The book examines South Korea’s evolving role in the global economic legal framework by analyzing how this developed nation navigates complex trade relationships, shapes international norms, and addresses emerging challenges in a rapidly changing world order.Through detailed case studies of South Korea’s economic diplomacy with major partners, it traces the country's strategic transition from adhering to GATT rules to becoming a leader in regional free trade agreements. It also exp...

A Great Place to Drink takes us into a wine-infused hotel-bar at the outer edges of early 1960s North Beach, San Francisco. It’s the home we didn’t expect to find and the authenticity we didn’t know we were seeking.When Duncan and, later, Carolyn wander into the San Giovanni hotel-bar with its dim lighting, cheap drinks, characters drifting in and out, and with Ray Charles on the jukebox, they feel they have arrived home - a place both comfortable and anonymous.In real life...