Korea

While popular trends, cuisine, and long-standing political tension have made Korea familiar in some ways to a vast English-speaking world, its recorded history of some two …

The Korean War is journalist and military historian Sir Max Hastings’ compelling account of the forgotten war.'The best narrative history of the Korean conflict' – GuardianOn 25 …

The harrowing story of a woman who escaped famine and terror in North Korea, not once but twice. ‘A gripping, suspenseful and cathartic memoir that tells a …

The perfect introduction to the world of Korean myth and legend. Korean myths are a living and evolving part of society, in both the North and South. With the export of Korean …

This is the incredible story of Shin Dong-hyuk – the only person born in a North Korean gulag ever to escape to freedom. A gripping, terrifying biography, Escape from Camp 14 by …

The world's favourite pocket travel guidesMake the most of your trip to Seoul with this Top 10 guide. Planning is a breeze with our simple lists of ten, covering the very best that …

Upptäck pojagi – en koreansk lappteknik där tygbitar i varierande storlekar, material och färger sys ihop för att skapa större textila verk. När ljus flödar genom textilierna …

Pocha; short for pojangmacha, which literally translates as ‘covered wagon’; pocha is a tented or tarpaulin-covered stall, bar or market vendor serving up cheap and unfussy Korean …

Han Kang är mottagare av Nobelpriset i litteratur 2024"för hennes intensiva poetiska prosa, som konfronterar historiens trauman och blottlägger människans sårbarhet".Levande och …

**Featured in Library Journal 2025 Cookbook Preview**Learn to make your own healthy and delicious Korean banchan at home!Banchan are small, healthy, vegetable-focused side dishes …