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Wed, July 8, 2020 | 01:09

What's wrong with Mr. Kim's English

What's wrong with Mr. Kim's English

Park Si-soo's “Winning English” is a witty, informative guidebook for Koreans who are eager to improve their English skills to a level at which they can freely use it for work. With his practical, realistic advice drawn from his 13 years of experience as an English newspaper reporter, his book will be useful particularly for those who have invested a lot of time, money and en...

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-07-03 13:30

Publishers outraged as book retailer's corporate rehabilitation filing gets nod

Publishers outraged as book retailer's corporate rehabilitation filing gets nod

Publishers launch a protest against the book retailer Interpark in front of its headquarters in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Monday. Yonhap By Park Ji-wonPublishers and bookstore owners were outraged after Interpark Song-in Books began the procedure for court-approved...

Park Ji-won | 2020-07-01 17:12

[Book Review] 'Turtles Swimming Club' rediscovers value of being slow and steady

[Book Review] 'Turtles Swimming Club' rediscovers value of being slow and steady

Author Lee Seo-hyun, a journalist at Dong-A Ilbo daily, rediscovered the value of being slow and steady through her turbulent life in recent years - suffering a displaced disc caused by accumulated physical and mental stress from work, pregnancy and childbirth, and thyroid cancer.

Park Si-soo | 2020-06-28 13:57

Twisted fate of Korean War hero

Twisted fate of Korean War hero

A voluminous photobook featuring some 300 pictures taken during and after the Korean War has been published, showing how the war changed the fate of both renowned and ordinary people. “An Unfinished War: The Korean War” was published by Noonbit Publishing Co. on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the war on June 25. “The message of this thick book is rath...

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-06-26 15:00

Old travelogue revisited

Old travelogue revisited

Joseon scholar Bak Ji-won (1737-1805) was an academic ahead of his time. Unlike his contemporaries, who were content with the Confucian way of thinking and made little effort to move forward, Bak was creative, inquisitive and open to new ideas and ways of thinking. His strong personality and his pragmatic way of thinking are reflected in his famous travelogue, “The Jehol Diar...

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-06-19 16:29

'I am wrongfully charged'

'I am wrongfully charged'

Imprisoned Choi Seo-won, who was born Choi Soon-sil, claims that she has been wrongfully charged.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-06-05 16:35

Why Does Trump Like Twitter? - paradigm shift in understanding global business culture

Why Does Trump Like Twitter? - paradigm shift in understanding global business culture

In “Why Does Trump Like Twitter?”, Shin Yong-kyun and Kim Hyun-jeong, each with over 20 years of experience in global business and marketing strategy, share their own stories and lessons learned to argue that there is a need for “a paradigm shift in our understanding of global business culture.”

2020-06-03 19:16

Japanese pastor, who saved Korea's urban poor, releases photobook

Japanese pastor, who saved Korea's urban poor, releases photobook

Japanese pastor Nomura Motoyuki, 89, is a self-appointed civic ambassador having dedicated his entire life to helping Koreans and Japanese reconcile with each other to move forward from their tragic past.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-05-27 16:43

Tech-free childhood captured in photography

Tech-free childhood captured in photography

Romanian-American artist and photographer Mari Calai's two children depicted in her recently published photobook, titled “ADAGIO,” are very different from Korean kids of the same age group. Unlike Korean children who rush to test prep institutions once their schools are over and spend several hours there to hone their testing skills, Sofia and Samuel learn from nature. They s...

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-05-25 14:29

'I am Korean yet culturally black'

'I am Korean yet culturally black'

Cindy Wilson, author of “Too Much Soul: The Journey of an Asian Southern Belle,” was born I Wol-yang in Seoul and adopted by African-American parents in 1975 when she was a few months old. Her name was changed to Cindy and she was brought to America by her adoptive parents the following year.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-05-19 16:14

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