$1.47 million for Murakami rights

Battle between South Korean publishers for Murakami rights makes conflict with North look like lunchtime argument.
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So that might not technically be true, but the contenders scrapping for the chance to publish the Korean version of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage have been locked in a bidding war for months.

But like the Highlander, there can be only one and Minumsa Publishing Group accepted the necks of opponents Gimm-Young Publishers, Munhak Sasang, and Munhakdogne Publishing

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