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This fully updated fourth edition of The Making of Modern Korea provides a thorough, balanced, and engaging history of Korea from 1876 to the present day. The text is unique in analysing domestic developments in the two Koreas in the wider context of regional and international affairs. Key features of the book include: comprehensive coverage of modern Korean history since 1876 expanded coverage of social and cultural affairs up-to-date analysis of contemporary North Korea, including assessments of the Kim Jong Un administration and development of its nuclear weapons programme a detailed chronology and suggestions for further reading The Making of Modern Korea is a valuable one-volume resource for students of modern Korean history, international politics, and Asian Studies.

The Making of Modern Korea