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Dongduk Women’s University halts coeducation talks
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Defense ministry denies special treatment for BTS’ V amid phone use allegations
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OpenAI in talks with Samsung to power AI features, report says
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Russia sent 'anti-air' missiles to Pyongyang, Yoon's aide says
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Two jailed for forcing disabled teens into prostitution
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Trump picks ex-N. Korea policy official as his principal deputy national security adviser
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S. Korea not to attend Sado mine memorial: foreign ministry
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South Korean military plans to launch new division for future warfare
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Kia EV9 GT marks world debut at LA Motor Show
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Gold bars and cash bundles; authorities confiscate millions from tax dodgers
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An author’s journey to print on demand
Seattle-area writer Matt Briggs has published six books. In 1999 his first novel got a half-page review in The New York Times Book Review, the literary equivalent of winning the lottery.That’s the good news. Here’s the rest of the story:―The initial print run of his first book, “The Remains of River Names,” was 600 copies. Because of the national exposure it immediately sold out, but the publisher
Jan. 14, 2011
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Over 3,300 Korean relics organized in catalogue
The Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea announced Tuesday that it has published a three-volume catalogue that introduces 3,361 Korean relics including 316 “eobo,” or royal seals. The catalogues, titled “The Royal Seals of Joseon,” are published in tabloid size and have 2,204 pages in total. They have over 13,800 photographs. The first book introduces different kinds of eobo while the second
Jan. 11, 2011
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‘Moon Over Manifest,’ ‘Amos McGee’ win book awards
LOS ANGELES ― “Moon Over Manifest,” Clare Vanderpool’s story of a girl in Depression-era Kansas who investigates a hidden past, was awarded the prestigious Newbery Medal on Monday as the American Library Association presented its top honors to books for children and young adults at a ceremony in San Diego. The book, for 9-to-12-year-olds, is the debut from Kansas-based author Vanderpool.The top aw
Jan. 11, 2011
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New Books
Modern Middle EastTablet & PenEdited by Reza Aslan(W.W. Norton, $35)The West’s perception of the Middle East as mysterious, exotic and savage has changed little since the days of Napoleon more than 200 years ago.The new anthology “Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes From the Modern Middle East,” edited by University of California, Riverside creative writing professor Reza Aslan, aims “to provide a d
Jan. 7, 2011
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Korea steady seller
The national traumaThe WoundedBy Lee Chung-joonTranslated by Jennifer M. Lee(Jimoondang, 5,000 won)The Korean War (1950-1953) left both physical and psychological wounds to its people. Lee Chung-joon’s “The Wounded” explores the national trauma that continues to haunt individuals who suffer from their memories of the war, and other “hidden” existing traumas that cannot be identified.A spritless ar
Jan. 7, 2011
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Readers on the case: favorite mysteries set in Europe
This past fall I put out a call to readers: Send me your favorite mysteries set in other countries, written by international (e.g., not American) writers.I’m glad I asked ... I think. Already the most popular literary genre in America, mysteries may be taking over the world. I got more than 70 nominations ― writers and books set in locales from Cuba to China to Iceland to Australia. Wherever crime
Jan. 7, 2011
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Making books do things e-books can’t
At a garage studio in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Eagle Rock, Lisa Pearson is publishing books with the skill of a craftsman, framing the printed word as a work of art.One volume, “Torture of Women,” features a red cloth cover with an embossed title resembling scar tissue. Inside, images of the female body are overlaid with matter-of-fact accounts of women who have suffered torture. “Fascist p
Jan. 7, 2011
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New edition removes Twain’s ‘offensive’ words
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) ― Mark Twain wrote that “the difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter.” A new edition of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom Sawyer” will try to find out if that holds true by replacing a word considered a racial slur with the word “slave” in an effort not to offend readers.Twain scholar Alan Gribben, who is working with Ne
Jan. 5, 2011
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Revolutionary book that inspired Gandhi turns 150
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― It was 150 years ago that the book “Unto This Last” was published, a groundbreaking work that turned economic thinking on its head and profoundly influenced the views of many including Mahatma Gandhi, the father of Indian independence.Gandhi first read the subversive masterwork of political economy by John Ruskin in 1904, during a train trip in South Africa where he was living a
Jan. 3, 2011
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Century after death, Tolstoy sidelined in modern Russia
MOSCOW (AFP) ― A century ago, all of Russia mourned Leo Tolstoy’s death at a backwater train station. But today the novelist and pacifist, who abhorred any form of government, is more respected in the West than his home country.The centennial of Tolstoy’s death, 100 years ago Saturday, seems to be passing virtually unnoticed in Russia. No specials in state channels’ primetime schedules. No retrospectives in Russia’s main state museums. Facing the moral dilemmas posed by Russia’s most famous son
Nov. 21, 2010
