Corea or Cho-sen : The Land of the Morning Calm

In this book present the reader with some dry facts about Corea and the Coreans. Describe the manners and customs of the people as accurately as possible from the impressions which my visit to their country left upon me, but of course I do not claim that these personal opinionsexpressed are absolutely infallible.

Korea Old and New A History

Korea Old and New a History is an attempt to meet the need for a general history of Korea that provides detailed treatment of the post- 1945 period while at the same time describing at some length the traditional historical-cultural milieu from wich modern Korea has developed.

Reading the Korean Cltural Landscape

The 21 st century is the age of culture, and thus cultural competition will be ever tense among countries. The internal or regional diversity in a national cultural is the necessity for a nation to develop its own cultural capability. If Koreans comprehend their own national culture as a mixture of many regional cultures, they will be more prepared to adapt themselves to the process 0f globaliz…

Corea or Cho-sen

In this book present the reader with some dry facts about Corea and the Coreans. Describe the manners and customs of the people as accurately as possible from the impressions which a visit to their country.

A Brief History of Korea

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 …

Historical Verification of Korea’s Sovereignty Over Ulleungdo and Dokdo

The original Korean version of this book is Ulleungdo-wa Dokdo, Geu Yeoksa-jeok Geomjeung (Yeoksa Gonggan, 2010) . This book will contribute to enchancing the accuracy of our understanding and perception of the sovereignty and history of Dokdo. The Korean National Assembly Library intends to continue to make every effort to share information on Dokdo and its history with the international commu…

Times Past In Korea: An Illustrated Collection of Encounters, Events, Customs…

This collection covers a period of over 400 years – from Hendrik Hamel’s jornel of the 1600s to early twentieth-century records like those of Roy C. Andrews’ 1918 account of his expedition entitled Exploring Unknown Corners of the ’Hermit Kingdon’. In this unique collection of writings and records of time past in Korea – the author helps to lift the veil on this once closed country,…

Korea: Tradition & Transformation

This book is the first comprehensive English-language history of the Korean people, offering Western readers a synthesis of the latest and best scholarship on Korean history and culture from the earliest times to present. This book will fill the need for a comprehensive, up-to-date, single-volume Korean history which has existed for a long time.

Dynamic Korea

This book show the national image of Korea, contains vivid images of all parts of Korea today, from the cities to the countryside to the islands that surround the peninsula. This book also has many photographs of the nation’s unpolluted natural landscape and traditional culture.

The New Horizon to Ancient Korean History

This book written by the author, makes the assertion that the culture of Mago Castle on the Pamirs dates more than 70,000 years ago, and that members of this race gradually migrated throughout the world, transplanting their culture to the colonies as they went.

The Expatriate Handbook: Seoul, Korea

This handbook provides as much assistance to you as can expatriate living in Seoul as it has for me in compiling it. This handbook has been designed as a starting point, for the expatriate to receive a quicker, more thorough bearing and understanding of the city in which they live and work. It is aimed that this handbook will allow individuals and families to settle more quickly and smoothly, h…

Korea Bug

J. Scott Burgeson has been described as Korea’s most successful zinester to date, and Korea Bug is a collection of the very best Korea-related material he has produced over the years for his zine Bug. This is a neither uninformed, navel-gazing blogosphere chatter nor swallow, rah-rah propaganda for Korea, Inc., but rather rigorous cultural criticism with a bracing, adrenaline-charged punk spi…

Korea’s Place In The Sun: A Modern History

This book explain analysis of the Korean Civil War and of South Korea’s economic ascent. Author refocused attention on Korea as one of the world’s distinctive civilization, not some amalgam of Chinese and Japanese cultures. Cumings deals superbly with the post-1905 years, the causes and impact of the Korean war, the frightening Korean intelligence services, the post-1950s sweatshops and eco…

Korea’s Twentieth-Century Odyssey

This book is designed to provide readers with the historical essential upon which to unravel the complex politics and contemporary crises that currently exist in the East Asian region. The author shows how traditional Korean political culture shaped the response of Koreans to multiple threats to their sovereignty after being opened to the world economy by Japan in the 1870s.

Koreans To Remember: 50 Famous People Who Helped Shape Korea

This book will provide with the basic details of many historical characters of Korea. Use the book as a reference whenever you encounter famous names and wish to quickly become conversant in the basis of their popularity.

The Poetic World of Classic Korean Women Writers

In the of Korean literature, we can divide women writers into two groups: one group writing their works in Korean; and the other writing their poems in Chinese, the common written language of East Asia. This book is written to reveal the poetic world of thirteen female writers in the latter group who played comparatively active roles in promoting literature. At a time when literary Chinese was …

The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong: The Autobiographical Writings of a Crown Prince…

These memoirs offer a compelling account of one of the most tragic tales in the history of the Korean court. Lady hyegyong, the author of these memoirs, married Crown Price Sado when both were just nine years old. Lady Hyegyong's memoirs are a fascinating private view of partriarchal Korean royalty and of how an extraordinary woman, having survived horrific male power struggles, transformed pe…

A Peep Into Korea

"A Peep into Korea" is a humorous yet thoughtful story of travel that documents the sporadic adventures Hayes have taken through South Korea over the past five years. Traveling with his wife Sooki, a native of Korea, he has enjoyed an insider's view of the nation, a perspective essential for truly understanding it. His travels in Korea have touched both popular tourist destinations and remote c…

Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles

Korea is that rare book that actually defines a nation and its people. Winchester’s gift for capturing engaging characters in true, compelling stories provides us with a treasury of enchanting and informed insight on the culture, language, history, and politics of this little-known corner of Asia. With a new introduction by the author, Korea is a beautiful journey through a mysterious country…

Facts About Korea

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191 hlm.; ilus.; 20 cm.

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