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For the first time, Euna Lee - the young wife, mother, and film editor detained in North Korea - tells a harrowing, but ultimately inspiring, story of survival and faith in one of the most isolated parts of the world. On March 17, 2009, Lee and her Current TV colleague Laura Ling were working on a documentary about the desperate lives of North Koreans fleeing their homeland for a chance at freedom when they were violently apprehended by North Korean soldiers.

In crisp, unembellished prose, Eunyoung Choi paints intimate portraits of the lives of young women in South Korea, balancing the personal with the political. In the title story, a fraught friendship between an exchange student and her host sister follows them from adolescence to adulthood. In "A Song from Afar", a young woman grapples with the death of her lover, traveling to Russia to search for information about the deceased. In "Secret", the parents of a teacher killed in the Sewol ferry sinking hide the news of her death from her grandmother.

Former felon, Kelly Rhee works as a confidential informant with LAPD officer Jason Smith. The two had a romantic past, but Jason ended things early as he was afraid of being judged by his fellow officers for dating a felon. Months later, Kelly gives Jason a tip about a local drug deal in K-town. Afraid of gang blow back, Jason promises to Kelly that he would protect her. When the gang finds out that Kelly ratted, Jason saves her, only realizing his true love for her. To Protect and Serve an interracial AWBM short romance. It is for mature readers only.

A shy, luckless wallflower, A wild, gorgeous K-pop idol, And a very naughty bird. Melanie’s a train wreck after seeing idol super-group Sasin in concert, so it’s fantastic she’s got nothing on the next day. Then she gets a phone call, of course. It’s her dad asking for help, so she can’t refuse, even though she’s totally exhausted.The falconer needs her aid with a temperamental eagle he’s taking to the set of a music video. Predictably, things don’t go well and she nearly dies of shame when she allows the bird to escape and fly into the staging area. After she retrieves it, ...

A devastating terrorist attack cripples Berlin. The terrorists have no idea what they've started When a North Korean defector escapes to Germany, a brutal attempt to silence him fails—and Pyongyang responds with vengeance. The resulting attack leaves Berlin in chaos, the worst since the end of World War II. Now the German government activates its most dangerous weapon: Major Sophie Decker, head of Department 89, an elite covert intelligence unit that operates without oversight or restraint. Her orders are simple: locate and eliminate everyone involved. No arrests. No negotiations. As ...

Her Korean name was Ah-Chim-Hai, meaning Flame-of-the-Morning. Af our-year-old chestnut-colored Mongolian racehorse with a white blaze down her face and three white stockings, she once amazed the crowds in Seoul with her remarkable speed. But the star racer was soon sold to an American marine and trained to carry heavy loads of artillery shells up and down steep hills under a barrage of bullets and bombs. The marines renamed her Reckless. Reckless soon proved fearless under fire, boldly trekking alone through the fiery gauntlet, exposed to explosions and shrapnel.

I'd given up on love. I was ready to give up on Seoul. But one last night in Gangnam seemed like exactly what suited a broken heart like mine. I wasn't looking for trouble, but that's what found me--I never even saw the villain's face, but as soon as I saw the hero's, I couldn't believe my eyes. Jin is one of the most famous K-pop idols in the world, known for his handsome face and his talent on the international stage. The fact that he rescued this damsel in distress seems almost too perfect; with cheekbones like that, of course he's typecast as a hero. But he's also hilarious, sarcastic, ...

In this searing, inspiring memoir, Black recounts how he devoted himself, body and soul, to his proud service as an elite US Army Ranger in Korea and Vietnam - and what those years have taught him about himself, his country, and our future. Written with extraordinary candor and passion, A Ranger Born is the memoir of a man who dedicated the best of his life to everything that is great and enduring about America.

From Sophie Kim comes the second book in the epic fantasy based on Korean mythology, an unflinching roller coaster ride of action, romance, and intricate fantasy lore.

This guide offers the inside scoop on Jeju Island, South Korea. As part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

One evening in downtown Seoul, Jeong-su is smoking a cigarette outside when he sees something impossible: a huge black orb appears out of nowhere and sucks his neighbor inside. Jeong-su manages to get away, but the terrifying sphere can move through walls, so he’s sure he won’t be able to hide for long. The orb soon begins consuming every person caught in its path, and no one knows how to stop it. Impervious to bullets and tanks, the orb splits and multiplies, chasing the hapless residents of Seoul out into the country and sparking a global crisis with widespread violence and looting.

This course consists of lessons centered on an audio blog that is completely in Korean. The blog takes you around Korea and introduces you to many different aspects of the country, including culture, history, folklore, arts, and more. The blog postings will also teach you all about many different cities, and what they are famous for. Along the way, you'll pick up sophisticated expressions and advanced grammar.

Start speaking Korean in minutes, and grasp the language, culture and customs in just minutes more with Beginner - Korean, a completely new way to learn Korean with ease! Beginner - Korean will have you speaking with proper pronunciation from the very first lesson and arm you with cultural insight and other information to utterly shock and amaze your Korean friends.

Following the North Korean assault on the Republic of Korea in June of 1950, the invaders captured more than a thousand American soldiers and brutally executed hundreds more. American prisoners who survived their initial moments of captivity faced months of neglect, starvation, and brutal treatment as their captors marched them north toward prison camps in the Yalu River Valley. Cold Days in Hell provides a detailed account of their captivity and offers valuable insights into an ongoing issue: the conduct of prisoners in the hands of enemy captors.

How the mighty have fallen. Anna K, once the golden girl of Greenwich, CT, and New York City, has been brought low by a scandalous sex tape and the tragic death of her first love, Alexia Vronsky. At the beginning of the summer, her father takes her to the other side of the world, to connect with his family in South Korea and hide her away. Back in the US, Lolly has forgiven Steven for cheating on her, and their relationship feels stronger than ever. But when Lolly meets a boy at her beloved theater camp, she has to ask herself how well Steven will ever really know her.

DIA Report North Korea Military Power - 2021. North Korea is one of the most militarized countries in the world and remains a critical security challenge for the United States, our Northeast Asian allies, and the international community. The Kim regime has seen itself as free to take destabilizing actions to advance its political goals, including attacks on South Korea, development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, proliferation of weapons, and cyberattacks against civilian infrastructure worldwide.

There is no doubt that the photographic legacy of Felice Beato (1834 – 1909), influenced many photographers during his lifetime and afterwards. Thousands of his photographs have survived, and can be seen in museum collections all over the world. In addition, there are many public and private collections that contain fine examples of Felice Beato’s exemplary work. Photographs and albums produced during Beato’s lifetime are a testament to the highest level of artistic and documentary photography that he gave to the world of the nineteenth century.Felice Beato’s travels and life story ...

This book of articles answers many questions about Revelation, the Apocalypse, the Antichrist, Babylon the Great, and that 666 Mark of the Beast. It gives a full interpretation of the Book of Revelation to make it very clear and comprehensible. Not only does it give an interpretation of Revelation, it also connects that information to past, current, and future events. It gives the name and date of that much-discussed Antichrist. Did he live in the past; is he here among us now; or is he to appear in the future? These articles also explain how Hillary Clinton is playing a part in Satan’s ...

The Yalu River Boys is the true story of the forgotten men from the forgotten war. Follow a B-29 bomber crew as it battles Russian MiG-15 fighters in the heart of MiG Alley during the Korean War. Learn the heartbreaking truth of the communist prison camp gulags, the cruelty of the North Korean enemy, and the propaganda attacks from friend and foe. Marvin King joined the US Air Force in peacetime but soon found himself in the midst of jet-age aerial combat, captured and taken into China, and later subjected to the abject horror of a place in North Korea known only as The Caves.

"Grandpa was a Soldier" describes the life, adventures, and accomplishments of a fictional American, Zacharias Clifford Stillman, a native of small, remote, Judith Gap, Montana. The book describes his youth on a Montana ranch and his rise to the rank of colonel in the United States Army. Zack begins WWII service in the enlisted ranks, earns a battlefield commission and serves in the US Army Infantry throughout WWII and Korea. He later served in the Special Forces in Germany and Vietnam eventually retiring from the military and taking on a more sedentary life on a Montana college faculty. He...