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A wide-ranging collection of concise essays, ‘Past Forward’ introduces core features of Korean history that illuminate current issues and pressing concerns, including recent political upheavals, soc……続きを見る

North Korea continues to make headlines, arousing curiosity and fear in equal measure. The world's most secretive nuclear power, it still has Gulag-style prison camps, allows no access to the Intern……続きを見る

Bringing a fresh perspective to an understudied area, this book offers a critical, source-based examination and assessment of the roles of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (KPG) a……続きを見る

For hundreds of years until the 1900s, in today’s China, Japan, North and South Korea, and Vietnam, literati of Classical Chinese or Literary Sinitic (wényán 文言) could communicate in writing inter……続きを見る

Prenez une carte de l’Asie : la Corée du Sud est une blessure. Un pays divisé par la guerre et contraint de vivre, au quotidien, sous la menace de son frère ennemi du Nord. Et pourtant ! La pandémie……続きを見る

Myths, legends, and folklore are more than incredible and magical stories and tales. They have a profound purpose in the human world. They explain how human beings perceived and tried to understand ……続きを見る

Adéntrese en la apasionante cultura de la península de Corea: señores feudales, hambrunas, guerras, los intentos de independencia y continuos ataques extranjeros. Un devenir histórico que ha formado……続きを見る

This book contends that the long history of America’s interaction with Korea started with the signing of the Treaty of Peace, Amity, Commerce, and Navigation in 1882, and with the establishment of t……続きを見る

Should we humanize the world's most inhumane leaders? Adolf Hitler. Joseph Stalin. Benito Mussolini. Mao Zedong. Kim Il Sung. Vladimir Lenin. These cruel dictators wrote their names on the pages of ……続きを見る

Nuclear Showdown published by Asia expert, Gordon Chang, was of the first books to exploire the full extent of the North Korean nuclear threat, its origins, international implications, and solutions……続きを見る

On 18th May 1980, student activists gathered in the South Korean city of Gwangju to protest the coup d'�tat and martial law government of General Chun Doo-hwan. The security forces responded with un……続きを見る

A Presbyterian missionary gives a rare eye-witness account of 19th century Korea This eBook edition of Korean Sketches by James Scarth Gale, originally published in 1898, is annotated with historica……続きを見る

Sul’s history of the international ginseng trade reveals the cultural aspects of international capitalism and the impact of this single commodity on relations between the East and the West. Ginseng ……続きを見る

South Korea has a remarkable history. Born from the ashes of imperial domination, partition and a devastating war, back in the 1950s there were real doubts about its survival as an independent state……続きを見る

Zulawnik focuses on the broad concept of ‘controversy’ and issues pertaining to the translation of politically and historically controversial texts in East Asia. The research methodology is exemplif……続きを見る

Redemption and Regret presents two previously unpublished typescripts of James Scarth Gale, a Canadian missionary to Korea for four decades (1888–1927). During his time in Korea, Gale developed into……続きを見る

**'Propulsive . . . Deeply reported and novelistic. I flew through it' Ed Caesar 'Jaw dropping even for North Korea . . . A terrific piece of up-close reportage that reads like a spy thriller but is……続きを見る

Multiculturalism in Korea formed in the context of its neoliberal, global aspirations, its postcolonial legacy with Japan, and its subordinated neocolonial relationship with the United States. The K……続きを見る

How universities in the US and South Korea compete for global student marketsーand how university financials shape students’ lives. The popular image of the international student in the American ima……続きを見る

Starting in 1884 with the arrival of the first resident Protestant missionary in Korea and ending with the expulsion of missionaries from the peninsula by the Japanese colonial government in 1942, B……続きを見る

Streets in Korea rarely go quiet without first having a public demonstration and Korean citizens are known as seasoned protestors, charting the course of national politics. Between the Streets and t……続きを見る

This book investigates the translation field as a hybrid space for the competing claims between the colonisers and the colonised. By tracing the process of the importation and appropriation of Irish……続きを見る

This book focuses on the Korean People’s Army (KPA) - the armed forces of North Korea - covering its history, structural organisation and lives of the soldiers and officers within its ranks. Utilisi……続きを見る

When people discuss Korean martial arts, they rarely mention taekyon. They are usually totally unfamiliar with the name because there hasn’t been much written about it. The four chapters in this ant……続きを見る

This book addresses the issues raised by Chinese and North Korean maritime ‘gray zone’ activities in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. For years, China has been harassing its neighbors in South China Se……続きを見る

近十年來韓劇、KPOP、韓國電影越來越受歡迎了， 但我們能從中看到韓國真正的社會樣貌與文化嗎？ 你知道嗎？那些光鮮亮麗的俊男美女背後， 可能藏著外人看不見的陰暗角落。 ◎真正的韓國是──沙豬的王國 性騷擾、性醜……続きを見る

"Stoddart has portrayed for us, as few could have done, the untirable and brilliant mind... of Isabella Bird Bishop." - Blackwood's Magazine (1906) "Bird for a time abandons her mother country...fin……続きを見る

This book delivers an in-depth analysis of the US-DPRK Peace Treaty which will be concluded as a final result of the Korean Peninsula peace process that is currently ongoing. Since North Korea launc……続きを見る

This edited book unpacks the nature of Central Asian migration to East Asia. This book uses the case of Uzbekistan, the most populous country of Central Asia, and demonstrates the migration channels……続きを見る

Today, Korean and Japanese innovations are ahead in several advanced technologies including robotics, electronics, shipbuilding, and vehicles. They have managed to come in the list of the top ten gr……続きを見る