17,016円 This book analyses democratization and democracy in South Korea since 1960. The book starts with an analysis of the distinctive characteristics of bureaucratic authoritarianism and how democratic transition had been possible after inconclusive and protracted “tug of war” between authoritarian reg...

662円 Learning Asia history has never been easier! Special history books, like this, break down historical facts based on specific events. In this case, you’ll be learning about the start and end of Korean War. What were the events that led to the war? How extensive were the effects of the damage? What...

2,812円 During the Pacific War, more than 200,000 Korean girls were forced into sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers. They lived in horrific conditions in “comfort stations” across Japanese-occupied territories. Barely 10 percent survived to return to Korea, where they lived as social outcasts. Since t...

26,607円 South Korea (Republic of Korea) is the more successful of the two Koreas in both economic and political terms. Even the Asian economic crisis of 1997–1998, which hit badly, was weathered successfully, and when the next crisis came along in 2007, South Korea coped better than many other countries....

3,647円 국내 최초로 시도된 김일성 논픽션 다큐멘터리(1912~1945년) 항일연군 생존자 및 관련자 200여 명 인터뷰 자료 수록 김일성을 중심으로 서술한 만주 항일무장투쟁의 정사(正史)와 비사(?史), 야사(野史)의 종합판 『김일성 1912~1945』는 1912년 출생부터 1945년 평양으로 귀향하기까지 김일성의 33년 동안의 행적을 193...

3,149円 국내 최초로 시도된 김일성 논픽션 다큐멘터리(1912~1945년) 항일연군 생존자 및 관련자 200여 명 인터뷰 자료 수록 김일성을 중심으로 서술한 만주 항일무장투쟁의 정사(正史)와 비사(?史), 야사(野史)의 종합판 『김일성 1912~1945』는 1912년 출생부터 1945년 평양으로 귀향하기까지 김일성의 33년 동안의 행적을 193...

3,979円 국내 최초로 시도된 김일성 논픽션 다큐멘터리(1912~1945년) 항일연군 생존자 및 관련자 200여 명 인터뷰 자료 수록 김일성을 중심으로 서술한 만주 항일무장투쟁의 정사(正史)와 비사(?史), 야사(野史)의 종합판 『김일성 1912~1945』는 1912년 출생부터 1945년 평양으로 귀향하기까지 김일성의 33년 동안의 행적을 193...

4,245円 The first English-language history of Korea to appear in more than a decade, this translation offers Western readers a distillation of the latest and best scholarship on Korean history and culture from the earliest times to the student revolution of 1960. The most widely read and respected genera...

250円 For a country that is in the news on a daily basis, North Korea remains a mystery to much of the Western world. Ask any random Joe on the street what he knows about the country and the only answer you'll likely get is that "it's bad." Presented here are several largely unknown facts that cut agai...

4,793円 The origins of a transnational adoption strategy that secured the future for Korean-black children The Korean War left hundreds of thousands of children in dire circumstances, but the first large-scale transnational adoption efforts involved the children of American soldiers and Korean women. Kor...

2,520円 North Korea and the United States have been officially at war for over 70 years, one of the longest lasting and most unbalanced conflicts in world history, in which a small East Asian state has held its own against a Western superpower for over three generations. With the Western world increasing...

3,973円 Bong Joon Ho won the Oscar® for Best Director for Parasite (2019), which also won Best Picture, the first foreign film to do so, and two other Academy Awards. Parasite was the first Korean film to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes. These achievements mark a new career peak for the director, who first ...