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The Salmon Who Dared to Leap Higher

The Korean Multi-Million Copy Bestseller

by Ahn Do-hyun ...

Translated by Deborah Smith ...

Translated for the first time into English, The Salmon Who Dared To Leap Higher by Ahn Do-hyun is a multi-million copy bestselling modern fable about finding freedom and a harmony with nature we have either forgotten or lost in the binding realities of life.The life of the salmon is a predictable one: swimming upstream to the place of its birth to spawn, and then to die.This is the story of a ... Read more

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Translated for the first time into English, The Salmon Who Dared To Leap Higher by Ahn Do-hyun is a multi-million copy bestselling modern fable about finding freedom and a harmony with nature we have either forgotten or lost in the binding realities of life.The life of the salmon is a predictable one: swimming upstream to the place of its birth to spawn, and then to die.This is the story of a
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The Salmon Who Dared to Leap Higher

The Korean Multi-Million Copy Bestseller

by Ahn Do-hyun ...

Narrated by Jun Hwang ...

Unabridged

2 hours 33 min

Translated for the first time into English, The Salmon Who Dared To Leap Higher by Ahn Do-hyun is a multi-million copy bestselling modern fable about finding freedom and a harmony with nature we have either forgotten or lost in the binding realities of life.The life of the salmon is a predictable one: swimming upstream to the place of its birth to spawn, and then to die.This is the story of a ... Read more

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Translated for the first time into English, The Salmon Who Dared To Leap Higher by Ahn Do-hyun is a multi-million copy bestselling modern fable about finding freedom and a harmony with nature we have either forgotten or lost in the binding realities of life.The life of the salmon is a predictable one: swimming upstream to the place of its birth to spawn, and then to die.This is the story of a
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Communication, Digital Media, and Popular Culture in Korea

Contemporary Research and Future Prospects

by Nojin Kwak, Eyun-Jung Ki, Seungahn Nah, Ji-Hyun Ahn, Younghan Cho, Yongick Jeong, Seok Kang, Jeong-Nam Kim, Min-Sun Kim, Narae Kim0, Yeojin Kim1, Yeuseung Kim2, Yong-Chan Kim3, Youna Kim4, Hye-ryeon Lee5, Hye-Jin Paek6, Ahran Park7, Ji Hoon Park8, Namkee Park9, Yoonmo Sang0, Minsun Shim1, Jae-Hwa Shin2, Hye Seung Chung4, Hun Shik Kim5, Shin Dong Kim6, Yu Won Oh7, Chang Sup Park8, Kyu Ho Youm9, Kyong Yoon0, Dal Yong Jin1, Dr, Prof Yung Soo Kim3 ...

In recent decades, Korean communication and media have substantially grown to become some of the most significant segments of Korean society. Since the early 1990s, Korea has experienced several distinctive changes in its politics, economy, and technology, which are directly related to the development of local media and culture. Korea has greatly developed several cutting-edge technologies, such ... Read more

$55.99 USD

In recent decades, Korean communication and media have substantially grown to become some of the most significant segments of Korean society. Since the early 1990s, Korea has experienced several distinctive changes in its politics, economy, and technology, which are directly related to the development of local media and culture. Korea has greatly developed several cutting-edge technologies, such
... Read more
Korean Conversation Gambits: Developing Spoken Language

A Resource Book for Learners and Teachers

by Heekyung Ahn, Andrew David Jackson, Hyun Mi Kim, Soyeon Kim, Eva Richards, Adam Zulawnik ...

Korean Conversation Gambits: Developing Spoken Language provides specific linguistic and communicative strategies that help Korean language learners engage in daily conversations as well as discussions and negotiations in work and academic contexts.The book presents, and provides practice in, spoken Korean gambits that will help speakers organise their conversations and frame the type of extended ... Read more

$54.99 USD

Korean Conversation Gambits: Developing Spoken Language provides specific linguistic and communicative strategies that help Korean language learners engage in daily conversations as well as discussions and negotiations in work and academic contexts.The book presents, and provides practice in, spoken Korean gambits that will help speakers organise their conversations and frame the type of extended
... Read more
Health Disparities in Contemporary Korean Society

Issues and Subpopulations

by Sou Hyun Jang, Kimin Kwon, Jae Bum Park, Kyung-Jong Lee, Yoon-Sik Cho, Sehee Han, Heaseung Kim, Hee-Sun Lee, TaeJin Lee, Yang Heui Ahn0, Ok Kyung Ham1, Soo Hyun Kim2, Chang Gi Park3, Jun-Taek Song4, Goeun Lee5, Jongho Kwon6, Jung-Woo Park7, Hyunrim Choi8, Sinye Lim9, Jin-Soo Park0, Seyoung Kim1, Chulin Baek2, Kyungjong Lee3, Jaehyuk Jung4, Sujin Hong5, Harin Jeong6, Yunjeong Heo7, Hosun Chun8, Jongtae Park9, Daeseong Kim0, Seonhye Lee1, Chang Heon Cheong2, Jimee Kim3, Jaeeon Yoo4, Hyoung-Ryoul Kim5, Kyungwon Choi6, Hyekyeong Kim7, Seunghyun Yoo8, Seon Cho9, Eun-Joo Kwon0, Suyoung Kim1, Ji-Youn Park2, Yeeun Lee3, Subin Park4, Minji Lee5, Joong-Hwan Oh6 ...

Series series Korean Communities across the World
Inequality in health reflects the deeper social and economic structures shaping everyday life.This edited volume investigates the complex and uneven landscape of health disparities in contemporary Korean society, demonstrating how rapid economic and social transformations have produced unequal health outcomes across diverse populations. The collection highlights how factors such as employment ... Read more

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Inequality in health reflects the deeper social and economic structures shaping everyday life.This edited volume investigates the complex and uneven landscape of health disparities in contemporary Korean society, demonstrating how rapid economic and social transformations have produced unequal health outcomes across diverse populations. The collection highlights how factors such as employment
... Read more
Silicon Nanomembranes

Fundamental Science and Applications

by John A. Rogers, Jong-Hyun Ahn ...

Edited by the leaders in the fi eld, with chapters from highly renowned international researchers, this is the fi rst coherent overview of the latest in silicon nanomembrane research.As such, it focuses on the fundamental and applied aspects of silicon nanomembranes, ranging from synthesis and manipulation to manufacturing, device integration and system level applications, including uses in bio ... Read more

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Edited by the leaders in the fi eld, with chapters from highly renowned international researchers, this is the fi rst coherent overview of the latest in silicon nanomembrane research.As such, it focuses on the fundamental and applied aspects of silicon nanomembranes, ranging from synthesis and manipulation to manufacturing, device integration and system level applications, including uses in bio
... Read more
12th International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts

Proceedings of APAC 2025 - Volume 1

Edited by Yong Sung Park, Kyu-Han Kim, Kyungmo Ahn, Hyun-Doug Yoon ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book comprises the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts (APAC), held in Busan, South Korea on November 4–7, 2025, which was supported by the Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers (KSCOE), the Chinese Ocean Engineering Society (COES), and the Coastal Engineering Committee of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE). It covers topics such as ... Read more

$269.99 USD

This book comprises the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts (APAC), held in Busan, South Korea on November 4–7, 2025, which was supported by the Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers (KSCOE), the Chinese Ocean Engineering Society (COES), and the Coastal Engineering Committee of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE). It covers topics such as
... Read more
12th International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts

Proceedings of APAC 2025 - Volume 2

Edited by Yong Sung Park, Kyu-Han Kim, Kyungmo Ahn, Hyun-Doug Yoon ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book comprises the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts (APAC), held in Busan, South Korea on November 4–7, 2025, which was supported by the Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers (KSCOE), the Chinese Ocean Engineering Society (COES), and the Coastal Engineering Committee of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE). It covers topics such as ... Read more

$269.99 USD

This book comprises the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts (APAC), held in Busan, South Korea on November 4–7, 2025, which was supported by the Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers (KSCOE), the Chinese Ocean Engineering Society (COES), and the Coastal Engineering Committee of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE). It covers topics such as
... Read more
Policing Northeast Asia

The Politics of Security in Russia and Korea

by Se Hyun Ahn ...

This book explores the progress in and the obstacles surrounding developing comprehensive security cooperation between Russia and South Korea since diplomatic relations were established in 1991 within the framework of economic security. The book focuses on oil and natural gas projects, linking the Trans-Siberian and Trans-Korean Railroads, industrial development in the Nakhodka Free Economic Zone, ... Read more

$143.99 USD

This book explores the progress in and the obstacles surrounding developing comprehensive security cooperation between Russia and South Korea since diplomatic relations were established in 1991 within the framework of economic security. The book focuses on oil and natural gas projects, linking the Trans-Siberian and Trans-Korean Railroads, industrial development in the Nakhodka Free Economic Zone,
... Read more
Mixed-Race Politics and Neoliberal Multiculturalism in South Korean Media

by Ji-Hyun Ahn ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This book studies how the increase of visual representation of mixed-race Koreans formulates a particular racial project in contemporary South Korean media. It explores the moments of ruptures and disjuncture that biracial bodies bring to the formation of neoliberal multiculturalism, a South Korean national racial project that re-aligns racial lines under the nation’s neoliberal transformation. ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This book studies how the increase of visual representation of mixed-race Koreans formulates a particular racial project in contemporary South Korean media. It explores the moments of ruptures and disjuncture that biracial bodies bring to the formation of neoliberal multiculturalism, a South Korean national racial project that re-aligns racial lines under the nation’s neoliberal transformation.
... Read more
Power Struggles

Energy Security and Energy Diplomacy in the Asia Pacific

by Se Hyun Ahn ...

Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
This book explores East Asia’s and the Asia Pacific’s energy security exploring key issues including major trans-border energy projects, major country’s energy mix policy, trans- border pipelines, LNG transfer between nations, balance of power relations between major powers, the North Korean energy situation, energy alliances, Belt and Road Initiative, Indo-Pacific Strategy, World Choke point and ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book explores East Asia’s and the Asia Pacific’s energy security exploring key issues including major trans-border energy projects, major country’s energy mix policy, trans- border pipelines, LNG transfer between nations, balance of power relations between major powers, the North Korean energy situation, energy alliances, Belt and Road Initiative, Indo-Pacific Strategy, World Choke point and
... Read more
Micro Light Emitting Diode: Fabrication and Devices

Micro-LED Technology

Edited by Jong-Hyun Ahn, Jae-Hyun Kim ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book focuses on basic fundamental and applied aspects of micro-LED, ranging from chip fabrication to transfer technology, panel integration, and various applications in fields ranging from optics to electronics to and biomedicine. The focus includes the most recent developments, including the uses in large large-area display, VR/AR display, and biomedical applications. The book is intended as ... Read more

$134.99 USD

This book focuses on basic fundamental and applied aspects of micro-LED, ranging from chip fabrication to transfer technology, panel integration, and various applications in fields ranging from optics to electronics to and biomedicine. The focus includes the most recent developments, including the uses in large large-area display, VR/AR display, and biomedical applications. The book is intended as
... Read more

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Health Disparities in Contemporary Korean Society

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