Translated for the first time into English, The Salmon Who Dared To Leap Higher by Ahn Do-hyun is a multi-million copy bestselling modern fable about finding freedom and a harmony with nature we have either forgotten or lost in the binding realities of life.The life of the salmon is a predictable one: swimming upstream to the place of its birth to spawn, and then to die.This is the story of a salmon whose silver scales mark him out as different – w...

Translated for the first time into English, The Salmon Who Dared To Leap Higher by Ahn Do-hyun is a multi-million copy bestselling modern fable about finding freedom and a harmony with nature we have either forgotten or lost in the binding realities of life.The life of the salmon is a predictable one: swimming upstream to the place of its birth to spawn, and then to die.This is the story of a salmon whose silver scales mark him out as different – w...

In recent decades, Korean communication and media have substantially grown to become some of the most significant segments of Korean society. Since the early 1990s, Korea has experienced several distinctive changes in its politics, economy, and technology, which are directly related to the development of local media and culture. Korea has greatly developed several cutting-edge technologies, such as smartphones, video games, and mobile instant messengers to become the most networked society...

À la fois grammaire et manuel pratique, cet ouvrage de référence dans l’enseignement du coréen démystifie la grammaire et la rend facile et agréable à apprendre. Il contient tous les points couverts par les niveaux 1 et 2 du TOPIK. Il est conçu pour permettre un apprentissage en un clin d’œil des différences entre des constructions grammaticales similaires. Un large éventail d’expressions utilisées dans une même situation et des dialogues de de la vie quotidienne sont donnés en introductio...

Korean Conversation Gambits: Developing Spoken Language provides specific linguistic and communicative strategies that help Korean language learners engage in daily conversations as well as discussions and negotiations in work and academic contexts.The book presents, and provides practice in, spoken Korean gambits that will help speakers organise their conversations and frame the type of extended discourse that is common in spoken Korean. The book introduces students to st...

Inequality in health reflects the deeper social and economic structures shaping everyday life.This edited volume investigates the complex and uneven landscape of health disparities in contemporary Korean society, demonstrating how rapid economic and social transformations have produced unequal health outcomes across diverse populations. The collection highlights how factors such as employment conditions, social capital, and access to healthcare contribute to differe...

Edited by the leaders in the fi eld, with chapters from highly renowned international researchers, this is the fi rst coherent overview of the latest in silicon nanomembrane research.As such, it focuses on the fundamental and applied aspects of silicon nanomembranes, ranging from synthesis and manipulation to manufacturing, device integration and system level applications, including uses in bio-integrated electronics, three-dimensional integrated photonics, solar cells, and transien...

This book comprises the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts (APAC), held in Busan, South Korea on November 4–7, 2025, which was supported by the Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers (KSCOE), the Chinese Ocean Engineering Society (COES), and the Coastal Engineering Committee of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE). It covers topics such as coastal waves, nearshore currents and sediment transport, coastal structures, coastal morphology...

This book comprises the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts (APAC), held in Busan, South Korea on November 4–7, 2025, which was supported by the Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers (KSCOE), the Chinese Ocean Engineering Society (COES), and the Coastal Engineering Committee of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE). It covers topics such as coastal waves, nearshore currents and sediment transport, coastal structures, coastal morphology...

This book explores the progress in and the obstacles surrounding developing comprehensive security cooperation between Russia and South Korea since diplomatic relations were established in 1991 within the framework of economic security. The book focuses on oil and natural gas projects, linking the Trans-Siberian and Trans-Korean Railroads, industrial development in the Nakhodka Free Economic Zone, fishery cooperation, and the arms trade, and examines whether these five aspects of cooperati...

This book studies how the increase of visual representation of mixed-race Koreans formulates a particular racial project in contemporary South Korean media. It explores the moments of ruptures and disjuncture that biracial bodies bring to the formation of neoliberal multiculturalism, a South Korean national racial project that re-aligns racial lines under the nation’s neoliberal transformation. Specifically, Ji-Hyun Ahn examines four televised racial moments that demonstrate particular asp...

This book focuses on basic fundamental and applied aspects of micro-LED, ranging from chip fabrication to transfer technology, panel integration, and various applications in fields ranging from optics to electronics to and biomedicine. The focus includes the most recent developments, including the uses in large large-area display, VR/AR display, and biomedical applications. The book is intended as a reference for advanced students and researchers with backgrounds in optoelectronics and dis...