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It’s the end of another year, and we’ve rounded up the top 5 Korean books translated into English that came out in 2023 that you’ve got to check out. We discuss how and why we chose these books, and some of the key themes, including feminism,
What happens when a ghost tries to cross the DMZ dividing North and South Korea? Author Joseph Han’s debut novel “Nuclear Family” explores themes of separated families, generational trauma and the Korean immigrant experience in Hawaii. Upon the
Happy 10th anniversary to BTS! In this episode, we dove into the BTS book "Beyond the Story” (translated by Anton Hur, Claire Richards and Slin Jung) which has been taking bestseller lists by storm around the world. We sat down with Dr. Areum
Happy Pride! To commemorate, we sat down with award-winning literary translator Anton Hur. Anton’s translation of the queer Korean novel “Love in the Big City” by Park Sang-young was longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2022. In t
As Hallyu continues to take the world by storm, including the growing popularity of Korean language learning, we sat down with award-winning Korean author Seo Su-jin to uncover the dark side of the Korean language boom.Through her debut novel
For our April episode, we spoke with award-winning literary translator and writer Sora Kim-Russell, whose translation of Hwang Sok-young's “At Dusk” was nominated for the International Booker Prize in 2019. She has won various translation award
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we talk to Hawon Jung, author of “Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea’s Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women’s Rights Worldwide.”We discuss why “feminism” is such a loaded term
In our final episode of 2022, we talk about hidden gems in Korean literature with Taylor Bradley, co-founder of the independent publishing house Honford Star.Taylor co-founded Honford Star in 2016 with Anthony Bird with a mission to publish th
In this special Halloween episode, we have a spooky Korean urban legend for you, featuring copy editor Brolley Genster.Our main topic is the world of Korean horror webtoons. Culture reporter Lee Si-jin breaks down the Korean webtoon industry a
In Korea, fall is a season for contemplation and deep reflection. To mark the start of fall, we’ve picked two bestsellers in Korea: Baek Se-hee’s “I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki” translated by Anton Hur and Kim Ho-yeon’s “Inconvenie
In this month’s episode, we speak to Raphael Rashid, a Seoul-based freelance journalist and author from the UK who has lived in Korea since 2011. He has been published in the New York Times, the Guardian, Elle Korea, and appeared on Al Jazeera,
In this books episode, we spoke with award-winning literary translator Soje. They have translated Lee Soho’s Catcalling (2021), Choi Jin-young’s To the Warm Horizon (2021) and Lee Hyemi’s Unexpected Vanilla (2020). They also make chogwa, a quar
To commemorate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May 2022, we discuss 2 works of fiction by celebrated Asian authors in another books episode of The Korea Herald podcast.Copy editors Beth Eunhee Hong and Naomi Ng discuss bo
We spoke with Bora Chung, an award-winning author who was one of two Korean authors nominated for the 2022 International Booker Prize. Her book, “Cursed Bunny,” translated by Anton Hur is a collection of 10 “genre-defying” short stories that sp
Barry Welsh, host of Seoul Book Club by Barry Welsh, shares three Korean novels to watch for Spring 2022 in this special episode of The Korea Herald books podcast!In this episode, copy editor Beth Eunhee Hong and Barry discuss three diverse wo
To commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8, we discuss three short stories from a collection of works by celebrated Korean women authors in a special books episode of The Korea Herald podcast.“The Future of Silence: Fiction by Korean
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