Here in these twenty most wonderful stories, children will meet the long-time friends of Korean children. A rabbit who outwits a tiger, a brother and a sister who became the Sun and the Moon, ogres and their magic clubs, a tortoise and hare who are totally different from the ones in Aesop`s fable, rats who want the Sun to became their son-in-law, and many many more beloved characters

This book introduces korean folk tales for children. Mr. Moon and Miss Sun: A young boy and his sister must escape from a tiger pretending to be their mother. They climb a rope to heaven where they become Mr. Sun and Miss Moon. The Herdsman and the Weaver: The sad story of the herdsman and the weaver who were allowed to see each other only once a year as punishment for not doing their work

The Jeju Local Government has been trying to attract domestic and international attention to designate Jeju Island as World Peace Island. In this situation the top priority is to let people all over the world easily understand the people, culture and above all, recognize the tragic history of Jeju Island. The significant aspects of Jeju are well permeated into the works of Hyeon ki-young. In particular, 'Aunt Suni' dealt with the most tragic chapters of Jeju history and culture. That's the very reason I chose to translate his most famous novel 'Aunt Suni' into English. My personal humble belief is that people should come first before every other ideology. No more bloody tragedies should be repeated on this beautiful planet. - Translated by Song Jong Do

Once Around the Sun introduces the Lee family: Dong-ju, the 12 year old son—boisterous, exuberant and curious; Ji-young, the 16-year-old daughter, ripped from childhood and thrown into an adult world ...

The book "A Thousand Hands of Compassion" unites all the main aspects of Korean Buddhist thought. Master Seon Dehan Avalokiteshvar leads to the idea that the Bodhisattva of Compassion does not exist separately from our inner nature of the Buddha, and the thousands of hands of Avalokiteshvara are a manifestation of the enlightened compassion inherent in all of us

Third person predominates matching the usually reserved, indicative and close observation of the Korean cityscape and its miniaturized spots of nature, and also observations of Koreans and their society. The pilgrimage aspect is mainly reflections on Korean experiences and their results on the writer; it is not a quest for an absolute or higher end. Poetic structure varies e.g. being based on syllable count, repeated sound (assonance/alliteration) or image. Extensive footnotes offer assistance to non-native English language readers, in vocabulary, related poems and culture points. The intended audience is university-aged and older Koreans as well as overseas readers interested in that dynamic and often surprising nation.

The book presents problems of Korean society in post war period

Folktales present readers both a window into another culture and a mirror reflecting certain aspects of their own culture

Folktales present readers both a window into another culture and a mirror reflecting certain aspects of their own culture

Folktales present readers both a window into another culture and a mirror reflecting certain aspects of their own culture