This study examines the factors explaining middle class participation in the movement for democratization. It develops a complex argument to explain the participation of different sectors of the middle class in the democracy movement in the mid-1980s incorporating both structural and cultural explanations. Especially concerned was the author with the influence of Confucianism and Christianity and the development of post-materialist values on the political culture of Korea, and how the interaction of different but not necessarily conflicting sets of values has influenced different sectors of the middle class to take action against the authoritarian government and in support of democracy.

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

In this book, Clash of Histories in East Asia and Chinese Territorial View and Concept of Ethnic Identity, China’s Northeast Project and the System of Korean History

This book examines the process of founding the Choson state upon neo-Confucian principles. The author analyzes the dynamics of Korean society evolving to balance the value of the individual and community with the essential defensive physical forces of the state

The book presents a history of the Kingdom of Korea

The book presents a history of the Kingdom of Korea