Trochodendron araloides
This is a terrific evergreen, woodland, multi-stemmed, tree/shrub from Japan and Korea. It has wide-spreading branches with tough, leathery, fresh green leaves radiating outwards like the spokes on a bicycle, and sulphur-green flowers. It's very ... [... more]
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Barbara Demick
Written by Barbara Demick Ordinary Lives in North Korea Nothing to Envy Barbara Demick [... more]
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Donald Boose
When North Korea attacked the South on June 25, 1950, United States forces in East Asia were under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, whose largest ground force was Eighth US Army. This army fought a tenacious defense of South Korea, ... [... more]
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Oscar Gilbert
By 1960, following Korea, tanks and their crews had proved themselves to be a fundamental part of the Marine Corps' combined arms team. When the Marines were ordered to Vietnam in 1965, they took their tanks with them. This book explores this ... [... more]
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Sakie Yokota
Written by Sakie Yokota North Korea Kidnapped My Daughter Sakie Yokota [... more]
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Yangsook Choi
Being the new kid in school is hard enough, but what about when nobody can pronounce your name? Having just moved from Korea, Unhei is anxious that American kids will like her. So instead of introducing herself on the first... click for ... [... more]
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Pittosporum tobira 'Variegatum'
This tender evergreen shrub is grown for its sweetly scented, creamy white flowers, which appear from late spring to early summer. It also has attractive cream variegated foliage. Plants are found growing wild in China, Korea and Japan. In the ... [... more]
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Cornus kousa var. chinensis
A large and elegant shrub or small tree from Japan and Korea, worthy of a place on its own where it can be admired and allowed to grow slowly to its full size. The branches are open and spreading, giving a carefree appearance to the shrub, and ... [... more]
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Ruth Heller
Ruth Heller travelled to Korea to do the research for this book. She is the author-illustrator of Up, Up and Away, among many other books for children, and lives in San Francisco, CA. [... more]
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Cycas revoluta
Despite its common name, this plant is not in fact a palm but in fact a cycad. Originally from Japan and Korea, it has been cultivated for centuries. It's undemanding and easy to care for, and can also be kept as a long-lived house plant. It has ... [... more]
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Ilex crenata 'Golden Gem'
Quite unlike the popular conception of a holly, this is a yellow-leafed form of a slow-growing evergreen species from Japan and Korea. It has tiny leaves, similar to edging box, which are non-prickly and, if plants are trimmed once or twice a ... [... more]
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Sophora japonica
Also known as the Chinese scholars' tree, Sophora japonica comes from China and Korea and, in many ways, resembles the false acacia, Robinia pseudoacacia. It grows fairly slowly to make a large rounded tree with an open structure of twisting ... [... more]
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