When an orphan boy comes to live with her family, eleven-year-old Junehee begins to realize that the demands placed on Korean women can destroy their lives.
A brief history of Korea from its earliest settlements and civilization to the twenty-first century, describing major social, economic, religious, and political issues, along with the post World War II division of North and South Korea.
A biography of the man who survived imprisonment and attempts on his life during his efforts to bring democracy to South Korea and was elected President in 1997.
"Described the geography, landscape, economy, government, and culture of South Korea today and discusses South Korea's influence of and relations with the rest of the world"--Provided by publisher.
James Brady chronicles the experiences he had when he returned to North Korea nearly fifty years after he fought there as a young lieutenant of Marines, describing the painful memories his travels brought back and the healing that came with it.