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  • Nothing to Envy: Real Lives In North Korea

    Real Lives In North Korea

    North Korea is Orwell"s 1984 made reality: it is the only country in the world not connected to the internet; Gone with the Wind is a dangerous, banned book; during political rallies, spies study your expression to check your sincerity. After the death of the country"s great leader Kim Il Sung in 1994, famine descended, and Nothing to Envy - winner of the 2010 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non ... Read more

    RM 54.49

  • 草:活著的歷史,韓國「慰安婦」受害奶奶的證詞

    풀 / Grass

    by 金錦淑 ...
    Translated by 徐小為 ...
    Series series GRAPHIC
    《紐約時報》、《衛報》年度最佳圖像小說入選多家媒體的年度最佳圖像小說榮獲漫畫界奧斯卡的哈維國際圖書獎、克勞斯散文獎、卡通工作室獎年度最佳紙本漫畫獎及Big Other圖書獎不管風吹雨打、如何踩踏,草總能再次茁壯《草》為韓國重量級插畫家金錦淑最備受讚譽的一部非虛構圖像作品,已被視為非虛構圖像的經典傑作。全書以金錦淑與韓國「慰安婦」倖存者李玉善奶奶的深度訪談為基礎,以圖像述說奶奶充滿刼難、命途多舛的一生,創作出一部極具震撼力的反戰圖像小說,對韓國女性在二戰期間成為「慰安婦」這段二十世紀的歷史,提出強烈控訴,也是少數詳細記錄女性戰爭倖存者經歷的紀實作品。然而本書並不只是追究戰爭責任,也不是只有對侵略國家日本的仇恨視角,作者要敘述的是李玉善奶奶作為一名韓國女性的整個生命面貌。從李玉善奶奶的童年開始,透過孩童脆弱的視角展現戰爭爆發前的種種徵兆,細緻描繪韓國平民在日本占領時期的貧困與各種苦難 ... Read more

    RM 54.76

  • Togani

    Series series Modern Korean Fiction
    Atmospheric and fast-paced, this novel of manners set in a provincial South Korean city leads readers through the silent corridors of a school for hearing-impaired children and the city’s foggy back streets and murky centers of power to a stirring courtroom climax. Gong Ji-young’s Togani (The Crucible), published in Korean in 2009, is based on a historic case of child sexual abuse at a state-run ... Read more

    RM 83.09

  • A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail

    Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592–1598

    Series series Campaigns and Commanders Series
    The invasion of Korea by Japanese troops in May of 1592 was no ordinary military expedition: it was one of the decisive events in Asian history and the most tragic for the Korean peninsula until the mid-twentieth century. Japanese overlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi envisioned conquering Korea, Ming China, and eventually all of Asia; but Korea’s appeal to China’s Emperor Wanli for assistance triggered a ... Read more

    RM 74.49

  • A Thousand Miles to Freedom

    My Escape from North Korea

    Translated by David Tian ...
    Eunsun Kim was born in North Korea, one of the most secretive and oppressive countries in the modern world. As a child Eunsun loved her country...despite her school field trips to public executions, daily self-criticism sessions, and the increasing gnaw of hunger as the country-wide famine escalated.By the time she was eleven years old, Eunsun's father and grandparents had died of starvation, and ... Read more

    RM 36.09

  • Violets

    From the bestselling author of Please Look After Mother

    Translated by Jung Bum Hur ...
    'Dreamy, immersive and evocative' TLS'Darkly beautiful' Frances Cha'Strange and gripping' GuardianSan is twenty-two and alone when she happens upon a job at a flower shop in Seoul's bustling city centre.Haunted by childhood rejection, she stumbles through life - painfully vulnerable, stifled, and unsure. She barely registers to others, especially by the ruthless standards of 1990s South Kor... ... Read more

    RM 61.99

  • 5.18光州!光州!——決定韓國命運,光州民主化運動全記錄

    Gwangju uprising: the rebellion for democracy in South Korea

    Series series matchstick
    ★★光州民主化運動45周年紀念★★★★台灣第一本光州運動專書★★●何謂「國家」?走過戒嚴大哉問!——八○年代亞洲國家民主化運動浪潮先鋒!光州事件是認識現代韓國的關鍵,後續處理更為轉型正義的研究樹立重要典範●以倖存者視角描述事件始末!——韓國政府進行真相調查時第一手引用來源!從禁書到地下暢銷書,首部代表人民心聲、全面記錄光州民主化運動過程專書★榮獲——2017年韓國「萬海文學獎」特別獎★韓文版作者——黃皙暎,韓國最具代表性國民作家,戒嚴年代親身犯險★台灣版專業審訂——朱立熙教授,韓國史、光州事件研究權威===============================時至今日,本書不再只是一本血與淚的記錄,而是一個朝向正義與和平社會的里程碑。──黃晳暎(韓國最具代表性國民作家)1979年10月26日,長期實行獨裁的韓國總統朴正熙無預警地遭心腹槍殺,國家陷入權力真... ... Read more

    RM 59.93

  • The Korean War: History in an Hour

    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Bringing together the military mights of the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United Nations States, the Korean War raged for three years from 1950 to 1953. Not only the result of a carving of Korean territories following the Pacific conflicts of the Second World War, it was also a battle of ideologies ... Read more

    RM 12.38 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Birth of Korean Cool

    How One Nation Is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture

    by Euny Hong ...
    A FRESH, FUNNY, UP-CLOSE LOOK AT HOW SOUTH KOREA REMADE ITSELF AS THE WORLD'S POP CULTURE POWERHOUSE OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURYBy now, everyone in the world knows the song "Gangnam Style" and Psy, an instantly recognizable star. But the song's international popularity is no passing fad. "Gangnam Style" is only one tool in South Korea's extraordinarily elaborate and effective strategy to become a ... Read more

    RM 42.89

  • The History of Korea Vol. II

    In "The History of Korea Vol. II" by Homer B. Hulbert, readers embark on a captivating journey through the annals of Korean history, primarily focusing on the illustrious Joseon Dynasty and the intricate tapestry of events that shaped the Korean peninsula. Hulbert meticulously examines Korea's cultural heritage, deeply influenced by Confucianism, and the mechanisms of dynastic succession that ... Read more

    RM 3.94

  • Populist Collaborators

    The Ilchinhoe and the Japanese Colonization of Korea, 1896–1910

    by Yumi Moon ...
    An empire invites local collaborators in the making and sustenance of its colonies. Between 1896 and 1910, Japan's project to colonize Korea was deeply intertwined with the movements of reform-minded Koreans to solve the crisis of the Choson dynasty (1392–1910). Among those reformers, it was the Ilchinhoe (Advance in Unity Society)—a unique group of reformers from various social origins—that most ... Read more

    RM 153.89

  • Women and Buddhist Philosophy

    Engaging Zen Master Kim Iryŏp

    by Jin Y. Park ...
    Series series Studies of the International Center for Korean Studies, Korea University
    Why and how do women engage with Buddhism and philosophy? The present volume aims to answer these questions by examining the life and philosophy of a Korean Zen Buddhist nun, Kim Iryŏp (1896–1971). The daughter of a pastor, Iryŏp began questioning Christian doctrine as a teenager. In a few years, she became increasingly involved in women’s movements in Korea, speaking against society’s control of ... Read more

    RM 286.39

  • Democratization and Democracy in South Korea, 1960–Present

    by Hyug Baeg Im ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book analyses democratization and democracy in South Korea since 1960. The book starts with an analysis of the distinctive characteristics of bureaucratic authoritarianism and how democratic transition had been possible after inconclusive and protracted “tug of war” between authoritarian regime and democratic opposition. It then goes on to explore what the opportunities and constraints to the ... Read more

    RM 542.09

  • The Mask of True Faces

    by Jack Han ...
    In the valley of Chogapsan, where children once entered the world laughing, a strange mist descends from the northern cliffs. It smells of memory burned to ash. One by one, the children forget who they are. A boy bleats like a goat. A girl perches on rooftops, believing she is a sparrow. Twins growl and bite, having abandoned language altogether. The demon Chameon—the Face-Thief—walks through the ... Read more

    RM 41.49

  • Gender, Power, and Military Occupations

    Asia Pacific and the Middle East since 1945

    Series series Routledge Research in Gender and History
    Military occupations and interventions have a gendered impact on both those engaged in occupying, and those whose lands have been occupied. Yet little is known about this gendered impact, in terms of both masculinities and femininities, either historically or in contemporary times. While research in this area has begun to grow since events in Iraq and Afghanistan, this collection helps redress the ... Read more

    RM 278.33

  • The Korean War

    An International History

    by Wada Haruki ...
    Series series Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
    This classic history of the Korean War—from its origins through the armistice—is now available in a paperback edition including a substantive introduction that considers the heightened danger of a new Northeast Asian war as Trump and Kim Jong-un escalate their rhetoric. Wada Haruki, one of the world’s leading scholars of the war, draws on archival and other primary sources in Russia, China, the ... Read more

    RM 132.79

  • Memory, Reconciliation, and Reunions in South Korea

    Crossing the Divide

    by Nan Kim ...
    Series series AsiaWorld
    Winner of the 2019 Scott Bills Memorial Prize for Outstanding First Book in Peace History.Memory, Reconciliation, and Reunions in South Korea: Crossing the Divide explores the history and tells the story of the emotionally charged meetings that took place among family members who, after having lost all contact for over fifty years on opposite sides of the Korean divide, were temporarily reunited ... Read more

    RM 170.29

  • Constructing Student Mobility

    How Universities Recruit Students and Shape Pathways between Berkeley and Seoul

    How universities in the US and South Korea compete for global student markets—and how university financials shape students’ lives.The popular image of the international student in the American imagination is one of affluence, access, and privilege, but is that image accurate? In this provocative book, higher education scholar Stephanie Kim challenges this view, arguing that universities—not the ... Read more

    RM 114.59

  • East Asia at the Center

    Four Thousand Years of Engagement with the World

    A common misconception holds that Marco Polo "opened up" a closed and recalcitrant "Orient" to the West. However, this sweeping history covering 4,000 years of international relations from the perspective of China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia shows that the region's extensive involvement in world affairs began thousands of years ago.In a time when the writing of history is increasingly ... Read more

    RM 91.59

  • 아리랑의 예언 (Arirang: The Prophecy)

    이방인이 발견한 한국인의 영혼 | A Foreigner's Discovery of the Korean Soul

    Series Book 1 - The Arirang Chronicles
    A Korean-language edition of The Arirang Chronicles.Produced by AudioPub and distributed worldwide by K-Towns Publishing.Arirang: The ProphecyA Foreigner’s Discovery of the Korean SoulOne hundred and twenty years ago, an American heard Korea’s future in her songs.In 1906, Homer B. Hulbert — the first Westerner to transcribe Arirang — published The Passing of Korea. In its twenty-fo... ... Read more

    RM 28.91 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Comics Art in Korea

    by John A. Lent ...
    In Comics Art in Korea, comics scholar John A. Lent embarks on a comprehensive exploration of the vibrant world of Korean comics, cartoons, comic strips, graphic novels, webcomics, and animation. This meticulously researched work delves deep into the intricate history, cultural significance, and artistic innovations that have shaped the comics landscape in both North and South Korea. Drawing from ... Read more

    RM 85.89

  • 韩国研究论丛(2019年第1辑/总第37辑)

    《韩国研究论丛》为复旦大学韩国研究中心主办的学术集刊,创刊于1995年,一直秉承“前沿、首创、权威”的宗旨,致力于朝鲜半岛问题研究,发表文章涉及朝鲜半岛问题研究的各个领域。全书设有政治、外交与安全;历史、哲学与文化;社会、经济与管理三个专题。 ... Read more

    RM 78.06 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Education of the Women of India

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    Minna G. Cowan's study of women's education in India opens with a searching survey of a country in transition, where the fate of women is bound up with religion, social reform, and the future of the nation itself. Moving from ancient Vedic ideals to the narrowing effects of caste, marriage customs, and purdah, it shows how women once visible in poetry, drama, and learned tradition came to be ... Read more

    RM 7.91

  • Korean Folk Tales Part 2 (Illustrated)

    Series Book 2 - Korean Folk Tales (Illustrated)
    To any one who would like to look somewhat into the inner soul of the Oriental, and see the peculiar spiritual existences among which he lives, the following stories will serve as true interpreters, born as they are of the three great religions of the Far East, Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism.An old manuscript copy of Im Bang's stories came into the hands of the translator, and he gives them now ... Read more

    RM 11.89