Books about Daily Report

In 1959 South Korea was mired in poverty. By 1979, it had a powerful industrial economy and a vibrant civil society that led to democracy eight years later. This volume examines the transformation as a study in the politics of modernization, contextualizing many historical ambiguities in South Korea’s trajectory toward

The failure of foreign banks to penetrate Japanese financial markets is often blamed on stringent Japanese protectionist policies. Brown takes a broader view, arguing that the ineptitude of foreign banks has also played its part.

Books about South-North Dialogue in Korea

Contemporary North and South Korea are nations of radical contrasts: one a bellicose totalitarian state with a failing economy; the other a peaceful democracy with a strong economy. Yet their people share a common history that extends back more than 3,000 years. In this comprehensive new history of Korea from