Tag Archives: Korea

Would You Eat Bookstore Flavored Bread

Posted on October 19, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

When I first read about “Bookstore-Flavored Bread”, I thought that it was a joke. However, it’s a real thing in Korea and it’s going viral. “Yonsei Milk Kyobo Bookstore-Flavored Fresh Cream Bread” is sold exclusively at CU convenience stores.  CU … Continue reading →

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Bookstore Tourism: Seoul

Posted on September 23, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

MoMA in New York City has opened a bookstore in Seoul, South Korea residents and visitors in the Korean city will find the new space in the Dosan Park area of Gangnam, the fast-growing and now-iconic neighborhood south of the … Continue reading →

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Saving Bookstore Alley

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

 Busan Korea’s Bosu Book Street is a narrow, 200-meter-long alley lined on both sides with small indie bookstores. The bookshop enclave in Bosu-dong was created when a refugee family from  North Korea started selling secondhand books and periodicals there  when … Continue reading →

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A Secondhand Book Scheme To Emulate

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

An abandoned warehouse in southeastern Seoul, Korea has been transformed into the city’s first publicly supported secondhand bookstore mall. Although it faced sharp criticism, the project developed by the municipal government and main library, has been a resounding success. In … Continue reading →

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Library Tourism

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Starfield COEX Mall is one of Asia’s largest underground malls. Located near the Samsung Metro station in Seoul and adjacent to the COEX Convention and Exhibition Center, it also features an amazing two-story library. With forty -foot tall bookshelves and … Continue reading →

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Books on the wing

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Award-winning Korean illustrator Jungho Lee is known for his quirky book art. This series incorporates book imagery in each piece.

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Hop on the Book Train

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

This past January, the Book Train began regularly scheduled daily runs in Korea’s Gyeonggi-do Province outside of Seoul. One car of each train is lined with book shelves stocked with everything from children’s books and poetry to novels and contemporary … Continue reading →

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