Updated to incorporate information on the growing unrest with North Korea, an incisive look at Korea, the history of its people, and the country itself examines how far the Koreans have come and where their advances will take them in the future, as well as how they will effect the world.
Michael Breen is a writer and consultant who first went to Korea as a correspondent in 1982. He covered North and South Korea for several newspapers, including the Guardian (London), the Times (London), and the Washington Times. He was the president of the Seoul Correspondents Club for three years during South Korea's period of democratization and has traveled widely in North Korea. He is married with three children and spends six months of the year in Korea, and six months in the United Kingdom.