SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982″ was the most popular South Korean literary book overseas over the recent five years, data showed Tuesday. According to the data from the Literature Translation Institute of Korea, the feminist novel by Cho Nam-joo was translated into 10 different languages and sold more than 300,000 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982,” the debut novel of Cho Nam-Joo, a former TV scriptwriter, has been chosen as one of “100 Notable Books of 2020″, a list selected by the editors of the New York Times Book Review. The novel was also chosen as one of “The 100 Must-Read [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982,” a best-selling Korean feminist novel, was the most popular book at public libraries for the second consecutive year this year, the National Library of Korea (NL) said Saturday. According to an NL analysis of 83.88 million book loans at 948 public libraries across the nation [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – In recent years, Gong Yoo has risen to be one of the most sought-after A-list celebrities in South Korea thanks to two mega hit films and one TV drama — “Train To Busan” (2016), “The Age of Shadows” (2016) and “Guardian: The Lonely and Great God” (2017). In particular, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A best-selling Korean feminist novel topped an online sales list in China, becoming a major overseas hit after also achieving success in Japan, a publication house said Thursday. “Kim Ji-young, Born in 1982″ by Cho Nam-joo ranked atop the fiction sales list on Dangdang, China’s biggest online bookstore, on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The movie “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982,” based on the best-selling novel of the same title, has re-ignited the debate on feminism ahead of its release next month, with some men announcing a boycott of the story that has emerged as a symbol of women’s struggles in patriarchal South Korea. [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Japanese-language version of “Kim Ji-young, Born in 1982,” a bestselling South Korean feminist novel, has been printed more than 130,000 times since its release more than three months ago, the book’s South Korean publisher said Tuesday. The translated version of the book by Cho Nan-joo hit the Japanese [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – “Kim Ji-young, Born in 1982,” a revealing feminist novel, made a splash on the literary scene late last year, selling more than 1 million copies in South Korea, the country’s first million-seller novel since “Please Look After Mom” in 2009 by Shin Kyung-sook. The book by Cho Nam-joo debuted [...]