The Korea Foundation (KF) publishes a variety of books about Korea with the goal of introducing Korean culture to the world. In 2019, the KF published six books under its Feature Publications program and four under its Publication Support program.
As part of the Feature Publications program, a collection of contemporary Korean short stories originally introduced in Koreana magazine was published in four different languages (Indonesian, Russian, Thai, and Vietnamese). Of particular note, the Thai edition Mi in April, Sol in July ranked number six on the online book store Readeny in the 2nd week of December.
Additionally published was 공공미술로 읽는 베트남 사회와 문화, which includes documents related to the processes and outcomes of the project.
Cover Images of the 2019 Feature Publications Program’s Releases
2020 출판지원 사업 공모 선정결과
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New York Bakery: Korean Contemporary Short Stories |
Collection of Korean Contemporary Short Stories Selected from Koreana Magazine |
Mi in April, Sol in July |
Korean Standards: Korean Contemporary Short Stories II |
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공공미술로 읽는 베트남 사회와 문화 |
2019 Global Hallyu* |
*To be released in January 2020.
Additional information on the KF’s Feature Publications program:http://www.kf.or.kr/?menuno=3936
The Publication Support program, meanwhile, is designed to promote a better understanding of Korea throughout the global community by contributing to the publication of Korea-related books in non-Korean languages by publishers worldwide. In 2019, four different books from four different countries were published under the program.
Cover Images of the 2019 Publication Support Program’s Releases
Cover Images of the 2019 Publication Support Program’s Releases
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Publishing Company |
Dmytro Burago publishing house |
Pakhmutov Publishing |
University of Washington Press |
CUON |
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Korea in the Accounts by Western Writers |
Public Service Advertising: The Korean Way |
Top-Down Democracy in South Korea |
한국영화 100선 |
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Ukrainian |
English |
English |
Japanese |
Additional information on the KF’s Publication Support program: http://www.kf.or.kr/?menuno=3937