Infokorea is a magazine that introduces Korea to readers overseas, including teachers, textbook developers and other educators. The magazine offers the latest statistics on the Republic of Korea and articles that focus on Korean culture, society and history, which can be used as a reference source for textbook writers and editors and as materials for teachers to prepare for class.

Infokorea is a magazine that introduces Korea to readers overseas, including teachers, textbook developers and other educators. The magazine offers the latest statistics on the Republic of Korea and articles that focus on Korean culture, society and history, which can be used as a reference source for textbook writers and editors and as materials for teachers to prepare for class.

Infokorea is a magazine that introduces Korea to readers overseas, including teachers, textbook developers and other educators. The magazine offers the latest statistics on the Republic of Korea and articles that focus on Korean culture, society and history, which can be used as a reference source for textbook writers and editors and as materials for teachers to prepare for class.

The twelfth volume in the Understanding Korea Series, A History of Korean Women explains the history of Korean women from prehistoric times to the present. This book, which is divided into distinct periods, is designed to help readers understand the history of Korean women’s lives and challenges, their endeavors under the restrictions of their times, and their efforts to overcome the prejudices and contradictions of their milieux.

The eleventh volume in the Understanding Korea Series, Korean Cuisine seeks to illuminate the history of Korean cuisine, particularly vis-à-vis its formation and transformation through myriad exchanges and hybridizations from ancient times to the present. In this relatively brief volume, Professor Joo vividly narrativizes the long diachronic processes of how certain foods, beverages, and sauces now deeply entwined with the Korean people and culture - such as soy sauce, soybean paste, kimchi, soju, seolleongtang, gimbap, jjajangmyeon, japchae, fried chicken, budae jjigae, ramyeon (ramen), galbi, and samgyeopsal, just to mention a few - came to be enjoyed as part and parcel of a quotidian Korean menu.

インフォコリア(Infokorea)は、外国の教科書製作陣ならびに教師など、韓国に関心を持つ読者のために発行された韓国を紹介する冊子で、外国の教科書執筆者や編集者達が教科書を製作する際の参考となるでしょう。教師達が授業の際に資料として活用できるように、この冊子では韓国関連の最新情報を提供し、韓国の文化、社会、歴史と関連したテーマが特集として取上げられています。

A History of Korea is the tenth volume in the Understanding Korea Series. It explains the history of Korea from prehistoric times to the present. This book, divided by periods, helps readers to understand the main events and overall characteristics of Korean history. It covers each era’s political systems, culture, society, and foreign relations. As a concise introduction to Korean history, this book would be suitable for international Koreanists and students, textbook authors, and the general readers.

インフォコリア(Infokorea)は、外国の教科書製作陣ならびに教師など、韓国に関心を持つ読者のために発行された韓国を紹介する冊子で、外国の教科書執筆者や編集者達が教科書を製作する際の参考となるでしょう。教師達が授業の際に資料として活用できるように、この冊子では韓国関連の最新情報を提供し、韓国の文化、社会、歴史と関連したテーマが特集として取上げられています。

The history of education in Korea is a very important blueprint with which to understand the nation’s culture and history. Education in Korea has been set by the national culture, but at the same time it has exerted an influence on that culture. This book, therefore, examines the diverse aspects of education in Korea and the contributions of education to the development of the nation from the perspective of its long history. This book focuses not so much on the vast amount of information related to education in Korea; rather, it selects a number of major facts and explains them in greater depth from a historical context of education in Korea.

South Korea is known for its rapid and continuous economic growth in the latter half of the 20th century. After liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945 and the Korean War (1950‒53), Korea has seen its per capita GDP shooting up from just US$290 in 1960 to an amazing US$28,384 in 2010. This book looks at the country’s modern economic development starting from the end of the Korean War, the economic problems Korea faced after the conflict, efforts to solve these problems, and the results produced. It will also describe changes in economic policy objectives from liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945 through today in detail.