Gimm-Young Publishers

Gimm-Young Publishers, Inc. (김영사) is a South Korean publishing company headquartered in Seoul. Established in 1979, it publishes books for Korean readers, including original works and Korean-language translations of international titles. Its catalogue spans multiple subjects and formats, with the company’s official website presenting separate offerings from the Gimm-Young, Junior Gimm-Young, and Bichae imprints or publishing labels. The company’s publishing history includes both adult and educational material. In 1994, it began a successful line of “edutainment” publications intended to combine education and entertainment for children, young adults, and adults. The Ah! Series is one example identified in the available account of its publishing activity. Its published works also include the original manhwa series The Warrior Who Did Not Fall from His Horse, as well as Korean translations of internationally known books such as Samuel P. Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations, Michael J. Sandel’s Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?, and Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion. The company’s website presents a current catalogue of newly released books and related editorial content, including interviews, features, and reader events. The available English-language account reports that Gimm-Young publishes approximately 250 books a year and has published more than 3,000 books to date; these figures are reported in that account and are not independently confirmed by the supplied official-site text. No parent company, owner, or current executive is established by the supplied evidence. A past executive, Park Eun-Ju, is identified in connection with the company’s response to a 2007 controversy. Gimm-Young is therefore best described as a South Korean publishing company whose range includes general-interest books, translations, comics, educational publications, and children’s books. Its current official site continues to feature new releases under several publishing labels.

Gimm-Young Publishers, Inc., known in Korean as 김영사, is a South Korean book publisher headquartered in Seoul. The supplied English-language company account dates its establishment to 1979. The available material does not identify its founder or explain the circumstances of its founding, so those details cannot be stated here. The publisher’s activity includes original Korean-language works and translations of international books. Its catalogue has included translated works by prominent foreign authors, among them Samuel P. Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations, Michael J. Sandel’s Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?, and Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion. The supplied account also identifies The Warrior Who Did Not Fall from His Horse as an original manhwa series published by the company. These examples point to a catalogue that crosses genres rather than concentrating on a single narrow subject. A dated development in the company’s publishing history came in 1994, when it began its “edutainment” publications. These were described as educational resources using a new concept for children, young adults, and adults, combining educational content with entertainment. The Ah! Series is cited as a popular example. This line gives the company’s history a clear educational and family-oriented dimension alongside its general-interest and translated publishing. In 2007, one of its comic-book publications became the subject of public controversy. The Simon Wiesenthal Center accused the series Distant Countries and Neighbouring Countries (먼나라 이웃나라) of containing antisemitic statements. Korean American community leaders organized protests. The series’ author, Rhie Won-bok, sent an apology letter to the Korean American Coalition in Los Angeles. Gimm-Young’s CEO at the time, Park Eun-Ju, apologized on behalf of the company and offered to remove the disputed images and statements from future printings. The supplied account quotes the company as expressing regret to those hurt and committing to work with the Simon Wiesenthal Center to educate Korean people about antisemitism and Jewish history and values. The supplied account also records publishing-industry recognition received by Park Eun-Ju: an award from South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 1993, the Korea Publishers Society’s Publisher of the Year Award in 2004, and an award from the Korean Publishing Science Society in 2013. It states that she was president of the Korea Publishers Society as of 2013; this should not be read as evidence of her current role at Gimm-Young. Today, the company’s official website presents newly released books and content such as features, interviews, and reader events. It displays offerings associated with Gimm-Young, Junior Gimm-Young, and Bichae. The English-language account reports approximately 250 books published annually and more than 3,000 published to date, though the supplied official-site extract does not verify those totals. The available evidence does not establish a parent company, owner, listing status, or current leadership.

• 2007

  Company responds to controversy over a comic series

• 1994

  Edutainment publications begin

• 1979

  Gimm-Young Publishers established

A broad-based South Korean publisher combining original and translated books with educational, edutainment, and children’s publishing.

• Ah! Series

  A cited example of the company’s edutainment publications.

• The Warrior Who Did Not Fall from His Horse

  An original manhwa series identified as published by Gimm-Young.

• Korean translations of international books

  Examples named in the supplied account include The Clash of Civilizations, Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?, and The God Delusion.

• 2007

  Criticism of Distant Countries and Neighbouring Countries

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• 2007

  Offer to remove disputed material from future printingsOther

1. 1김영사 official websitegimmyoung.com
2. 2Gimm-Young Publishers, Inc.en.wikipedia.org
3. 3Gimm-Young Publisherswikidata.org