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North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The country's 24 million people live under a violent dictatorship led by a single family, which relentlessly pursues the development of nuclear arms, which periodically incites risky military clashes with the larger, richer, liberal South, and which forces each and every person to play a role in the "theater state" even as it pays little more than lip service to the wellbeing of the overwhelming majority.

The Accusation is a deeply moving and eye-opening work of fiction that paints a powerful portrait of life under the North Korean regime. Set during the period of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il's leadership, the seven stories that make up The Accusation give voice to people living under this most bizarre and horrifying of dictatorships. The characters of these compelling stories come from a wide variety of backgrounds.

Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been. A native of the former Soviet Union, he lived as an exchange student in North Korea in the 1980s. He has studied it for his entire career, using his fluency in Korean and personal contacts to build a rich, nuanced understanding. In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state.

This is a book about the Korean War which took place soon after the II World War. Written primarily for students of Military History, it covers all the essential facets of the campaign that the reader will find interesting.

Welcome to the Asian Men Black Women Korean Drama (AMBW KDRAMA) Series - Episode 1-6. Did someone say “Drama”? Because it’s about to go down. Alex and Amari are fated by the heavens - and a Chicago snowstorm - to meet. Find out what happens when two strangers are forced to ride out the storm together. Asian Men Black Women (AMBW) Korean Drama won’t disappoint. Join us on this rollercoaster ride full of fated encounters, romance, unexpected plot twists, humor, surprise babies, exotic locations, and delicious food.

A daughter of Korean immigrants, Hyeseung Song spends her earliest years in the cane fields of Texas where her loyalties are divided between a restless father in search of Big Money, and a beautiful yet domineering mother whose resentments about her own life compromises her relationship with her daughter. With her parents at constant odds, Song learns more words in Korean for hatred than for love. When the family’s fake Gucci business lands them in bankruptcy, Song moves to a new elementary school. On her first day, a girl asks the teacher: “Can she speak English?”

Amid a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed. The story of this tragic episode unfolds in a sequence of interconnected chapters as the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. From Dong-ho’s best friend; to an editor struggling against censorship; to a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories; and to Dong-ho's own grief-stricken mother; and through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope is the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice.

As North Korea's State Poet Laureate, Jang Jin-sung led a charmed life. With food provisions (even as the country suffered through its great famine), a travel pass, access to strictly censored information, and audiences with Kim Jong-il himself, his life in Pyongyang seemed safe and secure. But this privileged existence was about to be shattered. When a strictly forbidden magazine he lent to a friend goes missing, Jang Jin-sung must flee for his life.

Braving North Korea Vol. 2 continues the eye-opening journey of Volume 1 by bringing to light the courageous personal accounts of those who dare undercover ministry against North Korea's oppressive regime. Through this captivating read, you will be exposed to the daily struggles, atrocities and horrors faced by North Koreans as well as the missionary efforts that attempt to bring hope and relief for those trapped within the oppressive closed-country. Through firsthand accounts and harrowing narratives, this book exposes the hardships imposed upon North Korean citizens by their government as...

North Korea had planned on waiting until China invaded Taiwan. However, with the American preemptive strikes, as outlined in Operations Plan 5015, provided the impetus for the massed Korean People’s Army to begin moving. Armored columns started out of their laagers, arrows aimed for the DMZ and beyond. The United States and South Korea sought to slow the tide threatening the peninsula.

General Douglas MacArthur is one of the towering figures of World War II, and indeed of the 20th century, but his leadership of the second largest air force in the USAAF is often overlooked. When World War II ended, the three numbered air forces (the Fifth, Thirteenth, and Seventh) under his command possessed 4,004 combat aircraft, 433 reconnaissance aircraft, and 922 transports.

Since the beginning of the #MeToo movement, tens of thousands of people in South Korea have taken to the street, and many more brave individuals took a stand, to end a decades-long abortion ban and bring down powerful men accused of sexual misconduct—including a popular presidential contender. Author Hawon Jung shows the world that these women are no delicate flowers—they are trailblazing flames. Flowers of Fire takes the listener into the trenches of this fight for equality.

Yoshio Yamada is the tall, slender, and intuitive president of the Yamada Investment Group Inc. He Finds himself in a hotel with a woman he doesn’t know. Arya Dane, a foster child trying to get away from her abusive foster parents, finds herself in the same room. Her virginity sold to the higher bidder. After a wild night of passion, Yoshio can’t forget about the woman he spent the night with. Why did this random encounter with a nameless woman mark his heart forever? He doesn't know but tries to find the woman, but she seems to have vanished off the face of the earth. On the other side...

Up until now, the Korean War has been the black hole of modern American history. The Coldest Winter changes that. Halberstam gives us a masterful narrative of the political decisions and miscalculations on both sides. He charts the disastrous path that led to the massive entry of Chinese forces near the Yalu, and that caught Douglas MacArthur and his soldiers by surprise. He provides astonishingly vivid and nuanced portraits of all the major figures.

AMBW Winter Romance Series - Actor and singer, Hyun-Li had lost everything because he had broken up with the wrong woman. His ex-girlfriend had taken everything from him - his career, his reputation, millions of dollars, and his peace of mind. She even tried to take his life. To protect Monique, Hyun-Li is forced to cut all contact and return to South Korea. His life is in danger, but he has unfinished business with his ex and her Kkangpae family. Three years pass before he is finally able to reach out to Monique again safely. But will she accept him after all this time? Book #1: Saved By ...

Surviving Book I: The Adventures of John Harris - a Post - Apocalyptic Survival novel . John Harris is an ex-Special Forces soldier, survival expert and serious prepper, believing that one day the world as he knows it will cease to exist. When he and a group of friends stumble upon a drug-running operation with ties to rogue US Government officials while on a hunting trip. John saves a woman whom the cartel tried to kill, and they quickly form a bond. But drug-running cartels are the least of John’s worries when his worst fears are realized. A group of rogue government officials conspires...

Woodward, the number-one international bestselling author of Fear: Trump in the White House, has uncovered the precise moment the president was warned that the Covid-19 epidemic would be the biggest national security threat to his presidency. In dramatic detail, Woodward takes readers into the Oval Office as Trump’s head pops up when he is told in January 2020 that the pandemic could reach the scale of the 1918 Spanish Flu that killed 675,000 Americans.

California teen Sydney Moore doesn’t know why she’s been shipped off to spend her senior year in Korea with the wealthy godparents she barely knows. What was her mom thinking? The Kims are never even home. And their son, the guy that’s supposed to help Sydney adjust to school at the elite Daeshim Academy, is totally MIA. As soon as Sydney can scrape together enough for a ticket, she’s flying home.

South Korean boyband BTS has taken the music world by storm with their catchy lyrics, smooth style, and killer dance moves. But what happens when they’re not singing and dancing? High-interest details of this musical supergroup will enthrall listeners.

In a race to stop an ancient evil from destroying the worlds as they know them, Sunny comes to a startling, heartbreaking realization: if she chooses love—everything will burn. Sunny Cho aspires to be the dullest, least interesting person in any given room, which can be challenging for a nine-tailed fox spirit. So she drifts from city to city—staying clear of any and all attachment—and keeps her fox buried deep inside her. It is better this way. She would rather live as half of herself than risk losing control of her terrible powers.