Est. 2026 · Korea The cup a dokkaebi made

Put one in.
Get two out.


Publishing · Education
Consulting · Shop

We publish books, teach, help people think through hard problems, and sell a few things we believe in. Whatever you bring us, we try to give back a little more.

The story01 / 04

Where the name comes from

Long ago, at the foot of a mountain, a dokkaebi (a Korean goblin) shaped a cup out of clay. Whatever you put in it came back out doubled. One became two.

People called it dokkaebi-ga bijeun jan, the cup a dokkaebi made. Dobijan, for short.

Why we chose it Good things grow when they are shared. What one person knows becomes many people's once it is a book. Teach someone, and now there is one more person who can teach. Each of the four things we do is an attempt to work like that cup.
What we do02 / 04

Four kinds of work

Four fields, one standard: can we hand back something more useful than what we were given?

i.

Publishing

We turn years of one person's experience into books that many people can read. Planning, manuscript work, editing and production, side by side with the author.

ii.

Education

Lectures and workshops that are practical enough that the people who attend can go home and teach what they learned to someone else.

iii.

Consulting

Bring us one problem you have not been able to crack. We look at it with you and come back with steps you can actually take. Mostly for individuals and small teams.

iv.

Shop Coming soon

A small online shop of things we have used ourselves and would keep around for years. We would rather sell something you come back for than sell a lot.

A first hello03 / 04
“Dobijan opened in the autumn of 2026. We are still a small cup. But whatever you pour in, we will take good care of it and hand it back with more.”

Ha SanghyunFounder, Dobijan

Contact04 / 04

Have something to
put in the cup?

Book projects, talks and workshops, consulting, or questions about products. Send us an email. The founder reads and answers every one.

ceo@dobijan.com