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Tue, March 31, 2020 | 22:21

13 days of fears in Korea's deep south

13 days of fears in Korea's deep south

Paul Courtright's “Witnessing Gwangju” is an American's account of the tragic May 18 Gwangju Uprising that took place four decades ago. His memoir revisits the 13 days of fears and gunfire during the student-led pro-democracy uprising in the southwestern city in 1980 when the author was working with a leprosy resettlement center named Hohyewon in South Jeolla Province as a Pe...

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-03-27 12:48

Children's book writer Shin Ji-sik dies at 90

Children's book writer Shin Ji-sik dies at 90

Shin Ji-sik, a children's book writer and the first translator here of Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel “Anne of Green Gables,” died of a chronic disease March. 12. She was 90.

Park Ji-won | 2020-03-18 15:45

Left-winger examines 'close but distant' Japan

Left-winger examines 'close but distant' Japan

Yum Jong-soon's “Observing Japan for 30 Years: 18 Reasons Why Korea Will Defeat Japan,” published by Tornado, reveals a new factor that pits South Korea and Japan against each other - mistranslation.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-03-13 12:02

Book clubs deliver curated selections to doorstep

Book clubs deliver curated selections to doorstep

In an age when the reading population continues to decline and those who purchase books head to convenient online bookstores, small brick-and-mortar bookshops are striving to engage local customers with a distinctive selections of books.

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-03-12 18:20

Penguin Books only

Penguin Books only

Penguin Books only

A shelf of vintage orange Penguin Books always catches one's eyes when visiting used bookstores. A second-hand bookshop filled solely with Penguin Books would be a dream of a bibliophile. Paperback, a new bookstore that opened in February located near Itaewon-dong's Kyoungridan Street, is a dream-come-true for booklovers as this shop only features vintage Penguin Books, its i...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-03-12 18:07

Book clubs deliver curated selections to doorstep

40% of adults don't read a book a year: survey

40% of adults don't read a book a year: survey

Nearly 40 percent of South Korean adults don't read a book a year, a stunning finding that the time-tested way to gain knowledge, wisdom and insight is losing luster amid the text-to-video shift of preferred sources of information powered by high-speed internet.

Park Si-soo | 2020-03-11 15:47

Swedish Tax Agency born again

Swedish Tax Agency born again

The Bible gives some insight into the historical perception of tax collectors. In the Gospel of Luke, for example, Jesus sympathizes with the tax collector Zacchaeus, causing outrage from the surrounding crowd. The Gospel also tells of a parable about the self-righteous Pharisee and a self-deprecating tax collector who describes himself as a sinner.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-03-08 09:59

MBK chairman debuts as novelist

MBK chairman debuts as novelist

MBK Partners Chairman Kim Byung-ju will publish an autobiographic novel in English on March 24.

Park Jae-hyuk | 2020-03-03 09:53

'Superbugs' timely as it has parallels with killer virus

'Superbugs' timely as it has parallels with killer virus

Matt McCarthy's 2019 book “Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic” was translated into Korean and published recently by local publishing house Next Wave Media. The work by the American physician and infectious diseases expert couldn't be timelier, as the nation has been grappling with the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-02-28 13:51

Late bloomer sings for wounded souls

Late bloomer sings for wounded souls

Korean American singer-songwriter Yang Joon-il's song lyrics are cryptic, leaving music fans scratching their heads about their meaning. His song “Fantasy,” for example, has a line that reads “(She) left me on a train, saying she has to collect washed laundry on the clothes line.” Yang, 50, said “collecting washed laundry” are code words he intentionally embedded in his lyric...

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-02-14 08:59

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