Tree-ear hasn't got many prospects, but he is fascinated by master potter, Min. He persuades Min to let him do little jobs, until one day he has the chance to provide a service for him - one that could bring glory to Min and the village and fulfil his own dreams. But there are others seeking glory and many obstacles for a young boy to overcome.

200 years after being plucked from obscurity to marry the Crown Prince of Korea, the Red Queen's ghost decides to set the record straight about her extraordinary existence, and Dr Babs Halliwell, with her own complicated past, is the perfect envoy.

A novel of Korea.

A novel that talks about belonging and otherness, about insiders and outsiders, pride and prejudice, young love and unexpected old love, families and the impossibility of ever getting it right, about striving for connection and goodness against all the odds.

When the Americans capture Yu, his command of English propels him into the role of unofficial interpreter in the psychological warfare that defines the POW camp. This is a story of Yu Yuan, a young Chinese army officer sent by Mao with a corps of volunteers' to help shore up the Communist side in Korea.

An updated edition of the political and cultural history of Korea, brought up to the modern day.

Part horror story, part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, this story of one young man's personal suffering finally reveals the human suffering in North Korean concentration camp, with its forced labour, frequent public executions, and near-starvation rations.

Elizabeth Kim spent her early years as a social outcast in her village in the Korean countryside. Ostracized by their family and neighbours, she and her mother were regularly pelted with stones on their way home from the rice fields. Yet, there was a tranquil happiness, until the day that Elizabeth's mother was executed in front of her daughter.

On 25 June 1950, the invasion of South Korea by the Communist North launched one of the bloodiest and most devastating conflicts of our battle-scarred century. Drawing on the accounts of those who fought on both sides, this work offers a reassessment of the Korean War, bringing the military and human dimensions of the conflict into focus.

Franklin Hata, Korean by birth but raised in Japan, is an outsider in American society, but he embodies the values of the town he calls his own - he is polite and keeps himself to himself.

Korea is a very popular destination for people looking to teach English. This guidebook covers both South and North Korea. It includes a Korea Outdoor chapter, and a history chapter.

Korea plans to welcome 10 million visitors by 2008 with a tourism revenue of US billion - Mintel.

This work presents a fully illustrated chronological account of the arts and archaeology of Korea from the Neolithic to the 20th century. Illustrated are some of the highest achievements of Korean craftsmen, from precious metalwork, sculpture and lacquer to celadons, painting and printing.

America's leading historian on Korea offers an insightful and nuanced analysis that demolishes the familiar generalizations.

Famously referred to as an 'Axis-of-Evil' country, North Korea is one of the most secretive and mysterious nations in the world. A series of manmade and natural catastrophes have also left it one of the poorest. This work offers a look at an enigmatic country.

Featuring illustrations, this volume talks about art forms in China and Japan, which have also exerted tremendous influence on Western art: artful ceramics, woodcarvings, small sculptures and bronzes, porcelains and ink drawings from China; and from Japan, temple districts, imperial villas and Zen gardens, ukiyo paintings, as well as costumes.

This collection of seminal primary readings in the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of Korea from the sixteenth century to the present day lays the groundwork for understanding Korean civilization and demonstrates how leading intellectuals and public figures in Korea have looked at life, the traditions of their ancestors, and the world they lived in.

Sit on a quiet hillside at dawn among the wildflowers; take a picture of a car coming up a deserted highway from the south. Simple orders for Inspector O, until he realizes they have led him far, far off his department's turf and into a maelstrom of betrayal and death.

Ko Un, the preeminent Korean poet of the twentieth century, embraces Buddhism with the versatility of a master Taoist sage. This work draws from a poetic reservoir filled with memories and experiences ranging over seventy years of South Korea's tumultuous history from the Japanese occupation to the Korean war to democracy.

A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette. Essential information on the country's history, traditions, beliefs, etiquette, cuisine and leisure activities.