| Internet novel comes of age (Source) |
2008/11/15 |
'Unlike CDs or DVDs, which were virtually wiped out by file-sharing sites, online novels are seen as a way to help promote the sales of paper books'.
November 15, 2008
Writing her first online serial, Jeong I-hyeon got used to a series of unusual habits.
Using a special host ID, she snuck into http://www.Kyobobook.com, an online bookstore where her serialized novel has been running since August, and shifted around a few adverbs and slotted in some new phrases.
Her readers could spot these changes simultaneously and comment accordingly.
Writing an online novel has endowed Jeong with both freedom and restraint. She can change the text at any time of the day, but for that privilege, she has to endure, at times, overbearing levels of intimacy with her readers.
"You Don't Know", Jeong's latest novel, is an urban family drama spiced up with the ingredients of a mystery novel.
The story is uploaded every weekday morning at 10:30 a.m. By early afternoon, a string of comment... |More
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| Memories of murderous success in 2003 (Source) |
2003/12/18 |
This was a very good year for Korean cinema. Perhaps actress Moon So-ri said it best at a screening of one of her films in Paris: "French cinema has a history of over 100 years, but not Korea. If France is an adult, Korea is a child. But it is a very strong child".
Now is an exciting and important time in the development of the "very strong child", and 2003 will be remembered as a highlight, regardless of the direction Korean cinema takes in the years to come.
This year began with the film industry losing a great director but gaining great influence when Lee Chang-dong was named Minister of Culture and Tourism in the newly inaugurated administration of President Roh Moo-hyun.
In the absence of established masters, young directors stepped into the spotlight, especially on the international film festival front. Last year, Im Kwon-taek and Lee won the best director awards in Cannes and Venice, respectively. This year, the best director honors went to Jang Joon-hwan ("Save the ... |More
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