Gimm-Young is one of Korea’s most notable publishing houses, and we aim to satisfy our readers with informative books on a wide scope of interests. Based on that goal, Gimm-young’s main objective is to promote people’s passion for good, creative writing by publishing works that readers will love and find indispensable.

At Gimm-young, professional editors look for texts that approach our readers’ current demands. We hope the books we publish help our readers conduct healthy public discourse in their fields of interest, from current affairs, business management and social science to history, religion, spirituality, self-help, popular science and lifestyles.

Ever since its founding in 1979, Gimm-Young has published many categories of books and attracted attention for its exciting and diverse list of authors and titles. This includes some innovative editing ideas that have become trendsellers like The Complete Works of Koh Eun, a poet nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature; The Launching of Many Beginnings, an autobiography of Nobel-Peace-Prize winner and former Korean President Kim Dae Jung; Serving Master Seong Cheol, a memoir about a Buddhist Great Master written by his closest disciple Won Taek; Korean History, a series of volumes on Korean history written from an original perspective by the popular historian Lee Duk Il; Eat Well for a Healthy Life, based on the work of award-winning TV producer Park Jung Hun, this best-selling written documentary taught Koreans the importance of placing more greens on their dinner tables; and Building Millennium Palace, celebrated carpenter Shin Ung Su’s treatise on traditional Korean houses.

Recently, Gimm-Young has distinguished itself further through outstanding foreign titles from a long list of internationally acclaimed authors that include Stephen R. Covey, Samuel Huntington, Robert Reich, Jim Collins, John P. Kotter, Matt Ridley, Steve Jones, Carl Sagan, the Dalai Lama, Thich Nath Hanh, Michael Crichton, Eric Segal, Sidney Sheldon and Stephen King. One success after another has enabled Gimm-Young to develop a remarkable expertise in selecting foreign titles and producing record-breaking bestsellers. The company is proud of its reputation for spotting future popular works through a clear eye and keen judgment.

Another growing division within our publishing company covers children’s titles. Junior Gimm-Young specializes in ‘edutainment’ (fun to read educational materials) for young readers. One of its most remarkable achievements has been the “Ah!” (Wow!) series. Now numbering over one hundred titles, these animated books explain topics to which children rarely come easily?art, science, history, culture and literature.