Korea Times Article
I’ve yet to make the New York Times :-( but my novel has made the New York edition of the Korea Times :-). The story appears on page A 4 of the 12/25/2020 edition and can be found online here.
Here is a translation. Bear in mind that it is machine generated by Google.
DMZ dispute and Blue House surprise… Vividly based on a true story
Published a Korean translation of Robert Peron's novel 'Blue House Raid' from an American military officer
A white man who had worked in the DMZ as an American military officer published a novel about the Kim Shin-jo case.
The English novel “Blue House Raid (Blue House Raid: DMZ Conflict and US Soldiers, Photo)” published by Robert Peron (photo) was published in English and recently also appeared in Korean translation.
The Kim Shin-jo incident, also referred to as the 1.21 incident, was a case in which 31 soldiers belonging to the North Korean army raided the Blue House on January 21, 1968 at the order of Kim Il-sung, and tried to eliminate the President of the Republic of Korea Park Jeong-hee.
The author, who was serving as a US military beginner officer at the time of the incident, compiled a novel about US soldiers, KATUSA Soldiers, and residents of the nearby base village based on the incident he experienced in the field.
The novel makes the readers vividly remember the various events and places that actually took place during the height of confrontation between the two Koreas. The author is looking at the various appearances of the characters with a warm gaze.
The author, from the U.S. Army, served 13 months in the DMZ and worked in the technical field after discharge. Currently, he travels between New York City and New Hampshire to write feature novels and actively interact with writers in New York City.
Kang Eui-gu, who translated the Korean version, is currently living in Sydney and has translated a crowdfunding series serialized by Roger Shepard.
Currently, the book is sold in English and Korean on Amazon, and a Korean version of the e-book is being prepared for publication.