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Serie serie Contemporary Asia in the World
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av Jangsup Choi, Dennis Patterson ...

Serie serie Bloomsbury Studies on Korea's Place in International Relations
This volume details how the diplomatic successes of South Korean presidents removed the country from the international isolation it experienced in the aftermath of the Korean War and also provided the necessary international connections for the expansions of international trade it experienced. Patterson and Choi explain how diplomacy then was the primary process that allowed for the successful ... Läs mer

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Korea: The Impossible Country

A History of Korea

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A Greater Music

A Brief History of Korea

Three Shattered Souls

Violets

Escape from Camp 14

Without You, There Is No Us

Buddhist Architecture of Korea

사건과 인물로 본 임시정부 100년

Seowon

Exploring the Korean War: A Comprehensive Study of its Origins, Impact, and Legacy

Immovable Object

The Comfort Women Hoax

The Korean War

Marching Through Suffering

Reconstructing Ancient Korean History

Rationality in the North Korean Regime

The Defections

Diplomacy, Trade, and South Korea’s Rise to International Influence