Kim explores themes and ideas that are of importance to Koreans around the world, such as the current standoff between South and North Korea. By reading these poems, the reader will be able to see into the soul of Koreans.

The Second Edition of Comparative Health Systems: A Global Perspective offers new perspectives in health administration, public health, and public policy that address evidence-based approaches to health system improvement; systems thinking at the policy level; integrated information management; macro and micro innovation, and systems sustainability. Part I offers introduces foundational concepts including health and disease; and policy and economics. Two new chapters explore innovation and sustainability; and the role and contributions of non-governmental organizations. In Part II, the health systems of 19 countries are each examined in their own chapter, that carefully explores the country’s geography and culture, the history of its health system, followed by a detailed evaluation of cost, quality, access and innovation.

A History of the Korean Language is the first book on the subject ever published in English. It traces the origin, formation, and various historical stages through which the language has passed, from Old Korean through to the present day. Each chapter begins with an account of the historical and cultural background. A comprehensive list of the literature of each period is then provided and the textual record described, along with the script or scripts used to write it. Finally, each stage of the language is analyzed, offering new details supplementing what is known about its phonology, morphology, syntax, and lexicon. The extraordinary alphabetic materials of the 15th and 16th centuries are given special attention, and are used to shed light on earlier, pre-alphabetic periods.

A collection of poems that captures the hopes and the fears of ethnic Koreans around the world, this volume also reflects the Korean "han" (angst) relating to Korean history and past, such as the Japanese occupation of Korea (1910-1945). Particularly of note is the way the words of the Lords Prayer from the Gospel of Matthew is applied through poetry in the Korean historical consciousness and experience.