Korea 2

The invasion of Korea by Japanese troops in May of 1592 was no ordinary military expedition: it was one of the decisive events in Asian history and the most tragic for the Korean peninsula until the……続きを見る

책소개 역사의 왜곡과 조작 속에서 잊혀간 화려하고 찬란했던 동방의 강국 백제 700년 역사의 진실을 재조명한다! 백제는 ‘망할 수밖에 없었던 나라’였는가 흔히 역사 기록과 일반적인 인식은 백제를 ‘망할 수밖에……続きを見る

In The Impossible State, seasoned international-policy expert and lauded scholar Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on provocative, isolationist North Korea, providing our best look yet at its histo……続きを見る

光鮮亮麗的韓流背後，藏著多少前人的血和淚？！ 姚嘉文（考試院前院長） 蕭新煌（總統府資政） 柳照遠（二二八基金會副執行長） 郭秋雯（政大韓文系教授） 阿潑（轉角國際專欄作者） 簡義明（成大臺文系教授） 正……続きを見る

"Daniel Tudor covers all the important issues, yet does not simply tell the more familiar stories, but looks deeper and wider to give the full story of Korea today." ーMartin Uden, Former British Am……続きを見る

This volume examines the South China Sea’s regional security dynamics, highlighting the challenges and opportunities for both littoral and non-littoral states. The South China Sea is a vital pathway……続きを見る

Up until now, the Korean War has been the black hole of modern American history. The Coldest Winter changes that, giving readers a masterful narrative of the political decisions and miscalculations ……続きを見る

In Korea and Her Neighbours, written in two volumes between 1894 and 1897, Isabella Bird documents one of the most critical and interesting periods of Korean history. Violently torn from centuries o……続きを見る

Here for the first time is a personal account direct from a leader of the Korean rebels fighting against the Japanese who have ruled them for a generation. It is a story that fits the American tradi……続きを見る

This book explores Soviet–North Korean relations during the Cold War (1945–1991). Based on many primary documents and sources (including Russian and Korean), it reveals how the influence of the Sovi……続きを見る

在光鮮亮麗的背後，我們忽略這個國家的歷史陰暗面， 面對困境，他們是追尋驕陽的國度。 冷戰史權威學者，以大眾口吻和鮮明的文字意象，融合他自己與朝鮮人的接觸經驗， 綜合政治經濟學觀點 探討自十九世紀末，經歷……続きを見る

This ambitious book is constructed to provide the reader with unusually broad and deep insight into North Korea, illustrating how the Kim Jong-un regime calculates, balances, and addresses the vario……続きを見る

During World War II, the Japanese military extended Japan’s civilian licensing regime for domestic brothels to those next to its overseas bases. It did so for a simple reason: to impose the strenuou……続きを見る

Far from always having been an isolated nation and a pariah state in the international community, North Korea exercised significant influence among Third World nations during the Cold War era. With ……続きを見る

當社會是一口高壓鍋，被各種壓力籠罩著： 升學壓力、就業壓力、工作壓力、經濟壓力…… 身處其中，你覺得自己的人生還有希望嗎？ 當努力沒有回報，你還會繼續努力嗎？ 當情況不曾好轉，你還能保持樂觀嗎？ 這一切痛……続きを見る

Since Kim Jong-un’s assumption of power in December 2011, North Korea has undergone expanded nuclear development, political isolation, and economic stagnation. Kim’s early prioritization of the byun……続きを見る

In Hegemonic Mimicry, Kyung Hyun Kim considers the recent global success of Korean popular cultureーthe Korean wave of pop music, cinema, and television, which is also known as hallyuーfrom a transn……続きを見る

Patriots, Traitors and Empires is an account of modern Korean history, written from the point of view of those who fought to free Korea from the domination of foreign empires. It traces the history ……続きを見る

一部近三百年的清韓宗藩關係史， 正是朝鮮王朝由「尊明貶清」到「尊明奉清」的演變史。 西元1637年，歷經南漢山城盟約之後，朝鮮成為清朝的藩國，雙方關係被視為「典型的朝貢關係」。但秉承「尊華攘夷」儒家觀念的……続きを見る

Victor D. Cha and David C. Kang’s Nuclear North Korea was first published in 2003 amid the outbreak of a lasting crisis over the North Korean nuclear program. It promptly became a landmark of an ong……続きを見る

For many in the West, North Korea is a secretive, reclusive, and enigmatic country, a rogue state that threatens the world with its nuclear program and ballistic missiles. Confronted with its numero……続きを見る

This is an historical survey of all the religious traditions of Korea in relation to the socio-cultural trends of seven different periods of Korean history. The book includes a discussion of the his……続きを見る

Traditional Korean society was characterized by a rigid hierarchy. The minority Paekjong were the lowest group of the lowest rank of the shinbun class system, and were treated as outcasts throughout……続きを見る

Since the conclusion of World War II, the Korean people and the international community have contemplated a unified peninsula, but a divided Korea remains one of the last visible vestiges of the Col……続きを見る

A breathtaking true story of a rescue mission undertaken by a young woman and her family in one of the most repressive countries in the world. Helie Lee often had heard her grandmother speak of an u……続きを見る

The divided families problem is a serious social issue in North and South Korea, involving hundreds of thousands of first generation divided family members, most of whom have not seen their relative……続きを見る

To any one who would like to look somewhat into the inner soul of the Oriental, and see the peculiar spiritual existences among which he lives, the following stories will serve as true interpreters,……続きを見る

Political prisoner Hyun Woo is freed after eighteen years to find no trace of the world he knew. The friends with whom he shared utopianist dreams are gone. His Seoul is unrecognizably transformed a……続きを見る

The East Asian expansion since the 1960s stands out as a global power shift with few historical precedents. The Resurgence of East Asia examines the rise of the region as one of the world's economic……続きを見る

Since the 1990s, the American government has under prioritized the North Korean threat to global security, according to Bruce Bechtol, an associate professor of political science at Angelo State Uni……続きを見る