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Fantasy Novel Series Earns Largest Export Contract for Korean Books

SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — “The Bird That Drinks Tears,” a fantasy novel series by Lee Yeong-do, has set a new record for foreign exports of Korean books, its publisher said Monday. The four-part series has recently been sold to a European publisher at about 300 million won (US$235,997) in advance royalty payment for [...]

130,000 Copies of Korean Feminist Novel ‘Kim Ji-young’ Printed in Japan

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 [...]