When uploading books into the book database, we try to be as comprehensive as possible in applying keywords. So, at a high level we might file the book under history, arts or music. But if, for example, we know that the book deals with specific people in history / artists / musicians, then we tag the book entry with those names. Below is a list of such names and other keywords. Click on a keyword to be taken to a list of books referencing that keyword (and also a list of posts in our main blog referencing that same keyword). The number in brackets after each keyword signifies the number of books in the database that are tagged with that keyword.
General post tags
- #MeToo (1)
- Adoptees (8)
- Baduk (1)
- Birthrate (1)
- Bojagi (1)
- Books on Screen (12)
- Chunhyang (2)
- Comfort Women (12)
- Daejeon Massacre (2)
- Dansaekhwa (3)
- Diamond Mountains (4)
- Divided families (3)
- DMZ (3)
- DPRK abductions (2)
- DPRK revenue-raising (1)
- Entertainment industry (7)
- Financial Regulation (1)
- Football (1)
- FTA (2)
- Geomancy (4)
- ginseng (4)
- Golf (1)
- Gunkanjima (1)
- IMF crisis (3)
- Imjin waeran (7)
- Jeju Uprising (9)
- K-thriller (10)
- Koreans in Soviet Union (3)
- Leprosy (1)
- Mad Cows (1)
- Maps (2)
- North Korean border-crossers exiles and defectors (25)
- North Koreans in South Korea (4)
- North Koreans in UK (2)
- Olympics (1)
- Plastic surgery (1)
- PUST (1)
- RoK prison memoirs (4)
- Sewol (2)
- Shakespeare adaptation (2)
- Six Party Talks (1)
- Suicide (1)
- Taekkyeon (2)
- Taekwondo (2)
- Tea (2)
- UK-Korea links (2)
- US Military (9)
- World Cup (1)
- Zainichi (18)
People in History
- Ahn Chang-ho (2)
- Chinul Daesa (1)
- Choui (1)
- Crown Prince Sado (3)
- Dasan Jeong Yak-yong (5)
- Gobong Ki Taeseung (2)
- Hagok Chong Chedu (1)
- Heungseon Daewongun (1)
- Hyujeong aka Seosan Daesa (2)
- Kim Dae-jung (2)
- King Jeongjo (r 1776-1800) (4)
- King Taejo (r 1392-1398) (1)
- King Yeongjo (r 1724–1776) (1)
- Lady Hyegyong (2)
- Park Chung-hee (1)
- Queen Sohye (1437-1504) (1)
- Seong Cheol (1)
- Shin Saimdang (1)
- Toegye Yi Hwang (8)
- Ugye Song Hon (1)
- Wonhyo (617-686) (1)
- Yulgok Yi I (5)
- Yun Seon-do (1)
Movie Directors
- Bong Joon-ho (2)
- Im Kwon-taek (1)
- Kim Dong-won (1)
- Kim Ki-duk (2)
- Kim Ki-young (1)
- Kwak Jae-young (1)
- Leesong Hee-il (1)
- Park Chan-wook (1)
- Shin Sang-ok (3)
- Yi Seung-jun (1)
Companies
Musicians and bands
- Ahn Sook-sun (1)
- BTS (3)
- Girls Generation (1)
- Hwang Byungki (3)
- Kim Duk-soo (1)
- Kim Hae-song (1)
- Kim Min-gi (2)
- Lee Jaram (1)
- Nine Muses (1)
- Park Jin-young (1)
- Seo Taiji (2)
- Shin Joong-hyun (2)
Artists
- Back Seung-woo (2)
- Choi Byung-soo (1)
- Hong Seong-dam (2)
- Jeong Seon (Gyeomjae or Nan-gok) (1)
- Kim Dong-won (1)
- Kim Sang-don (1)
- Kim Whanki (1)
- Labor News Collective (1)
- Lee Ufan (1)
- Lim Minouk (1)
- listen to the city (1)
- Minari and Hack (1)
- mixrice (1)
- Nam Gung Ho Seok (1)
- Oh Hein-Kuhn (1)
- Pai Un-soung (1)
- Park Bul-dong (1)
- Park Chan-kyong (1)
- Park Jae-dong (1)
- Park Seo-bo (2)
- Siren Eun-young Jung (1)
- Theresa Hak-kyung Cha (1)
- Yoo Youngkuk (1)
Writers
(Book count in parenthesis represents number of books about the writer. The listing will also include books by the writer.)
- Cho Se-hui (1)
- Daehaeng Kunsunim (1)
- Hahn Moo-Sook (1)
- Han Yongun (2)
- Ho Nansorhon (1)
- Hwang Jini (2)
- Hwang Sok-yong (1)
- Hwang Sun-won (2)
- Hyecho (1)
- Kim Chi-ha (1)
- Kim Dong-in (1)
- Kim Iryŏp / Kim Wonju (3)
- Kim Sa-ryang (1)
- Oh Tae-seok (1)
- Park Wan-suh (1)
- Yi Kwang-su (3)
- Yi Mun-gu (1)
- Yi Yang-ji (1)
- Yu Miri (1)
- Yun Dong-ju (1)
Places
South Korea
- Boryeong-si (1)
- Buan-gun (1)
- Chungcheongnam-do (1)
- Gangnam-gu (1)
- Geoje-si (3)
- Gunsan-si (1)
- Gwangju Metropolitan City (1)
- Gyeongju-si (2)
- Gyeongsangbuk-do (3)
- Gyeongsangnam-do (4)
- Hadong-gun (1)
- Incheon-si (2)
- Jeju-do (9)
- Jeju-si (7)
- Jeollabuk-do (1)
- Jeollanam-do (2)
- Jindo-gun (1)
- Jongno-gu (3)
- Jung-gu (4)
- Mapo-gu (1)
- Sancheong-gun (1)
- Seodaemun-gu (1)
- Seogwipo-si (8)
- Seoul (13)
- Sinan-gun (2)
- Ulleung-gun (1)
- Wando-gun (1)
- Yeosu-si (1)
North Korea
- Hamgyongbuk-do (1)
- Hamgyongnam-do (1)
- Hwanghaebuk-do (1)
- Hwanghaenam-do (1)
- Pyonganbuk-do (2)
- Pyongannam-do (2)