Michael J. Seth has been a professor of world history at James Madison University for more than twenty years. He is the author of several books on Korean history, including A History of Korea, and A Concise History of Modern Korea, A Concise History of Korea, and Education Fever.
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Having spent centuries in the shadows of its neighbors China and Japan, Korea is now the object of considerable interest for radically different reasons-the South as an economic success story and for its vibrant popular culture; the North as the home to o... SEE MORE