Summer Whispers

• Starring: Lee Young-Eun, Ha Seok-Jin, Choi Jong-Won, Woo Sang-Min
• Director: Kim Eun-Joo
• Studio: CJ Entertainment (Korea)

In 1959 South Korea was mired in poverty. By 1979 it had a powerful industrial economy and a vibrant civil society in the making, which would lead to a democratic breakthrough eight years later. The transformation took place during the years of Park Chung Hee’s presidency. Park seized power in a coup in 1961 and ruled as a virtual dictator until his assassination in October 1979. He is credited with modernizing South Korea, but at a huge political and social cost.

South Korea’s political landscape under Park defies easy categorization. The state was predatory yet technocratic, reform-minded yet quick to crack down on dissidents in the name of political order. The nation was balanced uneasily between opposition forces calling for democratic refo! rms and the Park government’s obsession with economic growth. The chaebol (a powerful conglomerate of multinationals based in South Korea) received massive government support to pioneer new growth industries, even as a nationwide campaign of economic shock therapyâ€"interest hikes, devaluation, and wage cutsâ€"met strong public resistance and caused considerable hardship.

This landmark volume examines South Korea’s era of development as a study in the complex politics of modernization. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources in both English and Korean, these essays recover and contextualize many of the ambiguities in South Korea’s trajectory from poverty to a sustainable high rate of economic growth.

This two-volume set provides the only comprehensive, Western-language history of Pan-Asianism through primary sources and commentaries. The book argues that Pan-Asianism, oftenâ€"though unfairlyâ€"associated with the Yellow Peril, has been a powerful politic! al and ideological force in modern Asia. It has shaped nationa! l identi ties and strongly influenced the development of international relations across Asia and the Pacific. Scholars have long recognized the importance of Pan-Asianism as an ideal of Asian solidarity, regional cooperation, and integration but also as an ideology that justified imperialist expansion and military aggression. Yet sustained research has been hampered by the difficulty of accessing primary sources.

Thoroughly remedying this problem, this unique sourcebook provides a wealth of documents on Pan-Asianism from 1850 to the present, many translated for the first time from Asian languages. All sources are accompanied by expert commentaries that provide essential background information. Providing an essential overview of Pan-Asianism as it developed throughout modern Asia, this collection will be an indispensable tool for scholars in history, political science, international relations, and sociology. Its accessible presentation makes it a valuable resource for non-! specialists as well.This digital document is an article from Ear, Nose and Throat Journal, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1539 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Concomitant inflammatory pseudotumor of the temporal bone and lung: a case report.(Disease/Disorder overview)(Case study)
Author: Joo Hyung Lee
Publication: Ear, Nose and Throat Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
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Article Type: Case study, Disease/Disorder overview

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In 1959 South Korea was mired in poverty. By 1979 it had a powerful industrial economy and a vibrant civil society in the making, which would lead to a democratic breakthrough eight years later. The transformation took place during the years of Park Chung Hee’s presidency. Park seized power in a coup in 1961 and ruled as a virtual dictator until his assassination in October 1979. He is credited with modernizing South Korea, but at a huge political and social cost.

South Korea’s political landscape under Park defies easy categorization. The state was predatory yet technocratic, reform-minded yet quick to crack down on dissidents in the name of political order. The nation was balanced uneasily between opposition forces calling for democratic reforms and the Park government’s obsession with economic growth. The chaebol (a powerful conglomerate of multinationals based in South Korea) received massive government support to pion! eer new growth industries, even as a nationwide campaign of economic shock therapyâ€"interest hikes, devaluation, and wage cutsâ€"met strong public resistance and caused considerable hardship.

This landmark volume examines South Korea’s era of development as a study in the complex politics of modernization. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources in both English and Korean, these essays recover and contextualize many of the ambiguities in South Korea’s trajectory from poverty to a sustainable high rate of economic growth.

In 1959 South Korea was mired in poverty. By 1979 it had a powerful industrial economy and a vibrant civil society in the making, which would lead to a democratic breakthrough eight years later. The transformation took place during the years of Park Chung Hee’s presidency. Park seized power in a coup in 1961 and ruled as a virtual dictator until his assassination in October 1979. He is credited with modernizing South Korea, but at a ! huge political and social cost.

South Korea’s politica! l landsc ape under Park defies easy categorization. The state was predatory yet technocratic, reform-minded yet quick to crack down on dissidents in the name of political order. The nation was balanced uneasily between opposition forces calling for democratic reforms and the Park government’s obsession with economic growth. The chaebol (a powerful conglomerate of multinationals based in South Korea) received massive government support to pioneer new growth industries, even as a nationwide campaign of economic shock therapyâ€"interest hikes, devaluation, and wage cutsâ€"met strong public resistance and caused considerable hardship.

This landmark volume examines South Korea’s era of development as a study in the complex politics of modernization. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources in both English and Korean, these essays recover and contextualize many of the ambiguities in South Korea’s trajectory from poverty to a sustainable high rate of economic growth.

S! ingles
Experience the hip, cool lifestyles of a quartet of sexy young twentysomethings in the hit Korean comedy Singles! Na Nan (Jang Jin-Young, The Foul King) has known best pals Dong-Mi (Um Jung-Hwa, Marriage is a Crazy Thing) and Jung-Joon (Lee Bum-Soo, Wet Dreams, Oh! Brothers) since childhood, and now the trio shares the ups and downs of their turbulent single lives together. But everything gets turned on end when Dong-Mi and Jung-Joon end up in bed! Should the longtime friends make it official or call it a mistake? Na Nan has a job offer and a marriage proposal from the charming Soo-Heon (Kim Joo-Hyuk, Say Yes, YMCA Baseball Team) to consider, and her twenties are fast coming to end. What's a generation of soon-to-getting-older youth to do? Smart, sexy, and sophisticated, Singles is a winning and wildly entertaining look at the joy, heartache, and undeniable excitement of being young and unattached.

Jang Jin-Young won the Best Actress award at the 200! 3 Blue Dragon Film Awards (most prestigious film awards in Kor! ea), mak ing her only the second actress in Korean history to win the awards twice.

Bonus Feature(s): Reference Notes, Teaser, Trailer, Sneak Peek of Peppermint Candy and Turning Gate

Lovers Concerto One day, Ji-hwan begins to receive letters from an unidentified person. The letters, containing black-and-white photos of happy children playing, remind Ji-hwan of his old two friends. Five years earlier, while Ji-hwan is taking pictures with his camera, two girls, Soo-in and Gyung-hee, walk into the frame. Ji-hwan falls in love with Soo-in at first sight. He then musters up enough courage to confess his love to her, but she refuses him very politely. Even so, Ji-hwan doesn't give up and tells them that he wants to be friends the next time they meet. Ever since then, the three of them start a wonderful friendship. They spend time each other always, and consider it the most precious moments of their lives. But they become confused between love and friendship and, fina! lly, Gyung-hee and Soo-in leave him without a trace. The random letters inspire Ji-hwan to depart anxiously on a long journey to find his old friends, but while looking for Soo-in and Gyung-hee, he confronts a beautiful yet sad secret.

"Making Of" Interviews (28:38): is under thirty minutes of behind the scenes footage. It includes re-takes of various scenes, including a couple of the comical ones with Ji-hwan (Cha Tae-Hyun) being goofy.
Interviews (5:47): is a featurette with the three leading cast members: Cha Tae-Hyun, Lee Eun-Joo, and Son Ye-Jin. They talk about their characters, relationships with each other, and thoughts about the movie.
Deleted Scenes (5:08): is a series of rough deleted scenes footage.
Trailers: are included for Lovers' Concerto and My Little BrideJourney into the imaginative world of Palace where kings and queens still rule modern day Korea. Grand and beautiful, the palace becomes the home to a group of royals pulled into the p! olitical rivalries and romantic entanglements of palace life. ! Shin (Joo Ji-Hoon) may be the picture-perfect Crown Prince, but he is aloof and wary of his royal status. Commoner Chae-Kyung (Yoon Eun-Hye) is headstrong and outspoken, but fiercely loyal to her loved ones. Their worlds unexpectedly collide when an arranged marriage makes them husband and wife! It s not exactly happily ever after for this royal odd couple as they try to make sense of their relationship. Life gets even more complicated when Prince Yool (Kim Jeong-Hoon) returns to the palace to compete for both Chae-Kyung's affection and the throne. With vivid cinematography, elaborate costumes and set designs, and a fresh young cast, Palace is a spectacular visual experience. Sparks will fly when romance clashes with palace politics in this colorful romantic comedy.A widowed old professor (Min-seop) with one more semester to go until his retirement, leaves for his son's house in America during the summer. He asks Young-jo, a graduate school student he is sponsoring, to orga! nize his personal library and asks Yun-soo, another close young man working at the flower shop to take care of the orchids his wife had cherished all her life. At the professor's house in the morning Young-jo finishes organizing the books, and in the afternoon, Yun-soo takes care of the orchids, yet the two of them misunderstand each other even without meeting. While they work on their own, they discover the traces of the professor and his deceased wife. At around the time they realize the invisible love the couple has bestowed upon them, the professor passes away and the summer of Young-jo and Yun-soo comes to an end. Special Features : - Audio Commentary with Director, Cast - Summer Story - Deleted Scenes - Music Video - Trailer