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Offers a comprehensive overview of the causes and early military operations of the Korean War, tracing its origins to the post-liberation conflict between two revolutionary movements and the groups' efforts to assert their right to govern the peninsula.

Korean American poet Suji Kwock Kim presents more than thirty poems on such themes as family, country, war, love, and humanity.

Based on the life of Induk Pahk, a Korean educator, whose widowed mother disguised her as a boy at the age of eight in order for her to attend school, a choice forbidden to girls in the early twentieth century in that country.

Introduces aspects of Korean culture that Korean Americans bring with them to the United States. Includes folktales, recipes, and instructions for games and crafts.

Surveys the history of China, Japan, and Korea from the end of the Mongol Empire in the fourteenth century to the founding of the Chinese Republic in 1912.

Examines the history and struggles of Korean Americans and discusses Asian discrimination in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the influx of Koreans into the U.S. during the Korean War, and the contributions made by their communities.

Describes the historical background, culture, struggles, and achievements of Korean Americans, discusses their challenges for the future, and includes study questions, a time line, and a further reading list with Web sites.

With national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II, which threatens to suppress Korean culture entirely.

When she goes to Korea with her grandmother, Yunmi looks forward to visiting relatives she has never seen, but she also worries about whether Halmoni will want to return to New York.

With the help of a scholar and a young gardener, the wise king of Korea introduces an alphabet that will enable his people to read and write in their own language. Based on Korean legends.