September 1970

Quarterly magazine "Literature and Intelligence" was founded by a colleague of editors, Byoung-Ik Kim, Chi-Soo Kim and Hyoun Kim. Publisher Mahn-Nyoun Han and Editor In-Choul Hwang joined the group, also Joo-Youn Kim (1971), Saeng-Geun Oh and Jong-Choul Kim joined in later.

December 1975

Moonji Publications was founded with the participation of Byoung-Ik Kim, Joo-Youn Kim, Chi-Soo Kim, Hyoun Kim and In-Choul Hwang.

August 1976

Started publishing "Complete Works of In Hoon Choe". The publication of the series was completed with 12 volumes in August 1979.

February 1977

Acquired the quarterly magazine "Literature and Intelligence" from "Il-cho-kak". Publisher and Editor Ji-Youn Joung. Chief Editor Byoung-Ik Kim.

May 1977

Published "Selection of Young Poets".

May 1977

Began the planning and publication of "Author Theories". 19 volumes have been published up to date, September 2003.

August 1978

Byoung Ik Kim accepted the position of Publisher and Editor of Moonji Publications and the quarterly magazine "Literature and Intelligence".

September 1978

Changed the title of"Selections of Young Poets" to "Moonji Poet Selections" and expanded the selection to the new generation. 276 volumes have been published up to date, September 2003.

July 1980

While preparing for the 10 year anniversary issue of "Literature and Intelligence", the magazine was canceled by the government's "Press Abolition and Amalgamation" policy. This quarterly magazine ended with its 40th issue.

December 1980

Began publishing the "Complete Works of Soon Won Hwang". The series was completed with 12 volumes in March 1985.

July 1981

Began the planning and publication of the"Modern Intelligence" series. 117 volumes have been published up to date, September 2003.

May 1982

Mook "Literature of Our Generation" was published by a colleague of editors, In-Soung Yi, Soung-Bok Yi and Gwa-Ri Joung. Its title was changed to "Literature of Our Times" on its 5th issue.

November 1982

Began the planning and publication of the "Modern Literature Theories" series. 39 volumes have been published up to date, September 2003.

September 1984

Began the planning and publication of the "Issues and Views" series. 18 volumes have been published up to date, September 2003.

December 1986

Began publishing "Articles on Social History of Korea" in cooperation with the "Research Society of Social History of Korea". Its title was changed to "Society and History" for 6 months on publishing volume #50 "Social System and Social Fluctuation of Korea" in 1997. 63 volumes have been published up to date, September 2003.

February 1988

Began publishing the quarterly magazine "Literature and Society". Publisher and Editor, Byoung-Ik Kim. Editing colleagues, Oh-Ryong Gwon, Min-Yup Soung, Woo-Gi Yim, Gwa-Ri Joung, Hyoung-Joon Jin and Joung-Sun Hong.

August 1988

Began the planning and publication of "Complete Works of Pal-Bong Kim". The series was completed with 6 volumes in August, 1989.

June 1989

Established the "Yisan Literature Award" with the deposition of the surviving family of Gwang-Sub Kim. The first winners, Moo-San Kim (Poetry) and Soon-Ha Yoo (Novel) were selected in July, and awarded in September.

June 1990

The death of staff editor Hyoun Kim.

June 1991

Began publishing "Complete Collection of Works of Hyoun Kim". The series was completed with 16 volumes in 1993.

November 1992

The first "Korea Japan Literature Symposium" was held in Tokyo, Japan. Six alternating symposiums were held in Korea an Japan until the year 2002.
1992

Began publishing "Moonji Prose Selections". 18 volumes have been published up to date, September 2003.

1995

Began Publishing "Social History Research" series. 5 volumes are published at present, September 2003.

1995

Began publishing "Seonam Oriental Academic Works" with the cooperation of Seonam Foundation(Dongyang Group). 22 volumes have been published up to date, September 2003.

1995

Began publishing the "13/21 Novels" series. 9 volumes have been published up to date, September 2003.

1996

Began publishing "Moonji Spectrum". 78 volumes have been published up to date, September 2003.

1996

Began publishing the mook "Ida". Four Issues have been published up to date, September 2003.

1997

Began publishing "Deep Reading Korean Literature". 13 volumes have been published up to date, September 2003.

October 1999

Opened the Moonji homepage (www.moonji.com)

1999

Began publishing books for children as "Moonji Kids".

March 2000

Representative Director Byoung-Ik Kim resigned. Ho-Gi Chae took over.

April 2000

Entered an agreement with an e-book production, Booktopia, on the vicarious production, and sales of e-books.

2000

Began publishing books for teenagers with "Moonji Blue Books".

June 2001

Began publishing the "Daesan World Literatures" series with the cooperation of Daesan Culture Foundation. 26 volumes have been published up to date, September 2003.

January 2002

Established and awarded "Literature and Society Award for New Talents".

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