Discoveries of Korea Ⅱ 22 Expats' Tales

Discoveries of Korea Ⅱ 22 Expats' Tales
Author: Korean Culture and Information Service (South Korea)
Publisher: 길잡이미디어
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2015-12-12
Genre:
ISBN: 8973755943

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

Living Dangerously in Korea

Living Dangerously in Korea
Author: Donald N. Clark
Publisher: Pacific Century Press
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2003
Genre: Aliens
ISBN: 9781891936111

?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

Dr. Frank W. Schofield

Dr. Frank W. Schofield
Author: Dougas C. Maplesden
Publisher: Lomaland Books
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781930371088

My aim in writing this book was to present a concise description of the life and times of Dr. Frank Schofield, which would be of interest to his former students and professional colleagues as well as many others. Those of us who interacted with him had different reactions. Many feared him, others respected his intelligence and some just didn't care much for him and couldn't wait to get out of this class. This book should clear up some of the reasons Dr. Schofield behaved as he did and perhaps it will go a long way in explaining the man behind the professor. Dr. Schofield was a fascinating teacher and an inspiration to many. It was an enlightenment to follow his distinguished career in veterinary research. His innovative and rewarding experiments in comparative medicine were accomplished well before anyone else thought to forge that path to improve the well being of animals and humans.

Every Falling Star

Every Falling Star
Author: Sungju Lee
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2016-09-13
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 161312340X

Written for a young audience, this intense memoir explores the harsh realities of life on the streets in contemporary North Korea. Every Falling Star is the memoir of Sungju Lee, who at the age of twelve was forced to live on the streets of North Korea and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang and lives by thieving, fighting, begging, and stealing rides on cargo trains. Sungju richly recreates his scabrous story, depicting what it was like for a boy alone to create a new family with his gang, “his brothers,” to daily be hungry and to fear arrest, imprisonment, and even execution. This riveting memoir allows young readers to learn about other cultures where freedoms they take for granted do not exist.

The Real North Korea

The Real North Korea
Author: Andrei Lankov
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199390037

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

The Expatriates

The Expatriates
Author: Janice Y. K. Lee
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2016-01-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0698404939

The inspiration for Expats, a new series starring Nicole Kidman coming soon to Prime Video. “Devastating and heartwarming, and exquisite in every way, this is a book you’ll fall deeply in love with and never want to put down.” —Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians From the New York Times bestselling author of The Piano Teacher, a searing novel of marriage, motherhood, and the search for connection far from home. In the glittering city of Hong Kong, expats arrive daily for myriad reasons—to find or lose themselves in a foreign place, and to forget or remake themselves far from home. Amidst this hothouse atmosphere, a tragic incident causes three American women’s lives to collide in ways that will rewrite every assumption of their privileged world: Mercy, a young Korean American and recent Columbia graduate, once again finds herself compromised and adrift, trying to start her life anew; Hilary, a wealthy housewife, is haunted by her struggle to have a child, hoping to save her uncertain marriage; meanwhile, Margaret, once the enviable mother of three, tries to negotiate an existence that has become utterly unrecognizable after a catastrophic event. Faced with unthinkable choices, these three women form a profound connection that defies the norms of the sequestered community—finding in each other a strength borne of need, forgiveness, and ultimately hope. Atmospheric and utterly compelling, The Expatriates showcases Lee’s exceptional talent as one of our keenest observers of women’s inner lives.

Global Trends 2040

Global Trends 2040
Author: National Intelligence Council
Publisher: Cosimo Reports
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2021-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781646794973

"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.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1955-04
Genre:
ISBN:

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the premier public resource on scientific and technological developments that impact global security. Founded by Manhattan Project Scientists, the Bulletin's iconic "Doomsday Clock" stimulates solutions for a safer world.

The Arts of Korea

The Arts of Korea
Author: Elizabeth Hammer
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2001
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780300093759

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