SEOUL, South KoreaSEOUL, South Korea — The first batch of Korean royal books looted by the French military 145 years ago returned home Thursday. French troops took away hundreds of Korean manuscripts ...

In the South Korean army, some writings of the American leftist Noam Chomsky are, literally, forbidden. Last week, South Korea’s constitutional court upheld a controversial ban on 23 books that ...

E-book sales may be declining in the U.S. and U.K., but in South Korea, many people still enjoy swiping instead of leafing through their reading material. E-book sales there are growing steadily each ...

A visit to the Gwanghwamun branch of Kyobo, Korea’s largest bookstore chain, provides many clues to the country’s present book market. Tables of test preparation books and shelves of English-language ...

Park Sang-young's queer coming-of-age tale “Love in the Big City” (translated by Anton Hur) is one of two Korean novels longlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize. Together with Bora Chung’s ...

The historic summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump has put the so-called hermit kingdom back into the world's spotlight. For those clamouring to gain more ...

Ridibooks, which claims to be South Korea’s largest e-book vendor, announced that it has raised a $8 million Series B to improve its user experience and reach new customers. Investors include NeoPlux, ...

The McCully-Moili'ili Library is home to some 20,000 such books. It's a collection started by a shy, Honolulu woman, who saw a need. And filled it. Nestled, in the makai corner of the library, signs ...

Think of a language. Any language. Got it? Great. What language did you think of? If you’re reading this, you might have thought about Korean, but most people don't. The average person would have ...

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