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 numerous provocations involving nuclear tests and missile launches, however, the international community still has not formulated a coherent response.

The South Korean warship Cheonan was sunk in mysterious circumstances on 26 March 2010. The remarkable events that followed are analysed by Tim Beal and woven into a larger study of the increasingly volatile relations between North and South Korea and US concern about the rise of China

For decades, scholars and politicians have vigorously debated whether Confucianism is compatible with democracy, yet little is known about how it affects the process of democratization in East Asia. In this book, Doh Chull Shin examines the prevalence of core Confucian legacies and their impacts on civic and political orientations in six Confucian countries: China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Analyses of the Asian Barometer and World Values surveys reveal that popular attachment to Confucian legacies has mixed results on democratic demand. While Confucian political legacies encourage demand for a non-liberal democratic vernment that prioritizes the economic welfare of the community over the freedom of individual citizens, its social legacies promote interpersonal trust and tolerance, which are critical components of democratic civic life.

This book is intended to ADB. This guide briefly explains ADB's joint financing and guarantee operations, sponsored by ADB, from developing countries. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) actively promotes co-financing of the Third World countries, contributing to economic growth and interstate cooperation

Following the success of Resumes That Knock 'Em Dead, Yate takes an in-depth look at that other vital component of the job search: the cover letter. Each of these cover letters was used successfully to obtain a job. Several executive summaries are included as well--letters sent without a resume that nevertheless led to offers

The educational manual presents the theoretical foundations of glass production, its physico-chemical properties, discusses in detail the basic technological stages of obtaining glassware

The educational manual represents a set of lecture notes ddevoted to colloidal chemical fundamentals of nanotechnology and nanochemistry

In the educational manual presents the theoretic and practical aspects of chemical kinetics and electrochemistry, Much attention is paid to the important section on the problems of catalysis