As a part the KF Public Diplomacy Project, this program was designed to deliver various Korean cultures to many people friendly. As the name of the project “책방 이야기(Bookstore Story)” suggests, the main keyword of the project is Korean ’literature’. This project will talk about ’novels’ that shows Korea well in various branches of literature. Then, what is iterature. The most familiar form would be the ‘story’, which is also the name of the project. Many people sympathize with stories, not their own, and live with it. The biggest reason why people can empathize with stories, like novels is that they are very similar to reality. Even though it’s a fictional character’s story, not one’s own, we are comforted by reading a story similar to what we live today. Literature, including novels, is closely related to the world we live in. It is learning the issues of a society we live in to look at a society in the book. Therefore, the story that Project K-LIT “책방 이야기(Bookstore Story)” introduces in July is “Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982” by Cho Nam-joo. “Kim Jiyoung, Born in 1982” tells the story of women in an era where people prefer a son to a daughter. A society where girls are often despised, and mothers are abused for having daughters. People who grew up in the society where it was generally considered continue to have an unequal structure. Because it’s a familiar and natural thing for them. “Kim Jiyoung, Born in 1982” points to the unequal and contradictory social structure of Korea. Starting with this novel, many novels tell the stories of women in Korean literary world, such as Park Minjung’s “The School of Wives” and Yoon Sunghee’s “To My Grandmother” It is not just literature. Efforts are made to break down unequal social structure in various genres. The first “책방 이야기(Bookstore Story)” uploaded on July 22, focuses on social issues related to discrimination that “Kim Jiyoung, Born in 1982” wanted to talk about. The video was filmed at ‘Yeodamjae’, the Seoul Women’s History and Culture Space, which opened in April 2021. As it is a place to collect and speak women’s stories, we hope this place will be a meaningful place for viewers who watch this video. The video discusses the story of equality, and deals with the flow of discrimination prevalent around the world in Korea and what efforts are made to overcome it. Above all, the video ends by saying that attitudes in keeping up with a changing society are the most important. We also prepared three weeks of card news for questions that will not be solved only by the video. In the last week of July, we would like to receive questions directly and give detailed answers to them to solve questions that remain after the video and card news. Korean Feminist Film “Kim Ji Young, Born 1982” Starring Jung YuMi and Gong Yoo Will Be Available On Viu KDRAMA STORIES|Apr 2, 2020 We prepared the first literary story in “책방 이야기(Bookstore Story)” hoping it would be a story that everyone could relate to. We tell the story of giving comfort to someone living in the same world and letting them know that there is someone to hold hands with. We hope this is a story of solidarity for a warm society that is changing slowly, and we say we are living together today. RM of BTS & President Moon JaeIn Have Also Read “Controversial” Feminist Novel FANBUZZ|Mar 21, 2018
