korea (south)

"The Korean sixth sense for winning friends and influencing people, nunchi (pronounced noon-chee) can help you connect with others so you can succeed in everything from business to love. The art of reading a room and understanding what others are thinking and feeling, nunchi is a form of emotional intelligence that anyone can learn--all you need is your eyes and ears. With its focus on observing others rather than asserting yourself . . . nunchi is an . . . antidote to our culture of self-promotion, and a . . . reminder to look up from yourcell phone"--Provided by publisher.

Mindy takes a trip to South Korea to visit her grandparents.

Thirty-something "millennial everywoman" Kim Jiyoung leaves her white-collar desk job to fulfill the South Korean expectation that she will focus on being a mother to her newborn daughter, full-time. It isn't long before Jiyoung exhibits an alarming species of psychosis--she begins speaking in perfect impersonations of the voices of other women, living and dead. Her husband demands she goes to see a male psychologist, and there, in the male dominated world, Jiyoung lets out her grievances, from her childhood till now.

"This book describes the holidays and traditions in South Korea that celebrate important dates in history, religion, royal ceremonies, and changes in the seasons."--Provided by publisher.

When Hee Jun's family moves from Korea to West Virginia, he struggles to adjust to his new home, where none of his classmates look like him and he can't understand anything the teacher says - even when she speaks s-l-o-w-l-y and loudly to him.

"Keum Suk Gendry-Kim was an adult when her mother revealed a family secret: she was separated from her sister during the Korean War. It's not an uncommon story--the peninsula was split down the 38th parallel, dividing one country into two. As many fled violence in the north, not everyone was able to make it south. Her mother's story inspired Gendry-Kim to begin interviewing her and other Koreans separated by the war; that research fueled a deeply resonant graphic novel. The Waiting is the fictional story of Gwija, told by her novelist daughter Jina. When Gwija was 17 years old, after hearing that the Japanese were seizing unmarried girls, her family married her in a hurry to a man she didn't know. Japan fell, Korea gained its independence, and the couple started a family. But peace didn't come. The young family--now four--fled south. On the road, while breastfeeding and changing her daughter, Gwija was separated from her husband and son. Then 70 years passed. Seventy years of waiting. Gwija is now an elderly woman and Jina can't stop thinking about the promise she made to help find her brother"--From the publisher's web site.

What is it like to live in or visit South Korea? What makes South Korea's culture unique? Explore the geography, traditions, and daily lives of South Korean people.

Twins Tomi and Marisol travel to South Korea with their parents and accidentally get detained in North Korea with their aunt Bernadette.

Provides insight into the future of North and South Korea, discussing the dynamics between North and South Korea in the twenty-first century as well as the geography, history, government, politics, economy, society, culture, and contemporary issues of the Korean peninsula.