Korea category: 281 books
Meltdown
The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2010
When George W. Bush took office in 2001, North Korea's nuclear program was frozen and Kim Jong Il had signaled he was ready to negotiate. Today, North Korea possesses as many as ten nuclear warheads, and possibly the means to provide nuclear material to rogue states or terrorist groups. How did this...
The American Press and the Cold War
The Rise of Authoritarianism in South Korea, 1945–1954
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
During the Cold War, the United States enabled the rise of President Syngman Rhee’s repressive government in South Korea, and yet neither the American occupation nor Rhee’s growing authoritarianism ever became particularly controversial news stories in the United States. Could the press have done...
Escaping North Korea
Defiance and Hope in the World's Most Repressive Country
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2008
The first of its kind, this book provides a unique inside look into the hidden world of ordinary North Koreans. Mike Kim, who worked with refugees on the Chinese border for four years, recounts their experiences of enduring famine, sex-trafficking, and torture, as well as the inspirational stories...
North Korea
A History
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
In this key textbook, Michael J. Seth offers an excellent synthesis of existing scholarship, including a thorough examination of contemporary sources. Seth masterfully traces how North Korea gradually transformed itself from a Soviet-style socialist state to an ultra-nationalist, dynastic one, illuminating...
Learning to Think Korean
A Guide to Living and Working in Korea
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
The definitive guide to understanding Korea - from home to work and those cultural destinations in between.
Kohls shares a feast of Korean culture: a ricebowl of history and tradition complemented by an array of spicy tidbits that capture the reader's attention like a mouthful of kimchi. Based...
See You Again in Pyongyang
A Journey into Kim Jong Un's North Korea
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
A "close-up look at the cloistered country" (USA Today), See You Again in Pyongyang is American writer Travis Jeppesen's "probing" and "artful" (New York Times Book Review) chronicle of his travels in North Korea--an eye-opening portrait that goes behind the headlines...
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Learn about the land of kimchi – Korea! It is an Asian powerhouse that stands next to Japan in terms of technological achievements. Through this educational book, your child can go on a virtual tour around the country. Aside from the learnings, your child will also love the pictures and presentation of information here. Grab a copy now!
North Korea’s New Diplomacy
Challenging Political Isolation in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
This book examines how North Korea has managed to weather an uncertain political future and catastrophic economic system since the end of the Cold War. Emerging as a state that has successfully developed and tested missiles and nuclear weapons, North Korea has consolidated the Kim family dynasty through...
Rogue Regime
Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
What happens when a dictator wins absolute power and isolates a nation from the outside world? In a nightmare of political theory stretched to madness and come to life, North Korea's Kim Jong Il made himself into a living god, surrounded by lies and flattery and beyond criticism. As over two million...
Rationalizing Korea
The Rise of the Modern State, 1894–1945
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
The first book to explore the institutional, ideological, and conceptual development of the modern state on the peninsula, Rationalizing Korea analyzes the state’s relationship to five social sectors, each through a distinctive interpretive theme: economy (developmentalism), religion (secularization),...
The East Asian War, 1592-1598
International Relations, Violence and Memory
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
As East Asia regains its historical position as a world centre, information on the history of regional relations becomes ever more critical. Astonishingly, Northeast Asia enjoyed five centuries of international peace from 1400 to 1894, broken only by one major international war – the invasion of...
by Carter J. Eckert
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
For South Koreans, the early 1960s to late 1970s were the best and worst of times—a period of unprecedented economic growth and deepening political oppression. Carter J. Eckert finds the roots of this dramatic socioeconomic transformation in the country’s long history of militarization, personified in South Korea’s paramount leader, Park Chung Hee.
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Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2013
Colonial Rule and Social Change in Korea 1910-1945 highlights the complex interaction between indigenous activity and colonial governance, emphasizing how Japanese rule adapted to Korean and missionary initiatives, as well as how Koreans found space within the colonial system to show agency. Topics...
Reconstructing Bodies
Biomedicine, Health, and Nation-Building in South Korea Since 1945
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
South Korea represents one of the world's most enthusiastic markets for plastic surgery. The growth of this market is particularly fascinating as access to medical care and surgery arose only recently with economic growth since the 1980s. Reconstructing Bodies traces the development of a medical infrastructure...