Discoveries Of Korea 22 Expats Tales

Author : Korean Culture and Information Service (South Korea)
Publisher : 길잡이미디어
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9788973755943

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Discoveries of Korea Ⅱ 22 Expats' Tales by Korean Culture and Information Service (South Korea) Pdf

This book is a compilaton of the "My Korea" articles as published in KOREA magazine from February 2013 to December 2014. Each of the stories is written by expatriates living in Korea and introduces an aspect of the local culture from a unique point of view. KOREA, which seeks to promote the country overseas, is sponsored by the Korean Culture and Information Service Expats' Tales 01 Of New Years Past 08 02 White Day and More 12 03 Makgeolli Awakening 16 04 Becoming One with the Landscape 20 05 Moving to K-pop 24 06 Mud for All 28 07 Traditional Korean Markets 32 08 The Joys of Photography in Korea 36 09 Autumn Colors 40 10 Hitting the Slopeas 44 11 The Pojangmacha 48 12 Fishing for Fun in Hwacheon 52 13 An American on a Korean Campus 56 14 The Exemplar of Convenience 60 15 The Sneak Pay 64 16 Biking in Seoul 68 17 Hanok Stay 72 18 Culture on College Street 76 19 Right on Time 80 20 First Time’s a Charm 84 21 The Replacement Drivers 88 22 The bell of Bosingak

Author : Korean Culture and Information Service (South Korea)
Publisher : 길잡이미디어
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-16
Category : Korea (South)
ISBN : 9788973751655

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Discoveries of Korea, 20 Expats’ Tales by Korean Culture and Information Service (South Korea) Pdf

This book is a compilation of the "My Korea" articles as published in KOREA magazine from February 2010 to September 2011. Each of the stories is written by expatriates living in Korea and introduces an aspect of the local culture from a unique point of view. Contents Singin’ in the Room Noraebang Nights midnight madness redefined A journey into steam jjimjilbang (spa and sauna complexes) Kinetic street cuisine Chosin’s heroes and the stories of their lives Seoul, football and an undying passion Some loke it hot The sweetest autumnal connection It’s hoesik time Campus life in korea Converted to kimchi The labors of love Here comes the sun Poktanju, getting bombed korean style Discovering korean peaks Finding room to breathe Dreaming of pigs Beating back monsoon blues Gathering gangwon greens Daring delivery

Author : Euny Hong
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781471131059

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The Birth of Korean Cool by Euny Hong Pdf

How did a really unhip country suddenly become cool? How could a nation that once banned miniskirts, long hair on men and rock 'n' roll come to mass produce pop music and a K-pop star that would break the world record for the most YouTube hits? Who would have predicted that a South Korean company that used to sell fish and fruit (Samsung) would one day give Apple a run for its money? And just how does South Korea plan to use pop culture to beat America at its own game. Welcome to South Korea: The Brand. In The Birth of Korean Cooljournalist Euny Hong uncovers the roots of the 'Korean Wave': a fanaticism for South Korean pop culture that has enabled them to make the rest of the world a captive market for their products by first becoming the world's number one pop culture manufacturer. South Korea's economic development has been nothing short of staggering - leapfrogging from third-world to first-world in just a few years and continuing to grow at a rapid and unprecedented rate - and for the first time The Birth of Korean Coolwill give readers exclusive insight into the inner workings of this extraordinary country; it's past, present and future.

Author : Donald N. Clark
Publisher : Pacific Century Press
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Aliens
ISBN : 1891936115

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Living Dangerously in Korea by Donald N. Clark Pdf

?Clark thoroughly evaluates a wealth of primary sources to provide an extraordinary monograph about Westerners and their arduous experience in Korea?illuminates major historical events of modern Korea as seen through foreign eyes, and narrates Western residents? tacit assistance in the underground Korean nationalist movement. He explains the influence of colonial rule on the Korean people, Western experience in a divided Korea after WWII, and the dynamics for the Korean War?s eruption. With original in-depth analysis, this book offers and unusual addition to the Western literature of Modern Korea. Highly recommended.??Choice ?Living Dangerously in Korea gives a grand, panoramic view of the events of the Korean Peninsula in the first half of the 20th century. Clark has provided many unique insights into Korean history while retracing his family?s missionary life back to the era of his grandfather. This really is an extraordinary book with great depth and a feeling for the importance of many historical events in Korea that impacted the world at large.??Korean Quarterly ??the book?s wealth of anecdotes and vignettes will enrich anyone?s understanding of Korea. Clark?s vast knowledge and familiarity with modern Korea and with the Western community is apparent. We are reading the distillation of a lifetime of study informed by his own upbringing as a 'Korea Kid.? This book should be accessible to most undergraduate students, and should be on the reading list of anyone with an interest in modern Korean history or the story of Westerners and Asia.??Education About Asia

Author : Andrei Lankov
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199390038

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The Real North Korea by Andrei Lankov Pdf

In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state. Based on vast expertise, this book reveals how average North Koreans live, how their leaders rule, and how both survive

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Natural history
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016455839

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Pacific Discovery by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1302 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Law
ISBN : HARVARD:32044116494105

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

Author : Won W. Lee
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190916916

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The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in Korea by Won W. Lee Pdf

"Korean Christianity is renowned for its rapid growth and conservative theological orientation. This phenomenon is inextricably tied to Korean appropriation of the Bible in their religio-cultural and socio-political context since the 18th century. Less understood, however, is the complex tapestry of Korean biblical interpretation that emerged from being missionized, colonized, internally divided, and incorporated into global norms. These countervailing forces proffer a distinctive Korean-ness of biblical interpretation. On the one hand, it tracks closely the influence of conservative western missionaries. On the other hand, it reflects God's liberating intervention for Koreans and the Korean diaspora. Both of these movements respond to and move beyond distinct histories of oppression. This introduction coheres twenty-four papers by grouping them into four waves of reciprocal interpretive encounters shaping Korean appropriation of the Bible and Christian practices. While some conservatively align with received western orthodoxy, others embrace a sense of complementarity that informs the spectrum of Korean Christian thought and practice, the long-standing religious traditions of Korea, the diversity of Korea's global diaspora, and the learning of non-Koreans who are attentive to the impact of the Bible in Korea"--

Author : Alice Hoffenberg Amsden
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0195076036

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Asia's Next Giant by Alice Hoffenberg Amsden Pdf

South Korea has been quietly growing into a major economic force, even challenging Japan in some industries. This growth may be seen as an example of "late industrialization" and this book discusses this point.

Author : National Intelligence Council
Publisher : Cosimo Reports
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1646794974

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Global Trends 2040 by National Intelligence Council Pdf

"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.

Author : Yeonmi Park,Maryanne Vollers
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780698409361

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In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park,Maryanne Vollers Pdf

“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 “Park's remarkable and inspiring story shines a light on a country whose inhabitants live in misery beyond comprehension. Park's important memoir showcases the strength of the human spirit and one young woman's incredible determination to never be hungry again.” —Publishers Weekly 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 of North Korean people continue to endure to this day, but also onto her own most painful and difficult memories. She tells with bravery and dignity for the first time the story of how she and her mother were betrayed and sold into sexual slavery in China and forced to suffer terrible psychological and physical hardship before they finally made their way to Seoul, South Korea—and to freedom. Park confronts her past with a startling resilience. In spite of everything, she has never stopped being proud of where she is from, and never stopped striving for a better life. Indeed, today she is a human rights activist working determinedly to bring attention to the oppression taking place in her home country. Park’s testimony is heartbreaking and unimaginable, but never without hope. This is the human spirit at its most indomitable.

Author : Elizabeth Hammer,Judith G. Smith,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300093756

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The Arts of Korea by Elizabeth Hammer,Judith G. Smith,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

Explore the rich artistic heritage of Korea: a blend of native tradition, foreign infusions, and sophisticated technical skill.

Author : Bradley K. Martin
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1429906995

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Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader by Bradley K. Martin Pdf

Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader offers in-depth portraits of North Korea's two ruthless and bizarrely Orwellian leaders, Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il. Lifting North Korea's curtain of self-imposed isolation, this book will take readers inside a society, that to a Westerner, will appear to be from another planet. Subsisting on a diet short on food grains and long on lies, North Koreans have been indoctrinated from birth to follow unquestioningly a father-son team of megalomaniacs. To North Koreans, the Kims are more than just leaders. Kim Il-Sung is the country's leading novelist, philosopher, historian, educator, designer, literary critic, architect, general, farmer, and ping-pong trainer. Radios are made so they can only be tuned to the official state frequency. "Newspapers" are filled with endless columns of Kim speeches and propaganda. And instead of Christmas, North Koreans celebrate Kim's birthday--and he presents each child a present, just like Santa. The regime that the Kim Dynasty has built remains technically at war with the United States nearly a half century after the armistice that halted actual fighting in the Korean War. This fascinating and complete history takes full advantage of a great deal of source material that has only recently become available (some from archives in Moscow and Beijing), and brings the reader up to the tensions of the current day. For as this book will explain, North Korea appears more and more to be the greatest threat among the Axis of Evil countries--with some defector testimony warning that Kim Jong-Il has enough chemical weapons to wipe out the entire population of South Korea.

Author : Gunter Schubert,Franziska Plümmer,Anastasiya Bayok
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000264418

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Immigration Governance in East Asia by Gunter Schubert,Franziska Plümmer,Anastasiya Bayok Pdf

This book analyzes immigration policies in East Asia in the context of contemporary global migration flows and mobility. To assess how global norms of migration have impacted the East Asian migration region and explore regional migration trends, the book contains 13 case studies which investigate the regulation of immigration in China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Three analytical strands, namely, norm diffusion, identity politics, and citizenship, build the theoretical framework for the case studies which investigate how regional and national norms, discourses, and institutions affect local communities and migration patterns. In particular, the book analyzes contemporary issues such as immigration policy reforms, practices of inclusion and exclusion in local communities, and discourses on multiculturalism and risk. The book utilizes a comparative perspective which enables readers to reflect on the role of national identity, international organizations and law, public security concerns, and labour market demands in the articulation and implementation of contemporary immigration policy in East Asia. This book substantially complements the existing literature on immigration governance and interregional migration mobility in East Asia and will be of interest to academics in the fields of East Asian studies, public policy, immigration and migration studies, and comparative politics.

Author : Susanne Scholz
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 697 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190462673

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The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Approaches to the Hebrew Bible by Susanne Scholz Pdf

"The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Approaches to the Hebrew Bible brings together 37 essential essays written by leading international scholars, examining crucial points of analysis within the field of feminist Hebrew Bible studies. Organized into four major areas - globalization, neoliberalism, media, and intersectionality, the essays collectively provide vibrant, relevant, and innovative contributions to the field. The topics of analysis focus heavily on gender and queer identity, with essays touching on African, Korean, and European feminist hermeneutics, womanist and interreligious readings, ecofeminist and animal biblical studies, migration biblical studies, the role of gender binary voices in evangelical-egalitarian approaches, or the examination of scripture in light of trans women's voices. The volume includes essays examining the Old Testament as recited in music, literature, film, and video games. In short, the book offers a vision for feminist biblical scholarship beyond the hegemonic status quo prevalent in the field of biblical studies, in many religious organizations and institutions that claim the Bible as a sacred text, and among the public that often mentions the Bible to establish religious, political, and socio-cultural restrictions for gendered practices. The exegetically and hermeneutically diverse essays demonstrate that feminist biblical scholarship forges ahead with the task of engaging manifold issues and practices that keep the gender caste system in place even in the early part of the twenty-first century. The essays of this volume thus offer conceptual and exegetical ways forward at a historic moment of global transformation and emerging possibilities"--