Defining themselves
"Out of Place: The Lives of Korean Adoptee Immigrants" ~ By SunAh M. Laybourn...
Creation myths
"Budoji: A Tale of the Divine City of Ancient Korea (with an overview of Korean Shamanism" ~ By Jesa...
Distortions, exaggeration and speculation
"The Sister: North Korea's Kim You Jong, The Most Dangerous Woman in the World" ~ By Sung-Yoon Lee...
Growing up in the shadow of Japanese occupation
"Beasts of a Little Land: A Novel" ~ By Juhea Kim...
A courageous work of investigative journalism
"Hidden History of the Korean War" ~ By I. F. Stone...
Bungled diplomacy, threats, and repeats
"Korea: Where the American Century Began" ~ By Michael Pembroke...