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Successful Publication Cases of Korean Children’s Books in China

Export Case   Successful Publication Cases of Korean Children’s Books in China The joy of Korean children’s books is explained by “The Magic Elephant Books,”the children’s book imprint of Guangxi Normal University Press Group   2023.12.04   Since around 2000, Korean picture books have developed in a variety of ways, with increasingly rich materials and better illustrations, beginning to have an international presence. This led to a series of Korean children’s books being imported into China around 2010. In particular, the “Survival” series on scientific facts, published in China in 2013, attracted great attention in the children’s book industry and generated huge sales, triggering a boom in Korean book imports in China. Plus, with the winning of the Hans Christian Andersen Awards by Korean writers Baek Hee-Na and Suzy Lee, the fever of Korean book imports continues to this day.   * K-Book Trends Vol. 26 ? Go to the interview with wr...
  • VOL.65 / 2023.12
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“Restructuring of Family” Becoming Inevitable

Topic   “Restructuring of Family” Becoming Inevitable   2023.04.03   Korea has risen from a poor country to a rich country with a per capita income of 30 thousand dollars in just half a century. With such an astonishing economic development upfront, many parts of society have been transforming rapidly. It’s no exception for families. Recently, there have been voices from parts of Korean society that the structure of the “family” should be re-engineered from the bottom. More books in the publishing market have begun to discuss the “restructuring of family.”   Changes in Gender Norms in Korean Society   Korean society has undergone rapid industrialization and urbanization in the 1960s and 70s. This spurred a fast transition from the traditional way of having big patriarchal families to nuclear families. However, nuclear families still had some patriarchal elements left, and men-focused gender roles were maintained. Also, while there was no sturdy s...
  • VOL.57 / 2023.04
[TREND / BOOK TRIP]

Seoul Metropolitan Library

Book Trip   [Book Spaces in Korean Media ③] Seoul Metropolitan Library A Historical Space Featured in Films and Dramas   2022.12.05   Located in the center of Seoul, there is a special place near City Hall Station that boasts the history of Seoul. The Seoul Metropolitan Library was reborn as a space of books and culture for citizens after being used as the city hall during the Japanese occupation of Korea. As the library was used as the background for the popular Korean variety show “Running Man” and the music video of PSY’s “Gentleman,” which led the Korean Wave, it has been a frequently-visited tourist destination for people from around the world. The building of the Seoul Metropolitan Library, which countless people have visited throughout its history, also has a tremendous aura. Just in front of the library is Seoul Plaza, where you can find various groups of people, from busy office workers to foreign tourists taking photographs. Here i...
  • VOL.53 / 2022.12
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Cultural Anthropologist, Professor Chohan Haejoang

Special Project   [Korean Scholars ⑪] Cultural Anthropologist, Professor Chohan Haejoang A Devoted Intellectual of Our Time   2022.11.07   Our society is multicultural, with so many different cultures interwoven. Cultures surrounding each individual are diverse in areas such as generation, gender, and education. Looking at various cultures from a broader perspective is necessary to understand a society. Here, cultural anthropologist and professor Chohan Haejoang has made a meaningful impact on this multicultural era as a scholar that reads the generational changes and produces practical results. Following is an introduction of professor Chohan, who has been creating the venue for public debate and cooperation with each step she takes, as well as communicating with readers through various books she has written.       Towards a Harmonized World   After graduating from the Departmen...
  • VOL.52 / 2022.11
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The “Healing Fiction” Fever

Topic   The “Healing Fiction” Fever Trending: Fiction With the Theme of Healing Space   2022.10.04   Because I work in a book review team in a press agency, I meet dozens of books every week. And, recently, novels with similar designs and colors caught my attention, and I collected them on one side of the office. Then, one day, one of my colleagues from another team came to say hello, saw the stacks, and asked, “What are they? Are they a series?” Oh, yes. They may appear to belong to the same series, as they are so similar - in terms of atmosphere, not context. Every book seems to be indistinguishable from the others. Their warm color tone, and the “thing.” They all have some “house” drawn on their covers. So, even though people say that this is the generation of non-book-readers, I thought that it was worthy enough to write an article about this phenomenon as there must be a reason for their commonality.In fact, articles about this trend have been around...
  • VOL.51 / 2022.10
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Imagination Sketched in Colored Pencils: The Pencil by Author Kim Hyeeun

Korean Authors   Imagination Sketched in Colored Pencils:The Pencil by Author Kim Hyeeun     2026.05     Trees are felled whenever a pencil is made. Author Kim Hyeeun is a picture book author who reflects on the sacrifice of trees. Her book, The Pencil, was born from a heart that cherishes both art and nature. We interviewed Kim Hyeeun, an author who cares deeply for both her craft and the environment, to explore her imagination and thoughts.   The Pencil         Q. Was there a specific inspiration that led you to write The Pencil?   The Pencil is my very first book. I felt a lot of pressure and spent much time worrying about how to fully capture my own thoughts in my debut picture book. At first, I tried to create a story around grand and flashy subjects, but those attempts felt like wearing someone else’s clothes...
  • VOL.94 / 2026.05
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2nd Week, August 2023

Best Sellers   2nd Week, August 2023 Bestseller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea   2023.09.04   August in South Korea can be a challenging month with hot days, but it’s also exciting for students and office workers as it means summer break and vacations. A variety of books for different tastes made it to the integrated list of bestsellers with summer vacations coming up, but two fiction titles stood out. The fourth on the list, Even with the Dimmest Light, is a new novel by Choi Eun-Young, who enters the 10th year of her career this year. The book, consisting of seven mid- to full-length stories, received comments that it reads like a long letter written by the author, which makes it immersive and compelling. Another book, a full-length novel, The Rainbow Goblin Store, came in ninth place. The book, which was exported to six countries before publication, has been highly anticipated not only in Korea but also around the world....
  • VOL.62 / 2023.09
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Foreigner Living in Korea’s Pick

One-Liner Quotes   Foreigner Living in Korea’s Pick   2022.07.04   Before coming to Korea for the first time about 5 years ago, I must admit I was not well-acquainted with Korean culture overall. I did see a couple of Korean movies and dramas, and I did become a fan of BTS’ music around the time Hallyu was shyly making its way into my country, Serbia. However, I have never read a single book by a Korean author prior to moving to Korea. The two books I would like to introduce today I thought to be uniquely marked with a deep sense of something specifically ‘Korean’, while at the same time, equally and as deeply reflecting the purest and deepest universal human values, and as such, I believe could evoke true empathy with readers anywhere around the globe. So far, the two books left the greatest, most profound impact on me throughout my years of living in Korea.     When I first typed the word ‘Gwangju’ in the...
  • VOL.48 / 2022.07
[INTERVIEW / KOREAN AUTHORS]

Master of Children's Literature Lee Geum-yi: Her Story on Children’s and Young Adult Literature

Korean Authors   Master of Children's Literature Lee Geum-yi:Her Story on Children’s and Young Adult Literature     2026.04     Lee Geum-yi   We are interviewing author Lee Geum-yi, who has been named a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award (HCAA)—often referred to as the "Nobel Prize for Children's Literature"—in the Writing category for the second time, following her 2024 nomination. Lee Geum-yi is a master of children’s and young adult (YA) literature representing Korea. Her extensive body of work includes beloved children’s books such as You Too Are a Twilight Lily and the Bamtee Village Story series, as well as the YA novel Yujin and Yujin and the Korean Female Diaspora Trilogy.   Yujin and Yujin / You Too Are a Twilight Lily         Q...
  • VOL.93 / 2026.04
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#Self-Esteem

#K-Book   #Self-Esteem KPIPA Introduces K-Books for Global Publishing Markets through K-Book Platform 2022.10.04   A Society That Fabricates Self-Esteem 1. Publication Details   Title | A Society That Fabricates Self-EsteemSubtitle | Finding Our True Self-Esteem Through Psychological StudyAuthor | Tae-hyung KimPublisher | galmaenamuPublication Date | 2018-01-08ISBN | 9788993635874No. of pages | 240Dimensions | 152 * 225   2. Copyright Contact   Name | Cha YunoEmail | yuno.cha@grb-agency.comPhone | +82-2-2676-2201   3. Book Intro   These days, books about self-esteem have become best sellers in succession, and people are looking for ways to respect themselves without desperately seeking the recognition of others. Why do so many people get distressed and suffer regarding the issue of self-esteem? Is it true that low self-esteem is a personal problem?Why are Koreans obsessed with self-est...
  • VOL.51 / 2022.10
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