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  • In Order to Live

    A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

    by Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers ...
    **“I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea.” —Yeonmi Park“One of the most harrowing stories I have ever heard—and one of the most inspiring.” —The Bookseller**In In Order to Live, Yeonmi Park shines a light not just into the darkest corners of life in North Korea, describing the deprivation and deception she endured and which millions ... Read more

    PHP560.29

  • 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

    PHP628.39

  • Pacific

    Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers

    by Simon Winchester ...
    One of Library Journal’s 10 Best Books of 2015Following his acclaimed Atlantic and The Men Who United the States, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester offers an enthralling biography of the Pacific Ocean and its role in the modern world, exploring our relationship with this imposing force of nature.As the Mediterranean shaped the classical world, and the Atlantic connected Europe to ... Read more

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  • Escape from Camp 14

    One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

    by Blaine Harden ...
    **“If you have a soul, you will be changed forever by Blaine Harden’s *Escape from Camp 14." —*Mitchell Zuckoff, New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Shangri-LaThe heartwrenching New York Times bestseller about the only known person born inside a North Korean prison camp to have escaped**North Korea’s political prison camps have existed twice as long as Stalin’s Soviet gulags and twelve ... Read more

    PHP535.09

  • A History of Korea

    From "Land of the Morning Calm" to States in Conflict

    by Jinwung Kim ...
    A history of the divided region, from prehistoric times to present day, examining at political, social, cultural, economic, and diplomatic developments.Contemporary North and South Korea are nations of radical contrasts: one a bellicose totalitarian state with a failing economy; the other a peaceful democracy with a strong economy. Yet their people share a common history that extends back more ... Read more

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  • Samsung Rising

    The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech

    by Geoffrey Cain ...
    **An explosive exposé of Samsung that “reads like a dynastic thriller, rolling through three generations of family intrigue, embezzlement, bribery, corruption, prostitution, and other bad behavior” (The Wall Street Journal).LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD**Based on years of reporting on Samsung for The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, and Time, ... Read more

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  • Ghost Flames

    Life and Death in a Hidden War, Korea 1950-1953

    by Charles J. Hanley ...
    A powerful, character-driven narrative of the Korean War from the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who helped uncover some of its longest-held and darkest secrets.The war that broke out in Korea on a Sunday morning seventy years ago has come to be recognized as a critical turning point in modern history -- as the first great clash of arms of the Cold War, the last conflict between superpowers, the ... Read more

    PHP955.99

  • Palaces of Korea

    by Kim Dong uk ...
    Series series Korean Culture Series
    Korean Culture Series 3Palaces of KoreaThis book introduces the historical background and unique architectural styles of Korea’s palaces, which can be differentiated from the influences of East Asian palace architecture. The book offers descriptions of East Asian capitals and palaces, a brief history of palaces in Korea, the everyday life and ceremonies of palaces, Korean palace architecture, and ... Read more

    PHP290.88

  • Togani

    by Ji-young Gong, Bruce Fulton ...
    Translated by Bruce Fulton, Ju-Chan Fulton ...
    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

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  • The Hidden History of the Korean War, 1950–1951

    by I. F. Stone ...
    Series Book 10 - Forbidden Bookshelf
    "A great journalist" raises troubling questions about the forgotten war in this courageous, controversial book—with a new introduction by Bruce Cumings ( The Baltimore Sun)."Much about the Korean War is still hidden, and much will long remain hidden. I believe I have succeeded in throwing new light on its origins." —From the author's prefaceIn 1945 US troops arrived in Korea for what would become ... Read more

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  • A Thousand Miles to Freedom

    My Escape from North Korea

    by Eunsun Kim, Sébastien Falletti ...
    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

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  • Korea's Fight for Freedom

    by Fred A. McKenzie ...
    Korea's Fight for Freedom Originally published in 1920, this is an exhaustive examnation of Korea's struggle for freedom from oppressive Japanese rule. 'In this book I describe the struggle of an ancient people towards liberty. I tell of a Mongol nation, roughly awakened from its long sleep, under conditions of tragic terror, that has seized hold of and is clinging fast to, things vital to ... Read more

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  • The Japan–South Korea Identity Clash

    East Asian Security and the United States

    by Brad Glosserman, Scott A. Snyder ...
    Series series Contemporary Asia in the World
    Japan and South Korea are Western-style democracies with open-market economies committed to the rule of law. They are also U.S. allies. Yet despite their shared interests, shared values, and geographic proximity, divergent national identities have driven a wedge between them. Drawing on decades of expertise, Brad Glosserman and Scott A. Snyder investigate the roots of this split and its ongoing ... Read more

    PHP1,550.09

  • South Korea's Candlelight Revolution. The Power of Plaza Democracy

    by Mi Park ...
    Between October 2016 and April 2017, more than 17 million South Koreans took to the streets to demand the resignation of their President over a corruption scandal involving the government. Without a single arrest or casualty, the 2016-2017 candlelight protests paved the way for a peaceful regime change in South Korea. In stark contrast to Korea’s past when pro-democracy protests had been crushed ... Read more

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  • From Behind Closed Doors

    Life in Today's North Korea

    by Asif Ahmed Srabon ...
    In this gripping exposé, author Asif Ahmed Srabon peels back the layers of secrecy surrounding North Korea, revealing the harsh reality of life under the Kim regime. Through intimate narratives and extensive research, "From Behind Closed Doors: Life in Today's North Korea" paints a vivid picture of the dictatorship's iron grip, the pain endured by its citizens, and the relentless pursuit o... ... Read more

    PHP524.05 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Politics of Japanese Language in Postcolonial Korea

    by Jinsuk Yang ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Asia Series
    This book examines the politics of Japanese language learning in postcolonial Korea from 1945 through the 1970s, revealing the ways in which language functioned as a site of negotiations over identity, social mobility, and historical memory.By tracing how Japanese continued to circulate in specific social fields, shaping and being shaped by gendered and classed subject positions, this book ... Read more

    PHP1,864.77

  • From Eternity to Eternity

    Memoirs of a Korean Buddhist Nun

    by Bulpil Sunim ...
    Translated by Eunsu Cho ...
    A vivid, firsthand account of life as a Buddhist nun, by the most respected female Zen master in Korea.From Eternity to Eternity is the story of Bulpil Sunim, arguably the most respected female Seon (Zen) master in Korea. Written with candor and an unpretentious sense of humor, her memoir provides both a fascinating record of her life and a deeply accessible window into Buddhist thought and ... Read more

    PHP1,571.29

  • Brief Encounters

    Early Reports of Korea by Westerners

    by Brother Anthony of Taizé, Robert D. Neff ...
    This anthology is a compilation of Westerners’ accounts of their visits to Korea, originally published in books or newspapers before the country opened its doors in the late nineteenth century. The opening of Korea made it possible to explore the country in detail and write detailed accounts. Prior impressions were garnered mostly from brief visits to remote islands along the coast. The accounts ... Read more

    PHP1,048.68 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • South Korea's Origins and Early Relations with the United States

    The Lynchpin of Hegemonic Power

    by Hyeonji Cha, Hyun Jin Kim ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Modern History
    Bringing a fresh perspective to an understudied area, this book offers a critical, source-based examination and assessment of the roles of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (KPG) and the US during World War II in the rebirth of Korea as a nation state.Presenting original research from contemporary Korean and American sources, the first half of this book explores how the US policy ... Read more

    PHP3,380.37

  • Modern Korean Ink Painting

    by Chung Hyung-Min ...
    Series series Korean Culture Series
    Korean Culture Series 5Modern Korean Ink PaintingThis book seeks to define how the term “modern” should be applied to Korean art, while exploring its evolution over roughly a hundred years, from the opening of Korea’s ports to outside trade in 1876 through the 1980s. The purpose of this book, with its detailed explanations and related images, is to further understanding of how Korean art and the ... Read more

    PHP290.88

  • The Dawn of War in South Korea (1947–1950)

    The South Korean Workers’ Party and the April Third Massacre

    by Kyu-hyun Jo ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book offers an analytical account of the April Third Massacre in Korea, a bloody confrontation between supporters of the Syngman Rhee Administration and those suspected (largely incorrectly) of being Communists, or members of the South Korean Workers' Party—the second largest Communist Party after Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule. As a result, some 80,000 villagers, fishermen, ... Read more

    PHP6,856.39

  • 資深獄吏：康生與「文革」（Ⅰ）

    by 約翰•西西弗斯 ...
    Series Book 11 - 文革風雲叢書
    「劉少奇的資產階級反動路線，同毛主席的無產階級革命路線，恰恰是背道而馳的。他不是主張無產階級領導下的農民戰爭，不是主張進行武裝鬥爭，不是主張去實行農村包圍城市的戰略，而是迷戀大城市，引導無產階級放棄政治鬥爭，在城市工會工作中實行經濟主義。他在統一戰線問題上實行投降主義，放棄黨的領導。他不是像毛主席所說的，把統一戰線看成是實行武裝鬥爭的統一戰線，而是要把人民的武裝交給蔣介石去統一領導。」──康生在軍委擴大會議上的講話（1967.4.13，節錄）完整原始史料編撰與整理，本書共分為四冊，詳細收集資深獄卒──康生在1966至1970年間的現場講話內容。僅在這短短的四年間，康生所留下來的談話紀錄就高達一百二十餘萬字，主要內容涵蓋其歷來對各級機關與幹部的演講，以及對「反黨反革命」對象的批判。透過本書所收集的詳盡一手史料，讀者當能對康生在文革中所扮演的重要角色，有更深刻的理解。 ... Read more

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  • The Korean Diaspora in Post War Japan

    Geopolitics, Identity and Nation-Building

    by Myung Ja Kim ...
    The indistinct status of the Zainichi has meant that, since the late 1940s, two ethnic Korean associations, the Chongryun (pro-North) and the Mindan (pro-South) have been vying for political loyalty from the Zainichi, with both groups initially opposing their assimilation in Japan. Unlike the Korean diasporas living in Russia, China or the US, the Zainichi have become sharply divided along ... Read more

    PHP2,263.79

  • Privileged but Powerless

    How North Korean Elite Grievances Reveal the Regime's Greatest Weakness

    by Jieun Baek ...
    A compelling examination of North Korea’s elites, their hidden discontent, and the role they may play in shaping the regime’s futureJieun Baek’s second book on North Korea is a deeply researched and sharply analytical account of the grievances harbored by the country’s elite. Drawing on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with escapees from Pyongyang, Baek examines how members of this ... Read more

    PHP1,993.59