This book is introduction about history of Korea. Korea was a power in East Asia and once ruled much of Manchuria. The kingdom of Goguryeo was successful in repelling the aggression of China’s Sui Dynasti and Tang Dynasti, while the kingdom of Balhae ruled over a vast territory extending to the north as far as Siberia (Russian Maritime Territory). Throughout history, Korea not only developed …
Toy City, a poignant coming-of-age story of a fourth-grade boy named Yun, depicts the life of a poor family struggling to survive in the years immediately after the Korean War. An autobiographical work, the novel is written entirely from young Yun’s point of view.
This book deals with the dances that were traditionally performed in the Royal courts and among ordinary people, the dance that were put on stage before and after the country’s liberation in 1945, as well as the Korean dances that are performed on the international stage. Therefore, this book is written with intention of building a bridge beetwen the present and past roots of traditional Kore…
Traditional markets show us a slice of society but to see this we need an understanding of the markets of the past: when markets began to appear, how they developed, how they changed as they became assimilated into the capitalist system. In other words, we need to look over the history of Korean markets.
This book is introduction about the Norigae. Norigae is a decorative pendant hung from the outer or inner breast-tie of the short upper garment (jeogori), or sashes of the traditional Korean women’s custome called ”handbok”. It was an accessory item exclusive to the Joseon dynasty and was made of precious materials such a gold, silver or jade. The decorative designs and ornamental detail…
This paper discusses about Supreme Court Law Republic of Korea. In this paper there are four articles that Study of Court Decisions on Protection of Financial Instrument Investor, New Standard of Judgment For Patent Applications Filed by Unentitled Persons: Focusing on Derived Invention Modifying Another's Claimed Invention and Burden of Proof, Issues of Family Law Claimes of North Korean Resid…
The recipes in this book are for four servings, unless otherwise specified. You might find some quite inadequate for four people but you must remember most Korean foods are side dishes. We have quite a different concept of main dishes from Westerners - the real main dishes being always rice and soup. Everything else is a side dish to help diners consume them with relish. Because there are usual…
Moon Chung-hee’s lyrical poems represent poignant self-examination, evoking moments of bewilderment and hopeful resignation to the passage of time and the imprisoning conditions of her life. Her passionately rebellious languages makes her whimsical and tentative inquiry into the conditions of women taut with poetic tension.
A Spectral, nameless narrator haunts the lost and wounded of big-city Seoul, suggesting solace in suicide. Wandering through the bright lights of their high-urban existence, C and K are brothers who fall in love with the same woman-Se-yeon. As their lives intersects, they tear at each other in a struggle to find connection in their fastpaced, atomized world.
This book is an abridge version of Korean Book Good Morning, Kimchi!: 111 Kinds of Kimchi. Along with traditional kimchi recipes, there are many modern kimchi recipes throughout this book which use vegetables that people in other countries will be more familiar with.
Kim Kwang-Kyu wrote in a simple vocabulary with grammatically coherent language that included a humor that had not been present in contemporary Korean literature. He demonstrated that it was possible to write about social issues while remaining deeply personal, a concept that has had a profound influence on younger poets. The reader who comes to these poems is thus being invited to wake up from…
Young-Hoon has a knack for getting the hearts of a matter in just a few paragraphs. His critical thinking and commentary was well beyond his years, and yet clearly the voice of young Korea. Young-Hoon has shown to be a sharp teen observer of today’s society.
This book, as a sequel to Korea under siege, is unrivalled as a single, comprehensive exposition of South Korea’s phenomenal economic success after the Korean War. It provides a coherent blend of historical details and analytical rigor that makes complexities embedded in South Korea’s process of capital formation and its phenomenol economic growth authoritatively comprehensible. This is an …