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Experiencing Nature’s Great Epic on the Paradise Island of Hawaii

Special Project   [New Ways of Walking Through Cities ⑤] Experiencing Nature’s Great Epic on the Paradise Island of Hawaii   2025.05.07       Whether it’s surfing the waves at Waikiki Beach, hiking Diamond Head to feel the earth’s vitality, or snorkeling in Hanauma Bay, a beautiful volcanic crater, Hawaii’s great nature is an art in itself. Moreover, you can enjoy sensational artwork in Kaka’ako, a former factory turned art village, or spend peaceful time exploring the National Wildlife Refuge on Kauai, a pristine island home to many natural wonders. In particular, Waimea Canyon, the “Grand Canyon of the Pacific,” offers a deeply relaxing experience with the majesty of nature.Hawaii is a heavenly paradise that is considered a favorite vacation spot of the gods. In addition to the magnificent nature, you can also enjoy shopping at various shopping malls and culinary delights, such as Kona coffee, which is only grown in H...
  • VOL.82 / 2025.05
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The Era of High Exchange Rates and the Korean Publishing Market

Topic   The Era of High Exchange Rates and the Korean Publishing Market Readers ultimately respond to good content   2025.04.07   The structure of the Korean publishing market and translation-oriented publishing in the 1990s   I vividly remember the days when the Asian Financial Crisis hit Korea. The value of foreign currencies jumped one day. I waited for it to fall, but things didn’t go as expected. The value of foreign currencies continued to skyrocket, and the value of the Korean won plummeted. This was the situation in 1997. Until then, the Korean publishing market had been heavily dependent on importing translation rights to titles that could compete in Korea from overseas markets, mainly Japan and the English-speaking countries. In this climate, Korea was hit by the era of high exchange rates. By the time we had to pay the advance for a title contracted at 800 won per dollar, the exchange rate had nearly doubled to 1,600 won per ...
  • VOL.81 / 2025.04
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Cultural Empathy Blossoms in Japan: Korean Literature

Export Case   Cultural Empathy Blossoms in Japan: Korean Literature Shueisha’s story of the popularity and publication of Korean literature   2025.04.07     This article is written in Japanese. The original Japanese text is also included at the bottom of the article.   Shueisha (集英社) is a general publishing company founded in 1926. It has a wide range of publishing titles and businesses. It is particularly well known for teen and young adult comics, girls’ comics, and fashion magazines, including the Weekly Sh?nen Jump. In addition, it is active in publishing literary journals and novels. In the field of overseas literature, the company publishes books from various countries based on the belief that “We want to introduce good books from all over the world to our readers.” Among them, Korean literature has been gaining more and more attention in recent years. Starting with Park Min-Gyu’s Castella (Munhakdongne Publishin...
  • VOL.81 / 2025.04
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How New Writers Are Discovered in Korea: Shinchunmunye, Literary Awards, and Newly Emerging Pathways

Topic   How New Writers Are Discovered in Korea:Shinchunmunye, Literary Awards, and Newly Emerging Pathways   2025.03.10   At the award ceremony of shinchunmunye (annual spring literary contest), one of Korea’s representative systems for recognizing new writers, there is always a “congratulatory speech” delivered by the judges (mostly novelists, sometimes literary critics) to the winners. As a former literary reporter for a newspaper and then head of the Department of Culture, I have observed that every year, no matter who the judges are, there is always a certain message to the winners. Although you never can tell the future, I’m sure the same will also be true for next year’s shinchunmunye. The specific words vary by judge, but if I were to make it up, it would go something like this (which, of course, doesn’t even come close to the beautiful and moving words of the judges).   “Congratulations, you are now a writer. You mu...
  • VOL.80 / 2025.03
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A New Chapter in Korea-China Literary Exchange

Export Case   A New Chapter in Korea-China Literary Exchange Folio Culture’s Korean Book Localization Strategy   2025.03.10   Folio Culture (Beijing) has consistently focused on introducing and localizing Korean books in the fields of humanities, social sciences, and literature. In recent years, we have successfully brought several Korean works to the Chinese market through precise topic selection, cultural adaptation, and innovative promotion strategies, sparking widespread discussions on the social media platform Xiaohongshu. Below, we share our experiences in four key areas: topic selection strategy, localization practices, promotion strategy, and future plans.   Balancing Social Issues with Literary Value, Grounded in Shared East Asian Emotions, to Create a Dialogue Space for Chinese and Korean Youth   Capturing Social Resonance Points in Korean Literature   In recent years, Korean literature has shifted from grand narrati...
  • VOL.80 / 2025.03
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Two Masters of Modern Literature Who Spent Their Entire Lives Completely Immersed in Their Works

Book Trip   [A Trip to Literary Museums ⑩] Two Masters of Modern Literature Who Spent Their Entire Lives Completely Immersed in Their Works Nonsan-si, Chungcheongnam-do: Kim Hongshin House andGanggyeong Mountain Salt Literary House   2025.02.17   Any city has a history that builds up over time, like the rings of an old tree. Cities grow and transform like organisms, and along the way, they develop many stories. Those stories, in turn, are the source of an area’s image, energy, and sentiment. Nonsan-si, located in the hinterland of Chungcheongnam-do, is home to many cultural heritage sites, including the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Donam Seowon, Jonghagdang, and Myeongjae Historic House. There are also many other attractions, such as the beautiful Ganggyeong Port, which still retains traces of its prosperity through the years of modernization, and Tapjeong Reservoir and Suspension Bridge, where you can experience the feeling of walking on a lake. These places w...
  • VOL.79 / 2025.02
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AI Digital Textbook Policy and the Publishing Industry

Knowledge   AI Digital Textbook Policy and the Publishing Industry   2025.02.17         The “AI Digital Textbook” vision: 5 million textbooks for 5 million students!   “5 million textbooks for 5 million students.”   This is the vision set forth by the Ministry of Education, the main policy maker for national education in Korea, in June 2023 when it announced plans to promote AI digital textbooks. AI digital textbooks are textbooks loaded with various learning materials and learning aid features using intellectual information technology, such as AI, to support a variety of customized learning opportunities that match students’ abilities and levels. They are an innovative policy focusing on the pure mission of normalizing public education through educational transformation by using textbooks that incorporate AI, the most significant topic of the era.In accordance wit...
  • VOL.79 / 2025.02
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Spreading Its Wings To the World: The Seoul Letter Shop

Export Case   Spreading Its Wings To the World: The Seoul Letter Shop   2025.01.06   On October 12, 2023, I received an email from Shinwon Agency, Korea’s first copyright export agency. They wanted to meet me at the Frankfurt Book Fair. I was going to be there, so we agreed to meet on October 19. This was about a month after I had sent them a cold email looking for an export partner. Within that month, I sent them a cover letter for my publishing house, met with them to introduce my publication lineup, and passed on additional materials about the works they were interested in. Among them was a proposal for The Seoul Letter Shop (TXTY), including a synopsis.It felt interesting and fateful that two Korean companies would be meeting in Frankfurt on October 19, 2023, to talk about working together. Shinwon said that there was a lot of interest from Anglo-American partner agencies and offered an exclusive agreement for The Seoul Letter Shop. I was flabbe...
  • VOL.78 / 2025.01
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Leading the Renaissance of Modern Korean Literature Through Various Activities

Book Trip   [A Trip to Literary Museums ⑨] Leading the Renaissance of Modern Korean LiteratureThrough Various Activities Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do: Nojak Literature House   2025.01.06   The transformation of a city is sometimes more surprising and wondrous than sangjeonbyeokhae (桑田碧海), which is translated as “a field of mulberry trees transforms into a blue sea.” Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, is a large area straddling both the inland and the sea, and was once a small village connected to Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do. It was then transformed by the development of a large industrial complex and a new town. Stepping away from the dense factories and apartment complexes, Hwaseong is a city where you can feel the atmosphere of the sea with beautiful sunsets, as well as a city with a long history of cultural heritage. Among its many treasures is the Nojak Hong Sa-Yong Literature House, which breathes the spirit of culture and art into the city, elevating its character. We ...
  • VOL.78 / 2025.01
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Bringing Korean Voices to French Readers

Export Case   Bringing Korean Voices to French Readers   2024.12.02   Korean literature and Editions Picquier have a long story. We began publishing books from Asia nearly 40 years ago: Korea and its literature, virtually unknown in France at the time, have fascinated us from our earliest days. The first works we published - Kim Won Il’s Mr Lee’s Travel, KIM Song Dong’s Mandala, Yun Hung Kil’s The Mother - almost went unnoticed; it was challenging to bring readers into contact with a literature that was far removed from the habits and preoccupations of French readers. It was a literature that gave pride of place to cultural traditions, to the earth, to history. We thus decided to publish anthologies of short stories and essays to give French readers some reference points. This had a pedagogical purpose, establishing a foothold in Korean literature and presenting a more organized history to readers. More than 30 years ago, what was being published in France wa...
  • VOL.77 / 2024.12
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