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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Japan, China, and both Tsarist Russia and later the USSR, vied for imperial dominance in Northeast Asia. In the process, they …

THE TREE-MASK OF SEOCHEON An Ancient Korean Legend About the Grief We Cannot Carry AloneA typhoon strikes. Driftwood washes ashore on Korea's western coast. The villagers carve it …

The extraordinary, true story of the North Korean abduction of Japanese citizens, kept for decades in 'invitation only zones', and indoctrinated by Kim Jong Il's secret police.

Koreans believe the adage of food as medicine. Therefore, herbs or fruit ingredients such as ginger, cinnamon, adlay, mugwort, pomegranate, and ginseng are used for their …

I am more American than Korean in my mind, writes K. Connie Kang, "but am more Korean than American in my soul. As for my heart, it is split in half."

Ungjenta Bari blir født i Nord-Korea, men for sine foreldre, som ønsket seg en sønn, er hun bare en byrde. Etter å ha mistet sin familie i 1990-årenes sult- og flomkatastrofer må …

Subject of a full-length segment on Morning Edition when it first appeared in hardcover, Literature from the "e;Axis of Evil"e; quickly went to the top of the Amazon …

The first virtually all-jet war, the conflict in Korea saw F-86 Sabres of the USAF take on MiG-15s of the North Korean and Chinese air forces. Although the Allied pilots were …

P'ansori, the traditional oral narrative of Korea, is sung by a highly trained soloist to the accompaniment of complex drumming. The singer both narrates the story and dramatizes …

Won explores the untold story of immigration in South Korea through a new precariat lens. Unlike traditional narratives, this book sheds light on the complexities of Korea's …