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(Reviewed/Updated March 11, 2006)

 

 

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SECTION 1 - Language Books - including dictionaries

SECTION 2 - Culture

SECTION 3 - Guide Books

SECTION 4 - History, Policy & Military

SECTION 5 - Japanese Books on Korean Lang


PUBLISHERS - (in English) (some require a search for keyword "Korean")
- Amazon.com - Cheng-Tsui.com - Ganada Language Institute - Half.com ebay - HanBooks - Hollym International - RAS Book Catalog (RAS list of books, RAS Ordering Information) - Tuttle Publishing - University of Hawaii

 BOOKSTORES & PUBLISHERS (in Korean only)  
- 북디씨클럽 - Bookmir.com - Kyobo Books - YBM Sisa.com

 

I use these books. Ask for an opinion before you go out & buy.

1) LANGUAGE
Continuing Korean - A Guide to Korean Characters - Elementary Korean - College Korean - Handbook of Korean Vocabulary: An Approach to Word Recognition and Comprehension - Korean at a Glance - Modern Korean: An Intermediate ReaderPictorial Sino-Korean Characters - Si-Sa Elite Dictionaries (E-K & K-E) - Speaking Korean (I/II/IIIIV) - 한자 쉽게 끝내기 - New Oxford Picture Dictionary:  English-Korean - 學習活用玉篇 - 군사용어영한사전(최신) - 항공기술용어사전(최신)
- 군사영어사전(한미연합작전) - 항공용어사전

2) CULTURE
- Business of Korean Culture - Business Korea: A Practical Guide to Understanding South Korean Business Culture - Korean Etiquette and Ethics in Business - Passport Korea: Your Pocket Guide to Korean Business, Customs & Etiquette - Simple Guide to Korea Customs & Etiquette - The Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Lies - Think No Evil: Korean Values in the Age of Globalization

3) GUIDE BOOKS
- Insight Guide Korea - Korea - Lonely Planet - Lonely Planet Korea - Moon Handbooks South Korea (2nd Ed.)

4) HISTORY, POLICY, MILITARY
- Friendly Spies (1 chapter on SK) - Korea Old and New: A History - The Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Lies - The Two Koreas: A Contemporary HistoryAlignment Despite Antagonism:  The United States-Korea-Japan Security Triangle - Asian Security Order: Instrumental and Normative Features - Japan and Ballistic Missile Defense
  - Avoiding the Apocalypse: The Future of the Two Koreas - Korea and Her Neighbours - Negotiating on the Edge: North Korean Negotiating Behavior - North Korea through the Looking Glass - Over the Line: North Korea's Negotiating Strategy - The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in a North Korean Gulag - Korea's Future and the Great Powers (NBR Book Series: Eberstadt and Ellings, 2001) - Korean Endgame: A Strategy for Reunification and U.S. Disengagement - North Korea in Northeast Asia - Understanding Korean Politics: An Introduction (Suny Series in Korean Studies) - Korea 2010 The Challenges of the New Millennium - Economic Integration of the Korean Peninsula (Special Reports (Institute for International Economics (U.S.)), No. 10.) 

5) JAPANESE BOOKS ON KOREAN LANGUAGE - まんが ハングル入門―笑っておぼえる韓国語 - マンガで韓国語がしゃべれる―すぐ使える文例集 - 漢字でおぼえるしっぽをつかむ韓国語 - 超簡単まんがハングル―明日から使える韓国語 - 韓国語で歌おう!バラードで覚える韓国語

 

I have not read these (but would like to).     

1) LANGUAGE
 Intermediate College Korean - Chinese Characters In Korean - Chinese Characters in Korean - Chinese Characters in Korean (book review) - Ganada Textbooks - Hanbooks - Language  - The Korean Alphabet:  Its History and Structure - The Korean Language (Suny Series) - Berlitz Korean Phrase Book

 

 
 
 
 
2) CULTURE
- Culture and Customs of Korea - Things Korean

 

 

 

 

3) GUIDE BOOKS
- Hanbooks - Guide Books - Seoul - Lonely Planet

 
4) HISTORY, POLICY, MILITARY
21st Century Complete Guide to North Korea - Air War Korea 1950-1953 - Asia Times PYONGYANG WATCH  - North Korean Special Forces - Shield of the Great Leader: The Armed Forces of North Korea - The Air Battle for Korea  - The Pueblo Incident: A Spy Ship and the Failure of American Foreign Policy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5) JAPANESE BOOKS ON KOREAN LANGUAGEとっさのひとこと 韓国語―漢字とかなだけでわかる - 韓国語が面白いほど身につく本―ハングルがなんと1日でわかる!はじめての人にピッタリの学習法 - 韓国語の散歩道―ほんとうに初めての人の韓国語 笑って学べば頭に入る! - 韓国語イキイキ表現 初級