In this book foreign relations - Korea (South) and (North), politics and government. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Pyongyangology has replaced Kremlinology as the favored sport of Communist-watchers. It

The Japanese colonial government, the Government-General of Korea, played a significant part in furthering the expansion program of the Japanese Empire, and moreover in the rise of Japanese militarism. Despite its importance, no one has analyzed and examined the Government-General of Korea in its entirety from 1910 to 1945. The failure of the Japanese administration was clearly manifested in 1945, when it collapsed at once upon the withdrawal of Japanese armed forces from Korea.

Insight into Dokdo analyzes the conflicting claims of Korea and Japan regarding Dokdo from historical, political and international law perspectives. The 22 essays in this volume introduce some of the latest achievements made by Korean and foreign scholars in establishing historical truths clarifying the legal issues regarding the islets

Goguryeo tomb murals, now registered as UNESCO World Heritage, are an important cultural heritage and are a historic record of the kingdom, which was one of the most powerful states in Northeast Asia 2,000 years ago. The murals, which excavated from the late third to seventh centuries in areas of Pyeongyang and Anak in North Korea and Ji

The book introduces Korea

Includes chapters on: Yi Sun-sin: A National Hero of Korea, About Yi Sun-sin, Historical Background, The Major Naval Battles of Yi, The Kobukson or

How do you figure out what to do in a job? How do you get it done? How should you deal with demanding bosses? How can you get the most out of subordinates? What should you do to get along with difficult colleagues and handle powerful interest groups and the media? Just how can you succeed in a world where persuasion rather than direct command is the rule? Using a compass as his operating metaphor - your boss is north of you, your staff is south, colleagues are east and so on - Richard Haass provides clear, practical guidelines for setting goals and translating goals into results.

Financial Industry at a Crossroads comes out at a time when the financial firestorm stemming from the burst of the U.S. subprime mortgage bubble is threatening to push the global economy into the second Great Depression. Korea is not immune to this global financial disaster. It has suffered a sharp drop in the value of the won and a stock market plunge. The recent turmoil in Korean financial markets reminds us that the reform journey is not yet over for Korea

This book describes in detail the history of “the Rite to Royal Ancestors”, the general background of Confucian sacrificial music and dance, and the musical characteristics of two types of sacrificial music transmitted in Korea. To help readers understand the procedures and the content of the ceremony and music, illustrations and a music CD are included.

This book aims to examine media coverage of North Korea between 2001 and 2003, looking at the frames used by four newspapers, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Chosun IlboHankyoreh Sinmon. This book also analyzes President George W. Bush’s 2002 State of the Union Address and the respective responses from the four newspapers. Consequently, this book analyzes how framing is used by Bush and the international newspapers through examining newspaper coverage and presidential rhetoric in texts about North Korea.