Kim Young-ha

I like to take certain aspects of genre fiction and modify them in my own way. 'Your Republic Is Calling You' follows…

— Kim Young-ha

A military career offers the stability many South Korean women crave.

— Kim Young-ha

For all the popularity of spiritual advisers in South Korea, it still shocks to see the leaders of huge public companies relying…

— Kim Young-ha

In 2013, Samsung accounted for about 20 percent of South Korea's total business profits. Samsung Electronics, just one of scores of subsidiaries,…

— Kim Young-ha

We don't know why we should be artists, but we have many reasons why we can't be.

— Kim Young-ha

The most difficult thing about living as a writer is precisely 'having to write.' Pretending to be a writer is easy. Living…

— Kim Young-ha

The moment kids start to lie is the moment storytelling begins. They are talking about things they didn't see. It's amazing. It's…

— Kim Young-ha

From the early 1960s to the mid-1980s - the era of military dictatorship when South Korea was rebuilding itself from a postwar…

— Kim Young-ha

Here's a question we all ask ourselves at least once when we're young: Where does that starlight come from? It's been there…

— Kim Young-ha

We are all born artists. If you have kids, you know what I mean. Almost everything kids do is art. They draw…

— Kim Young-ha

In my 20s, I became obsessed with the role-playing game 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms,' named after a classical Chinese novel, and…

— Kim Young-ha

Don't be a fish; be a frog. Swim in the water and jump when you hit ground.

— Kim Young-ha

When I wrote 'Your Republic Is Calling You,' it was Franz Kafka's writing that I had most in mind, and James Joyce's…

— Kim Young-ha

Of John Le Carre's books, I've only read 'The Spy Who Came In From The Cold,' and I haven't read anything by…

— Kim Young-ha

When the head of the Hyundai Motor Company, Chung Mong-koo, was fighting with his younger brother Chung Mong-hun over the company's management,…

— Kim Young-ha

In the early 2000s, people expected that anonymity on the Internet would be positive for the development of democracy in South Korea.…

— Kim Young-ha

South Korea first allowed women into the military in 1950 during the Korean War. Back then, female soldiers mainly held administrative and…

— Kim Young-ha

Just like any other company, Samsung can fail, and if that happens, how will the South Korean economy overcome the shock? If…

— Kim Young-ha

Where I teach students in drama school, there's a course called Dramatics. In this course, all students must put on a play.…

— Kim Young-ha

Handwritten political posters - often composed in an artless and unadorned style, usually just words on plain white paper - were ubiquitous…

— Kim Young-ha

It's an open secret: Even now, in the 21st century, Korean executives often consult spiritual advisers before making major business decisions -…

— Kim Young-ha

The constant movement of a military life can be tough on children. My father was an officer in the army, and I…

— Kim Young-ha