3 Quotes & Sayings By Julie Koh

Julie Koh is a South Korean writer and blogger. She is a graduate of the Seoul Foreign Studies University, focusing on International Business and Japanese Studies. She was a teacher in Sinchon Elementary School for two years before writing her first novel, The Red Thread, which she wrote during her undergraduate studies. It was released in Korea in 2013 Read more

In 2014, she won the distinguished writer award from the Seoul Foreign Studies University for her works. She currently lives in Seoul, South Korea with her husband and son.

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Never forget, ' says Sugar Daddy, 'we are a nation built on sugar. It is our history and it is the source of our prosperity, now and in the future.' This is true. Our entire nation sits on reclaimed land made from sugar. Ours is an island that rose out of the sea, built on a hard core of toffee. Julie Koh
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She pulls me further down. More trapped souls reach out to us, dressed in clothes from decades past. The girl ignores them as we descend along the timeline — decade by decade — towards the birth of the island. Julie Koh