This volume provides a political and cultural exploration of the Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea since its inception in 1996. By paying attention to the organizers use of an Asian regionalization strategy, the author reveals how the festival staked out a unique position within a changing global landscape.
Exploring Korean history from its ancient roots to the present day, A Brief History of Korea is the story of a people with a rich and united culture that has become two Koreas in modern times--one isolated and secretive and the other among the world's most successful economies. Korean culture developed on a 600-mile-long peninsula, bordered on the north by mountains and three sides by the sea, …