SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul International Book Fair, South Korea’s largest literary event, opened Wednesday, featuring over 530 publishers, writers and book-related organizations from 17 countries. This year’s theme, “A Pillar of Support,” encourages attendees to find their own source of reliance at the book fair in an increasingly harsh reality, the [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul International Book Fair, South Korea’s largest book fair, opened Wednesday with a rich and diverse selection of writers and publishers from around the world, featuring the latest literary trends. The book fair will run through Sunday at the Convention and Exhibition Center (COEX) in southern Seoul under [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF) will kick off next month to guide book lovers through the latest news and trends in the publishing industry at home and abroad, its organizers said Thursday. The SIBF 2022, the country’s biggest annual book fair, is set to run from June [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will take part as a guest of honor in the Bogota International Book Fair (FILBO) set to open in Colombia’s capital this month to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries, the South Korean culture ministry said Wednesday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF), South Korea’s largest annual publication trade show, will be held in October and will consist of both online and in-person programs, according to its organizers Saturday. Under the theme “XYZ: Entanglement,” SIBF 2020 will take place from Oct. 16-25 and will consist of [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest book fair has been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak and will be turned into a new format linking online and offline programs, its organizers said Saturday. The annual Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF) was scheduled to take place from June 24-28 at the COEX exhibition [...]
INCHEON, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – After it has been named World Book Capital 2015 by an international committee of experts representing the book industry and UNESCO, the Incheon Metropolitan City is dreaming of a world-class book city as it seeks to broaden its international cultural exchange activities to that end. On October 8 (local time), Juergen [...]