Resources

Spring 2024 semester course offerings related to Korea

Library resources

Did you know that University of Delaware libraries have a selection of Korean materials? Start with our recommended list of books and movies, or dive into the DELCAT on your own and find hidden gems! 

Publications (in alphabetical order of the authors' last names)

• Korea Times

Korea's first English-language daily newspaper since 1950. 

• Demick, Babara. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (2010)

A groundbreaking never-before-seen view into North Korea through the lives of six ordinary citizens by an award-winning foreign correspondent. 

• Fulton, Bruce and Kwŏn, Yŏng-min. Modern Korean Fiction: An Anthology (2005)

An anthology of Korean fictions from the past century, challenging the norms of the Korean literature field by including works of under-represented and/or controversial authors. 

• Hwang, P’ae-gang. Korean Myths and Folk Legends (2006)

A collection of twenty-eight myths and legends describing the beliefs and customs of the ancient Korean people. 

• Kang, Han. Human Acts (2017)

A vivid portrait of political unrest and struggle for justice during the Gwangju Uprising in 1980 and its aftermath. 

• Lee, Min Jin. Pachinko (2017)

An award-winning narrative of four generations of a Korean diaspora family, surviving and thriving against the waves of hardships throughout the 20th century. 

• Moon, Virginia, Min-gi Kang, Joan Kee, In-hye Kim, I-sun Kim, Haeng-ga Kwŏn, Su-hyŏn Mok, et al. The Space Between : the Modern in Korean Art (2022)

An exhibition catalog by LACMA, introducing modern Korean artists during the turbulent times of the Korean Empire (1897-1910), the Japanese colonization (1910-45), and the Korean War (1950-1953). 

Movies (in alphabetical order of the titles)

• Minari (2021)

A tender and sweeping story about a Korean American family that moves to a small Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. 

• Parasite (2020)

Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan. 

• Train to Busan (2017)

While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, a couple of passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan. 

Korea- and Asia-related student organizations at UD 

• KoDAC (K-pop Dance Club)

• APSA (Asian and Pacific Islander Student Association)

• AAPC (Asian Awareness & Perspective Connections Magazine)

• SASE (Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers)

• ChAAI (Christian Asian American Intervarsity)

• KGSA (Korean Graduate Student Association)

• GSGAS (Graduate Student Group in Asian Studies)

Korean restaurants and grocery stores in Newark

• Bonchon (250 College Sq., Newark, DE 19711)

• bb.q Chicken South Main St Plaza (165 S Main St Unit 117, Newark, DE 19711)

• Korean Barbecue Seoul Garden (700 Capitol Tr, Newark, DE 19711)

• KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot (40 Geoffrey Dr, Newark, DE 19713)

• Newark Farmers Market (2515 Kirkwood Hwy, Newark, DE 19711)