About the Author\nJ. Scott Burgeson was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1967, and first came to Asia at the age of 12, when he spent the summer living in an ashram outside of Mumbai, India. He grew up mainly in the San Francisco Bay Area, and studied English Literature and Rhetoric at U.C. Berkeley, where he was editor-in-chied of the the campus literary journal 'Byzantium.' After college and a stint travel sriting in Romania for the 'Berkeley Guide', he worked for several years as a culture critic for 'The San Francisco Bay Guardian', 'East Bay Express', 'The Daily Californian' and other publications, before growing restless and moving to Osaka, Japan in 1994. Since then, his work has appeared in 'Kansai Time Out', 'Tokyo Journal', 'Giant Robot', 'The Brooklyn Rail', 'Cinemad', 'Korean Quarterly', 'Cine21', 'Chosun Ilbo', 'Kes Cahiers de Coree', 'The Korea Herald', 'The Korea Times', 'The Beat' and 'Maxim Korea', for which he wrote a monthly column reviewing Korean junk food. In 1997, he founded and published the first volume of 'Bug' magazine in Seoul, and has since produced special issues on Japan and Australia (nominated for an 'Utne Reader Alternative Press Award) as well as Korea. In 1999, he published his first book, 'Maximum Korea', the Korean edition of which was a bestseller, as was 'Balch`ikhan Han`guk-hak(Nasty Korean Study, 2002)', the Korean-language version of 'Bug Vol.5'. He has not returned to the U.S. since 1996 and has no reliably fixed address, but can generally be located in cyberspace at www.kingbaeksu.com.

Korea Bug: The Best of the Zine that Infected a Nation

J. Scott Burgeson

Politics & Social Sciences

EunHaeng NaMu

Chihyung Nam a professional Baduk player in Korea and professor wrote the newly published book Baduk, Made Fun and Easy to help these Baduk these foreign beginners. This book is from her popular series of articles "Baduk, Made Fun and Easy" published in The Korea Times over a year. Nam gives you great lessons from the basic of Baduk including the terms and rules to practical steps by stages. Until now, foreigners used to get some information about it from Japan, so they feel Japanese word "Go" more familiar than "Baduk" the Korean. Nam is talking about Baduk not Go now, but you can enjoy this book without confusion. Baduk fans over the world are interested in Korean Baduk, but they get few information about Baduk. They concern Korean Baduk including its term and professional player in Korea more and more. You can get not only basic Baduk rules and techniques but also Korean Baduk culture and its pleasure. You will find yourself enjoying Baduk with this easy but detailed guide and helpful color pictures.

Baduk, Made Fun and Easy

Humor & Entertainment

Chihyung Nam

Puzzles & Games

Baduk, a game including life and remarkable joy Black and White stones, and a wooden board as their battle field. These simple instruments and just two player are all you need to play it, Baduk. There are several theories about its origin. One says that King Yo, the Sage has made it to amend character of his son who like fighting. Another claims that King Sun had contrived to train his son who was not so bright. The other insists it was made at the Age of the Warring States to teach arts of war. There are also other hypothesis; Baduk has been developed from a instrument for astronomy. Baduk has lasted over 2,500 years, it could be impossible to find the correct answer about its origin. However, it is sure what those suppositions means; Baduk indicates heaven, earth, and universe and its law and order. There are ten principles handed down from ancient times, that we should bear in mind to become a good player: don't be so greedy to win; don't rush toward th opponent's territory in full vigor; be aware of your own weakness before making an attack; take the initiative; sacrifice the small for the big; drop useless stones resolutely in case of emergency; don't act in haste; grasp the opponent's situation and cope with it; keep the balance; and don't be stubborn when isolated. These teachings are applicable not only to Baduk, but also for a wise and peaceful life. We are able to learn lessons through Baduk that will lead to harmonious and joyful lives with others. Someone may think it is too difficult and boring for its profundity and abstruse reason. How pity he is! You could find yourself amusing at Baduk more and more for its depth and true taste. Baduk gives us pleasure we couldn't get easily from other games. Baduk, learned from a woman professional player For beginners, it's hard to get some places or teachers for Baduk easily. Especially foreign amateurs have difficulty in getting useful help. Since Baduk is rooted in China, Korea and Japan, foreigners get insufficient informations evne their huge interest and demand about it. There are regular Baduk competition over the world already and many foreigners attend them. Their interest and need are getting bigger and bigger for Baduk, but its supply are not enough. Chihyung Nam a professional Baduk player in Korea and professor wrote the newly-published book Baduk, Made Fun and Easy Vol.2 (language: English)to help these Baduk these foreign beginners. This book is from her popular series of articles 'Baduk, Made Fun and Easy' published in the Koreatimes over two year. Nam gave you great lessons from the basic of Baduk including the terms and rules to practical steps by stages at Baduk, Made Fun and Easy Vol.1 published in 2006, and now she lead the way to the next level through this new book. You can get more profound lessons including Sente, Joseki, Ko, Sacrifice, Atari, and other technical skills in addition to conceptional teachings, so you could develop yourself by laying the foundation. Besides, you could also get some interesting informations: how to be a professional player in Korea; Baduk in North Korea; and some useful proverbs. Until now, foreigners used to get some information about it from Japan, so they feel Japanese word 'Go' more familiar than 'Baduk' the Korean. Nam is talking about 'Baduk' not 'Go' now, but you can enjoy this book without confusion. Baduk fans over the world are interested in Korean Baduk, but they get few information about Baduk. They concern Korean Baduk including its term and professional player in Korea more and more. You can get not only basic Baduk rules and techniques but also Korean Baduk culture and its pleasure. You will find yourself enjoying Baduk with this easy but detailed guide and helpful color pictures.

Baduk, Made Fun and Easy Vol. 2

A General Upheaval in the Land of the Morning Calm - The most intriguing tidbits about modern Korea When in 1897 the first modern Korean bank issued its first loan, the loan had to be secured against the only property the borrower had in his disposal, his donkey. The loan was repaid at time, but for few days bank managers had to take care of the animal. In the 1930s the Western restaurants were almost absent in Seoul, so if somebody wanted to eat a decent Western-style meal, the only solution would be to go to a Seoul station restaurant, The Grill. More or less all Korean industrialists or politicians, including all president of the 1948-1980 period, visited the place a number of times. When in the 1920s the taxi service began to spread in Korea, most cabs had no meters, so the fixed rate was introduced. It would cost one won to travel to any location within the city limits. In those days this roughly equaled daily earnings of an unskilled laborer. In the 1890s, some mountain pass near Seoul were considered dangerous because of frequent tiger attacks. In 1915 alone, hunters killed 11 tigers nationwide. The last tiger in South Korea was killed as recently as 1921 in Northern Kyongsang, and the last confirmed sighting occurred in 1946. In 1955 a small workshop bearing the proud name of the International Car Company began to manually assemble US Jeeps. Thus inauspiciously began the history of the Korean automobile industry, now one of the world's largest. In the 1960s the Korean government believed that excessive growth of population would undermine the economic growth. So, they waged one of the world's most successful family planning campaigns. In the 1990s, it was the low fertility rate and population aging which came to be seen as major demographic problems in Korea. These and many other facts about changes of the Korean life over the last 150 years can be found in the new book by Andrei Lankov, titled Dawn of Modern Korea. The book is based on the widely read columns Andrei Lankov writes for the Korea Times since 2002. Dawn of Modern Korea deals with those parts of history which are often seen as 'too mundane' to be taken seriously. This is the book about daily life of Korea in the 130 years which followed the 'opening' of the country to foreign exchanges. It treats changes in the food, dress, good and bad habits, it pays attention to how Korean traveled to work, what they did in their leisure time, how did they interact with their friends and relatives. There are many countries which are more successful than Korea. However in most cases their current prominence is a result of long centuries of economic growth. The list of the most wealthy nations has not changed much since the early 1900s and in most cases the word 'developing' in the expression 'developing countries' is scarcely more than a polite euphemism to describe a state of backwardness and hopeless poverty. Only a handful of developing countries have managed to break away from poverty and repression and almost none of them have made this break with anything approaching Korea's speed and efficiency. In the early 1960s Korea was a developing country and even by the unenviable standards of this group it was not doing particularly well. Its per capita GNP was equivalent to that of Papua New Guinea and Nigeria. Nowadays it can compare itself with some of the less successful members of the European Community. Automobiles are everywhere in Korea. But the mass production of the cars in Korea only began in the 1970s. Korea is the world's leader in Internet access, but as late as 1980 it had no color TV broadcasts. Korea is one of the world's most university-oriented societies, but in 1945 less than a quarter of its population had any formal schooling.

The Dawn of Modern Korea

Andrei Lankov

Baduk, learned from a woman professional player The series of Baduk, Made Fun and Easy for Baduk beginners has be completed with the third volume. Chihyung Nam a professional Baduk player in Korea and professor wrote the column with same title in Korea Times a english newspaper over 3 years to teach fundamental studies of Baduk to foreigners who have interest this oriental game. Nam gave you great lessons from the basic of Baduk including the terms and rules to practical steps by stages at Baduk, Made Fun and Easy Vol.1 published in 2006, and more profound lessons including Sente, Joseki, Ko, Sacrifice, Atari, and other technical skills in addition to conceptional teachings at Baduk, Made Fun and Easy Vol.2(2007). Nam has given lessons about Salvation, Bend, Openings, Death and Life at the newly-published 3rd volume so you could learn the advanced studies of basic Baduk. Baduk as a game to enjoy through your life You can take pleasure through a game without a hard effort. Above and beyond joys of victory, to enjoy game itself apart from the consequence is the force of the game to make people love it continually. However, to discover human nature from a game and to learn how to live your life should be extraordinary. Baduk, loved from generation to generation, is the most appropriate one to cultivate your mind and to perceive a truth of a life. You could hear the Ten-Teaching from Baduk which is traditional lesson for Baduk players; The man being striving hard after winning may lose the game; Avoid meaningless contention, keep yourself under control, then you will win the victory; Be moderate, not to be biased; Don't get too hung up on the small benefit; Don't waste your time and energy to regret something already happened; No limits and no bounds to improve yourself. These are the very rules of righteous life! Certainly Baduk is the most pleasure-giving game than any other games. Even Baduk has only one important but simple rule that two people put black and white stones alternately, people used to feel difficult to play it. You should foresee what will happen several turns hence and even what the opponent think. It is a so psychological and strategic game. For beginners, it's harder. You can't get some places or teachers easily. Especially foreign amateurs have difficulty in getting useful help. Since Baduk is rooted in China, Korea and Japan, foreigners get insufficient informations evne their huge interest and demand about it. There are regular Baduk competition over the world already and many foreigners attend them. Their interest and need are getting bigger and bigger for Baduk, but its supply are not enough. The foreign devotee of Baduk could learn this meaningful and delight game from the beginning easily, and have fun with marvelous joys on the wooden board. As the author hopes, more people would taste the pleasure of Baduk with this Book.

Baduk, Made Fun and Easy vol.3

This book is written for foreigners who want to understand Korean expressions they use including useful terms, proverbs and some kind of slang. It's written in English.

How Koreans Talk: A Collection of Expressions

Choe, Sang-hun

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