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

The stories that IM Sang-soo tries to tell deal with the lives of modern Koreans. He feels that the responsibility placed upon him as a storyteller is the history of "here and now" untold by older Korean directors of the same period. IM is practically the only director now making films that take a long look at the lives of contemporary Koreans without losing their historical sense. The major interest of this book is in examining the way in which his films observe the lives of modern Koreans. He does not view experimentation in style and form as important, but he realized early on that the stories he sought to tell often demanded unconventional form, and he has worked on polishing the formal beauty within his films to a dazzling degree.

In this book the author analyzes and presents traditional and modern korean women's literature in the Joseon period (1979)

The book presents problems of canon in korean literature and korean literary history

The book examines general characteristics of Joseon upper-class houses such as planning, structure and components

The book presents poems of Kim So-yeop, the modern writer of 20 century

Stories included in this volume are those of Koreans who preserved their nationahood and maintained their unique culture with sound mind and positive purpose even during troubled times

International Studies is not so much a distinct academic discipline as it is an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the world around us, looking not only at nations, but also the roles played by other actors such as non-governmental organizations, international courts, multi-national corporations, and international organizations

This volume touches on many of the complex issues which characterized this cultural interchange between Korea and other Buddhist cultures, an interchange that has been little studied in the West

This book presents korean poetry in modern literature