Korea

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Protestant Christianity in Korea. It outlines the development of Christianity in Korea before Protestantism, considers the …

In this book, the authors have gathered and present topical research in the study of the economic, political and social issues facing South Korea today. Topics discussed include …

Compiled by specialists from the University of Durham Department of East Asian Studies, this new reference work contains approximately 1500 entries covering Korean civilisation …

April 24th, 1951,was a lonely, moon-lit night in Korea. On a godforsaken hill, a few hundred surrounded Canadian soldiers waited for the fight of their lives to begin. Soon, …

Den 9. august 1945 slapp den amerikanske flygeren Charles W. Sweeney en atombombe over den japanske byen Nagasaki. 43 sekunder senere eksploderte den dødelige lasten i luften over …

This innovative book traces the impact of tradition on modern humour across several Asian countries and their cultures. Using examples from Japan, Korea, Indonesia and Chinese …

In the decades since the “forgotten war' in Korea, conventional wisdom has held that the Eighth Army consisted largely of poorly trained, undisciplined troops who fled in terror …

THE MASK THAT LAUGHS AT EMPIREAncient Korean Wisdom for Modern ResistanceWhen a Japanese governor demanded that even the gods bow to the Emperor, one carved wooden mask refused. …

How did a country with a dearth of natural resources, a sprawling population congested in a limited arable land transform itself to a modern industrial state within a generation? …

This comprehensive survey of the countries of East and South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, along with 22 Pacific islands, fully revised to reflect current economic and …