Independent publisher · Seoul, Korea
KR History Books케이알
We write historical novels and publish complete Korean translations of the classical Chinese histories, using a translation and review workflow built on Claude.
- Founded November 2025
- Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Team of 2
- 13 works published on Nansenet
nansenet.krOur blog (Naver, in Korean)contact@krhistorybooks.com
What we do
Nansenet
nansenet.kr · free to read
Complete Korean translations of classical Chinese histories, with every paragraph shown beside the original text from public-domain editions such as the Siku Quanshu.
Launched in October 2026 with 13 works, including the Records of the Three Kingdoms with Pei Songzhi's commentary, the Book of the Later Han and the History of the Southern Dynasties. Now translating the 294-volume Zizhi Tongjian.
Books
Historical fiction · e-book
Nanse Yeoljeon (亂世列傳, "Lives from an Age of Chaos") is a series of historical novels about overlooked figures from China's era of division, written closely from the primary sources we translate.
Volume 1, Chen Qingzhi in the White Robe, and Volume 2, The Masked Prince of Lanling, will be published as e-books on November 1, 2026.
Release news is posted on our blog.
How we work
- Translate every sentenceClaude Code coordinates Claude Opus subagents that translate the full source, including the original commentaries. Nothing is summarized or skipped.
- Review independentlyTwo or three separate proofreading passes compare each translation against the original text.
- Check for omissionsAn automated completeness check aligns the translation with the source to catch missing passages, unsupported additions and inconsistent names before anything is published.
- Edit and correctOur editor reads the result as Korean prose, and errors reported by readers are logged and fixed on a public errata page.
Team
Cho Kyoung Rae 조경래
Founder & Publisher
Historical and alternate-history novelist, author of nine web novels. The latest, Three Kingdoms: I Became Cao Cao's Younger Brother (삼국지, 조조의 동생이 되었다), is now being serialized on Munpia. Leads translation and the AI workflow.
Editor
Proofreading & copyediting
Reviews translations and manuscripts before publication.
Company information
| Legal name | 케이알 (KR History Books) |
|---|---|
| Entity | Sole proprietorship, registered in Korea |
| Representative | Cho Kyoung Rae (조경래) |
| Founded | November 25, 2025 |
| Business registration no. | 475-15-03113 |
| Publisher registration no. | 2025-000079 |
| Registered business | Publishing; information and communications; online retail |
| Location | Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| contact@krhistorybooks.com | |
| Websites | nansenet.kr · blog.naver.com/krhistorybooks (Naver blog, 케이알 · 조경래 역사소설) |
한국어 안내
케이알은 2025년 11월 서울에서 문을 연 작은 출판사입니다. 역사소설 『난세열전』을 펴내고, 중국 사서를 원문과 나란히 한글로 완역해 난세넷에 무료로 공개합니다.
소식은 블로그(케이알 · 조경래 역사소설)에 올립니다.
상호 케이알 · 대표 조경래 · 사업자등록번호 475-15-03113 · contact@krhistorybooks.com