Learn Korean as it's actually spoken today in Seoul! Korean is one of the fastest-growing second languages in the world, due to the huge popularity of K-pop music, Korean food and K-dramas. This book picks up where the first volume ends, and is designed for people who want to learn to speak Korean quickly and correctly—especially K-Pop and K-Drama fans! Hello Korean features colorful drawings and a cast of young foreigners who are living in Seoul, hanging out together and having fun exploring the city. It features Korean film and TV star Lee Joon-gi, who not only reads the dialogues but contributes a series of stories about his favorite places and things to do in Korea! Each chapter is organized as follows: An opening dialogue on an everyday topic such as going out or meeting someone A list of useful vocabulary and everyday expressions Grammar explanations, conversations and practice exercises "Talking with Lee Joon-gi": Respond to the prompts as though you are speaking to him! "Lee Joon-gi's Top Travel Sites": describing the actor's favorite places in Korea! This book is designed by two leading Korean language teachers—Jiyoung Park and Soyoung Yoo—to be used for self-study or classroom instruction.

K-Drama star Lee Joon-gi teams up with Language Learning Experts to bring you this all-in-one guide for beginners who want to learn Korean as it's actually spoken in Seoul today! Korean is one of the fastest-growing second languages in the world, due to the huge popularity of Korean pop music, food and K-dramas. This book is designed to meet the needs of people who want to learn the language quickly and accurately—especially Korean pop culture fans! It features colorful drawings and a cast of youthful friends—Koreans and foreigners—who live in Seoul, hang out together, and have fun exploring the city. It also features Korean film and TV star Lee Joon-gi, who not only provides audio recordings of the dialogues, but contributes a series of stories about his favorite places and things to do in Seoul! Each chapter is organized as follows: An opening dialogue on a topic such as shopping or making plans A list of useful Korean vocabulary and everyday expressions that are commonly used Grammar explanations, conversations and exercises to help you learn "Talking with Lee Joon-gi" when you can respond to prompts as though you are talking to him! A round-up summary of key words, phrases and concepts in the chapter "Lee Joon-gi's Seoul" — The actor's favorite things to do, such as idol spotting! This book is designed by two leading Korean language experts—Jiyoung Park and Soyoung Yoo—to be used either as a classroom textbook or for self-study.

North Korea's leaders have sought to dominate the Korean Peninsula since then failure to conquer the Republic of Korea (ROK) in tine Korean War. However, they have lacked the economic, political, and conventional military means to achieve that dominance, having instead come to rely on their nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs, Today, North Korea's nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to the ROK, and they might soon pose a serious threat to the United States; even a few of them could cause millions of fatalities and serious casualties if detonated on ROK or U.S. cities. The major ROK and U.S. strategy to moderate this threat has been negotiating with North Korea to achieve denuclearization, but this effort has failed and seems likely to continue tailing. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, despite committing to denuclearization, has continued his nuclear weapon buildup. The authors of this Perspective argue that there is a growing gap between North Korea's nuclear weapon threat and ROK and U.S. capabilities to defeat it. Because these capabilities will take years to develop, the allies must turn their attention to where the threat could be in the mid to late 2020s and identify strategies to counter it. Doing this will help establish a firm deterrent against North Korean nuclear weapon use. The authors conclude that North Korea will be most deterred if it knows that any nuclear weapon use will be disastrous for the regime-that these weapons are a liability, not an asset. Book jacket.

To secure the survival of its regime, dominate the Republic of Korea (ROK), and impose unification of the Korean Peninsula, North Korea has amassed a variety of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)-nuclear, chemical, and biological-to include nuclear and likely conventional capabilities that produce highly destructive or even lethal electromagnetic pulse. It also has diverse offensive cyber capabilities that it uses for covert and illegal purposes. The authors of this report focus on how the North could use, and does use, these weapons and capabilities to affect peacetime relations on the peninsula and to prepare for a major war with the ROK, as well as the possible effects of their employment on the military, on civilians, and on critical infrastructure. The authors present a theory of deterrence and suggest how the ROK-U.S. alliance could rein in North Korean efforts to augment or enhance its WMD and cyber capabilities and deter the North from attacking the ROK and beyond. Throughout, the authors acknowledge the uncertainties involved and argue that any effective action on the part of the ROK-U.S. alliance will require recognizing and managing those uncertainties.

Learn Korean as it's actually spoken today in Seoul! Korean is one of the fastest-growing second languages in the world, due to the huge popularity of K-pop music, Korean food and K-dramas. This book picks up where the first volume ends, and is designed for people who want to learn to speak Korean quickly and correctly--especially K-Pop and K-Drama fans! It includes colorful drawings and a cast of young friends--Koreans and foreigners--who live in Seoul, hang out together and have fun exploring the city. It also features Korean film and TV star Lee Joon-gi, who not only reads the dialogues but contributes a series of stories about his favorite places and things to do in Seoul! Each chapter is organized as follows: An opening dialogue on an everyday topic such as going out or describing a friend A list of useful vocabulary and everyday expressions Grammar explanations, conversations and practice exercises "Talking with Lee Joon-gi": Respond to the prompts as though you are speaking to him! "Lee Joon-gi's Top Travel Sites" describing the actor's favorite places in Korea! This book is designed by two leading Korean language teachers--Jiyoung Park and Soyoung Yoo--and can be used as a classroom text or for self-study.

Over the years of my educative journey, I have felt a strong desire to document what I and my colleagues have seen and heard-the stories, insights, and lessons we've gained in our travels throughout Asia and the world. This book, the eighth in our ten-volume series, focuses on the vital topic of women's leadership. It is especially timely for 2022, a year colored by greater uncertainties, disruptions, hostilities, and divisions than any of us are used to. The era we're living in calls for us as both leaders and citizens of the world to create more inclusive and sustainable communities, and to diminish the deepening fault-lines of race, ethnicity, gender, politics, and values.The ten authors featured in this book, coming from varying communities across the globe and a range of professional backgrounds, provide plenty of food for thought and vigorous calls to action in our fight for a better tomorrow. They argue that for women's leadership to flourish in a broader societal context, women can't be the only participants in the struggle. Achieving a true equality of leadership across the world requires an active partnership between men and women, in which the two groups join forces to learn about and take action against the blind-spots and pain-points that women encounter, thus improving all of our lives and increasing the opportunities for women's advancement.