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THE TRANSLATOR, THE EDITOR, CONTRIBUTORS and INTERNS, trying to take some kind of look at translated Modern Korean fiction. This is always a work in progress, as the field is vast and our experience is small. We welcome comments or opposing viewpoints and we will be happy to post anything good. THE TRANSLATOR was born in Korea and teaches Korean in California, he is an international man of mystery. THE EDITOR, Charles Montgomery, was born in the US and teaches in the English Interpretation and Translation Division of Dongguk University in Seoul . Obviously, he is interested in Korean literature, which he reads in English, as his Korean is poor.^^ Charles has worked with LTI Korea on various projects, and received an Honorary Citizenship of Seoul for his work in Korean literature in translation. He can be reached at charles (at) ktlit (boink!) com. INTERN/CONTRIBUTOR Mi Ri Kim:I was born in Seoul, Korea but was raised and grew up in a small island called Saipan since I was years old. Ive been bilingual all my life by chance and luck since the main language is English in Saipan. All my education until high school was finished at the island and then I went to Saint Louis University in America for two years majoring in Biology to become a dentist. I returned to Korea and ended up at Dongguk University as a ELIT student. I could have continued studying science but because I always took interest in foreign languages and had the advantage of being bilingual, I changed majors when the opportunity was given to me. I wanted to work with translating texts and translating verbally for people as a kid because I was bilingual. I also wanted to work with foreign affairs using this major because growing up in a global environment made me aware of so many other cultures. Besides English and Korean I can speak Japanese at an average level and want to study more Japanese to be able to translate in three languages. I dont know what I want to be or to do in the future for now but Im willing to take chances as well as risks for ...