Korea

Korea has endured a "fractured, shattered twentieth century," and this updated edition brings Bruce Cumings's leading history of the modern era into the present. The small country, …

Can the Asian giant beat Apple?Based on years of reporting on Samsung for the Economist, the Wall Street Journal, and Time from his base in South Korea, and his countless sources …

Lucia Jang gifter sig som 22-åring med en våldsam man som säljer deras lille son för småpengar och två tvålar. Efter att ha separerat och förlorat sitt barn blir hon djupt …

From the author of The Picture Bride, two women’s lives and identities are intertwined — through World War II and the Korean War — revealing the harsh realities of class division …

Shortlisted for the 2025 PEN Heaney Prize‘Mirror Nation offers the best of what poetry can provide—a new way of seeing.’ Firecracker Awards,Don Mee Choi delves into South Korea’s …

In this courageous memoir of parental love, intergenerational trauma, and perseverance, Joan Sung breaks the generational silence that curses her family. By intentionally …

In this fully illustrated introduction, Dr Carter Malkasian provides a concise overview of the so-called "Forgotten War" in Korea.From 1950 to 1953, the most powerful countries in …

Korea's myths and folklore are rooted in the ancient history of a land inhabited since Neolithic times. The earliest years are subject to myth with some references to the Gojoseon …

Listed in the best books of 2023 by The Economist"Invigorating debut . . . [a] full-throated rallying cry." —Publishers WeeklyOne of Ms. Magazine's "most-anticipated feminist books …

TVÅ SYSTRAR ETT KRIG  KOREA, 1943. Hana har levt hela sitt liv i ett ockuperat land. För att försörja familjen arbetar hon som fridykare på den avlägsna vulkanön Chejudo.   Till …