Asia Publishers Week
Participant
Sung Minkyung
Country : Korea
Company : Dasan Books
Job Title : Copyright Team Lead
E-mail : mksung@dasanbooks.com
Experience Related to This Year’s Topic
Dasan Books has an extensive track record of publishing adult and children’s literature from Japan, Taiwan, and China. Notable titles include Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem 0: The Prequel, Yoko Tomiyasu’s The Suspicious Neighbor Shinoda series, Shusuke Michio’s The Suspicious Secondhand Store, Jiro Asada’s My Last Mother, Reiko Hiroshima’s The Kaleidoscope Photo Studio, Mie Takase’s Kirby series, Kai Mamiya’s Here Comes Every Dawn, Satoshi Yagisawa’s The Used Bookstore on a Rainy Afternoon, and SanFeng Productions’ Someday or One Day.
At the same time, Korean literary titles such as Park Kyung-ni’s Land, Cho Nam-joo’s To Hyun-nam, My Brother, Choi So-mang’s Ding Dong! Your Tears Have Been Deposited, Park Yeon-seon’s Summer, a Corpse Somewhere, Lee Song-hyun’s Ten Thousand Dives, and Song Yoo-jung’s Memory Bookstore have been successfully exported to readers in Japan, Taiwan, China, and other Asian countries.
What would you like to discuss related to this year’s topic?
Following author Han Kang’s Nobel Prize in Literature, global interest in Asian literature—particularly from publishers in the English-speaking and European markets—has been steadily growing. I would like to share ideas on how we can sustain this momentum and further expand the presence of Asian literature in those markets. I am also eager to discuss the strategies we are currently developing to enter and grow in the global publishing landscape.
Your Company Profile Dasan Books
Dasan Books was founded in February 2004, inspired by the spirit of compassion for the people and the practical philosophy of Jeong Yak-yong, one of Korea’s most revered scholars. Since its founding, the company has expanded beyond traditional publishing into various content industries, including digital media, entertainment, education, and new media.
Under the mission “The Joy of Story,” Dasan Books continues to lead the publishing industry with its creative concept development capabilities. As a comprehensive content company, we publish a wide range of new titles across genres such as business, self-development, fiction, humanities, essays, and young adult literature.