The book presents mass media and culture - Korea (South)

The book describes Korea’s economic trends and the role of business law. Starting with a historical review of Korea’s economy and the law, the book explains the legal system in Korea before 1960, and discusses how economic development led to changes in the legal system. It also examines the relationship between the economy and law since 1960: economic situation, policy demands, and changes in the law by periods, 1961 to 1971, 1972 to 1979, 1980 to 1986, 1987 to 1996, and 1997 to the present. It also discusses the legal system related to economic cooperation with North Korea after 1987, in a separate chapter.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the historical background, genres, and performers of the traditional performing arts of Korea, such as puppet plays, mask dramas, and Pansori, a uniquely Korean form of narrative song, which originated from the singing and dancing traditions of the ancient Korean people. It offers a detailed introduction to a variety of Korea’s traditional performing arts. The book also provides references on related research sources in Korean, Japanese, and Chinese, about Korea’s traditional performing arts, for those with an interest in conducting in-depth research, along with featuring some 70 photographs to highlight the noteworthy characteristics of Korean performing arts.

The book examines the Korean Studies in the World: Democracy, Peace, Prosperity and Culture.

This book attempts to address historical matters and other aspects of Korean music. This volume is an essay collection of studies written in English from the articles appearing in the academic journals and papers at the International Symposium such as Asia Pacific Society for Ethnomusicology and other Korean musicology symposiums. The purpose of this publication is primarily to introduce the major components of Korean traditional music and Korea musicology to English, Chinese and Japanese speaking scholars. The 18 articles included in this volume are divided into five parts.

The book seeks to share knowledge about effective crisis management in regard to Korea’s recent experience in overcoming its own turmoil during the global financial crisis. International organizations, such as the IMF, OECD, and the World Bank, as well as the international media, have provided extensive coverage on Korea’s economic recovery efforts. The Korean experiences might also shed light for other emerging economies in their efforts to overcome such financial difficulty.

This is the first volume fully theorizing the Korean folk dance tradition. Folk dances from various regions are introduced and their characteristics are discussed. The underlying spirit of Korean folk dance comes from Eastern religion and philosophy, and its profound spiritual background arises from the rhythm of nature, which arises from the state of self-renunciation. Korean dance reflects an accord between labor and art which connects work, shaman rites, amusements, and drama into one comprehensive art. Each dance movement is a condensation of power, as is the form and composition of the dance.

This book offers a glimpse of Korea's foremost handicraft artisans, who have been designated as cultural treasures, and examples of their masterful works in such areas as wood, bamboo, fabric, and metal crafts

This is a great book on Korean history. It has great maps and charts, just like you would find in a DK type of atlas book. Great printing and color on each page. It starts with the origins of the Korean people through the new millenium with some information on present day North Korea.

“Modern Korean Artists,” a compilation of articles about contemporary artists from the quarterly magazine Koreana (2000-2008), offers an opportunity for readers to better understand and appreciate Korea’s modern arts, related to a variety of genres, ranging from the fine arts to Korean film. Although the entire spectrum of Korea’s modern arts and artists cannot be fully dealt with in a single publication such as this, it does include a close-up look of several key figures who have contributed to advancement of the modern arts scene in Korea.