Product Description: Korea 2012: Politics, Economy and Society contains concise overview articles covering domestic developments and the economy in both South and North Korea as well as inter-Korean relations and foreign relations of the two Koreas in 2011...read more

Product Description: This book is the fifth in an annual series. It provides up-to-date information on the politics, economy and society of both South and North Korea. Each volume is structured as follows: The first part offers the reader an up-to-date analysis and commentary on the following topics: "Domestic Politics and the Economy in South Korea," "Domestic Politics and the Economy in North Korea," "Relations between the two Koreas," and "Foreign Relations of the two Koreas...read more

Product Description: The 2009 edition of the "Korea yearbook" contains concise overview articles covering domestic developments and the economy in both South and North Korea as well as inter-Korean relations and foreign relations of the two Koreas in 2008...read more

Product Description: South Korea-related refereed articles in Korea Yearbook 2008 focus on the domestic political scene, relations with Japan, policy towards the North, higher education reform, and new Korean cinema. Additional articles deal with the recovery of the remains of US soldiers killed in the Korean War, economic reform in North Korea, and inter-Korean economic cooperation...read more

Product Description: South Korea-oriented articles in the 2007 yearbook deal with online grassroots journalism and participatory democracy, the Lone Star scandal, changing perceptions of inward direct investment, the impact of China s economic ascendance, modern cityscape and mass housing production, new ancestral shrines, and the political economy of patriotism...read more

A primary reference source on North Korea for anyone visiting or researching the country, this title discusses North Korea's foreign policy, the functioning of the administration, the North's relationship with the South, the question of reunification and nuclear issues.

Product Description: Book by Hoare, James E., Pares, Susan (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Conflict in Korea features A–Z entries, many of them illustrated, and covers people, events, places, political parties, treaties and agreements, the origins of the conflict, and the involvement of the superpowers, China, and the United Nations...read more

Product Description: This text traces the history of three Far Eastern embassies through the vicissitudes of war and revolution against the background of an apparent steady decline of Western influence in Asia. Dr Hoare tracks the key events and people shaping the British view of Asia...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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