A student-led restoration effort reproduced 23 volumes of the original Book of Remembrance that carries the names of soldiers ...

The Korean Peninsula's Catholic history is surprisingly fascinating, even if you're a nonbeliever — like I am. Its history ...

The value of books as a source of knowledge and information is beyond dispute. This is likely why book reviews are recognized ...

Visitors to Koryo Books stroll about in no rush. They browse through the “Boy Group” music collection, flip through Korean language books, and scan the back of the store for souvenirs representing ...

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 ...

K-dramas to K-pop have placed South Korea at the center of the media universe. Are K-books about to join them? Most prominently, The Vegetarian by Han Kang received the 2016 Man Booker International ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A new book and exhibition trace the remarkable lives of Park Seo-Bo, Kim Tschang-Yeul, Lee Ufan, and Kim Whanki. Inside a vitrine in "The Making of Modern Korean Art: The Letters of Kim Tschang-Yeul, ...

Science fiction and fantasy publisher Aethon Books has signed a translation and distribution agreement with Media Goat to release a number of its titles in South Korea. Under the partnership, Media ...

Korean books are finding a growing audience far beyond Seoul, and now the government is betting that Southeast Asia could become the next major frontier for K-book exports. The Ministry of Culture, ...