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VISUALS: Korea’s largest book fair takes place in Seoul
June 27, 2024
SEOUL, June 27 (AJU PRESS) – The Seoul International Book Fair 2024 opened for five days on June 26, 2024 at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul.
This year’s theme of the country’s largest book fair is “Houyhnhnm,” inspired by the horse-like race without human vices from “Gulliver’s Travels.”
More than 120 publishers and book organizations from 18 countries and about 350 domestic publishers and institutions are participating in the event, which is organized by the Korean Publishers Association.
Foreigners visit the booth of independent publishers at the Seoul International Book Fair 2024 at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul, June 26, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
Visitors examine books on display in the theme exhibition “Houyhnhnm” during the Seoul International Book Fair 2024 at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul, on June 26, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
Visitors browse books at the booths of independent publishers and art books at the Seoul International Book Fair 2024 at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul, on June 26, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
Visitors browse books at the booths of independent publishers and art books at the Seoul International Book Fair 2024 at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul, on June 26, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
A notice on an exhibition wall explains the theme of “Houyhnhnm” at the Seoul International Book Fair 2024 at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul, on June 26, 2024. AJU PRESS, Park Jong-hyeok
Visitors explore the children’s book publishing section at the Seoul International Book Fair 2024 at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul, on June 26, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
Novelist Kim Yeon-su (center) and picture book author Kang Hye-sook (left) attend a forum on the theme of “Houyhnhnm” at the Seoul International Book Fair 2024 at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul, on June 26, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
