,” in which I’m taking part as a DJ and producer, are those awake late at night. People who are emotionally hurt by others, fight with their husband or wife, have trouble communicating with their children, and feel bad for their parents for not making contact often, turn on the radio. Then, they share their stories about regretting the past, worrying about the present, and being anxious about the future, through text messages or the online bulletin board. As I am living a not-so-different lif...

VOL.61 / 2023.08

[INFORMATION / BEST SELLERS]

2nd Week, May 2023

Best Sellers 2nd Week, May 2023 Best seller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2023.06.05 Books that deeply observe others’ lives and experiences caught the eyes of readers in May across various genres. First up, in the midst of the self-help book craze, writer Song Hee-Gu, who drew attention with the Story of Department Head Kim, Who Has a House in Seoul and Works at a Large Company (Seosamdok) series, returned with a new title My Rich High School Friend. Featuring a story where the protagonist reunites with a successful friend and gets a glimpse into the secrets of success in his life, the book freshly took the format of a novel while being a self-help book. Meanwhile, the book Lee Ji-Sung’s 10,000 Kilometers is non-fiction that talks about the journey of a North Korean defector, which is not commonly known among the public. This book tells the story of North Korean defectors’ harrowing escapes from their country through the eyes of ...

VOL.59 / 2023.06

[TREND / TOPIC]

The 2023 Seoul International Book Fair and the K-Book Copyright Market

Topic The 2023 Seoul International Book Fair andthe K-Book Copyright Market On-site Report on Hot Issues in the Copyright Market 2023.07.03 The “National Book Fair,” which began in 1954, was upgraded to an international book fair in 1995 and became the “Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF).” I joined the publishing industry in 1995 as a copyright agent, and attended the SIBF for the first time in the same year. It was named an “international” book fair, but there were a few booths from overseas publishers as well as other international publishers or agents that participated as individual guests. Time has passed since then, and this year, the SIBF marked its 29th anniversary.Hosted by the Korean Publishers Association, this year’s SIBF was successfully held in COEX located in Samsung-dong, Seoul, over five days from June 14 to 18. With a history of almost half a century, it proved itself as the hub of the Asian publishing market, and a pillar that pla...

VOL.60 / 2023.07

[INFORMATION / KOREAN TRANSLATOR]

XIAO ZHUANG

Korean Translator XIAO ZHUANG 2023.06.05 Profile • Korean-Chinese translator • E-mail: luoluoeddy@hotmail.com Education • Ph.D., Interpretation and Translation, Ewha Womans University • Ms, Multicultural Education, Seoul National University of Education Training • Bilingual Instructor Training Course, Seoul National University of Education, 2009 • Special Course (Chinese), Literature Translation Institute of Korea, 2009 • Intensive Course (Chinese), Literature Translation Institute of Korea, 2010 • Translation Atelier (Chinese), Literature Translation Institute of Korea, 2011-2015 Courses (given at the Literature Translation Institute of Korea) ...

VOL.59 / 2023.06

[TREND / SPECIAL PROJECT]

My Brilliant Life

Special Project [Book & Media ⑥] My Brilliant Life The Story of the Youngest Parent and the Oldest Child 2023.07.03 The three family members move through the world at a different pace than everyone else.The joy of life, the thrill of love, and the fear of death... make life brilliant in different ways.And the meaning of life and death, and family and love, is found within. The book My Brilliant Life (Changbi) is the first full-length novel by writer Kim Ae-Ran, who captured readers’ hearts with her short-story collections such as Run, Father (Changbi) and Mouthwatering (Munji Books). Beloved by readers for more than 10 years since its publication in 2011, the book features the story of a couple who have their child at a young age and sacrifice their youth to raise him. The child has an incurable disease called progeria and is expected to face an early death. Delivering insights into life and love through her unique, simple, and beautifu...

VOL.60 / 2023.07

[TREND / EXPORT CASE]

Bringing Hwang Sun-Mi books to Türkçe Readers

Export Case Bringing Hwang Sun-Mi books to Türkçe Readers 2023.07.03 In recent years the Korean wave has reached Türkiye through K-Pop, Korean meals, Korean movies and TV series, manga, and comics. As the Korean culture is very interesting to young people in Türkiye, we wanted to be a part of it by building a bridge by translating stories of talented Korean authors. As Genç Timaş, the teen imprint of Timaş Publishing House, we translate from many different languages, and it was the right time for Korean.To tell about the success of Hwang Sun-Mi titles in Türkiye, I should start with the day I read The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly (SAKYEJUL). This book has something magical. Its effect is so impressive that the whole week the hen makes you think about her. When I told the story in our editorial board meeting, everyone was impressed and excited about telling the story of the Hen to Türkçe readers. Hwang Sun-Mi finds a perfect way to tell the story ...

VOL.60 / 2023.07

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