This newly published history book chronologically traces Korean history from the ancient period to the Kim Dae-Jung government. Unlike other Korean history books, this book specifically deals with Korea's modern society including its administrative system, social and economic structure, as well as social class system in addition to a detailed look at its ancient history. The book also distinguishes itself in that it offers comprehensive information presented in different ways by various groups. In this way, the author aims to offer a wider perspective to foreigners interested in Korean history.

PART 1. PRE-STATE AGE
CHAPTER 1. BAND SOCIETY 
1. CHARACTERISTICS OF BAND SOCIETY 
2. NATURAL ENVIRONMENT 
3. REMAINS OF BAND SOCIETY ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND IN MANCHURIA 
4. BAND SOCIETY CULTURE 
CHAPTER 2. VILLAGE SOCIETY 
1. CHARACTERISTICS OF VILLAGE SOCIETY 
2. NATURAL ENVIRONMENT CHANGE AND INTRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURE 
3. APPEARANCE OF VILLAGE SOCIETY IN KOREA AND MANCHURIA 
4. CULTURE OF VILLAGE SOCIETY 
CHAPTER 3. INTER-VILLAGE AGGREGATION SOCIETY 
1. CHARACTERISTICS OF INTER-VILLAGE AGGREGATION SOCIETY 
2. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF INTER-VILLAGE AGGREGATION SOCIETY 
3. FORMATION OF INTER-VILLAGE AGGREGATION SOCIETY IN KOREA AND MANCHURI 
4. CULTURE OF INTER-VILLAGE AGGREGATION SOCIETY 
PART 2. THE OLD JOSEON PERIOD 
CHAPTER 1. THE FORMATION OF ANCIENT STATES 
1. UNDERSTANDING A NATION'S FOUNDATION LEGEND 
2. THE FOUNDING OF OLD JOSEON 
3. TERRITORY OF OLD JOSEON 
CHAPTER 2. POLITICS OF OLD JOSEON 
1. STATE STRUCTURE 
2. RULING STRUCTURE OF OLD JOSEON 
CHAPTER 3. ECONOMY AND SOCIETY OF OLD J...OSEON 
1. ECONOMY 
2. SOCIETY OF OLD JOSEON 
CHAPTER 4. CULTURE OF OLD JOSEON 
1. SCIENCE AND ARTS 
2. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF OLD JOSEON 
CHAPTER 5. EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF OLD JOSEON 
1. THE RELATIONS BETWEEN OLD JOSEON AND NEIGHBORING STATES 
2. THE RISE AND FALL OF GIJAGUK, WIMAN JOSEON, AND THE FOUR HAN CHINESE COMMANDERIES 
PART 3. THE MULTIPLE KINGDOMS PERIOD 
CHAPTER 1. THE OPENING AND EVOLUTION OF THE MULTIPLE KINGDOMS PERIOD 
1. COLLAPSE OF OLD JOSEON 
2. FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF THE MULTIPLE KINGDOMS 
CHAPTER 2. POLITY AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF EASTERN BUYEO 
1. POLITY 
2. EXTERNAL RELATIONS 
CHAPTER 3. GOGURYEO'S RISING INFLUENCE 
1. EARLY POLITY 
2. GROWTH 
CHAPTER 4. EUPNU, EASTERN OKJEO, EASTERN YE, CHOE-HOUSE NANGNANG, DAEBANGGUK, AND MALGAL 
1. EUPNU 
2. EASTERN OKJEO 
3. EASTERN YE 
4. CHOE-HOUSE NANGNANG, DAEBANGGUK, AND MALGAL 
CHAPTER 5. POLITY AND SOCIETAL CHANGES OF HAN 
1. POLITY 
2. SOCIETAL CHANGES 
CHAPTER 6. EXPANSION OF EARLY BAEKJE 
1. POLITY IN THE EARLY BAEKJE PERIOD 
2. GROWTH OF BAEKJE 
CHAPTER 7. EXPANSION OF THE EARLY SILLA KINGDOM 
1. EARLY POLITY 
2. GROWTH OF SILLA 
CHAPTER 8. POLITY AND RISE AND FALL OF GAYA 
1. POLITY 
2. EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF GAYA 
CHAPTER 9. CHANGES IN POLITICAL SITUATION DURING THE MULTIPLE KINGDOMS PERIOD 
1. STRENGTHENING OF CENTRALIZED AND SOCIAL STATUS SYSTEMS 
2. PURSUIT OF NATIONAL REUNIFICATION 
CHAPTER 10. ECONOMIC AND SOCIETAL CHANGES DURING THE MULTIPLE KINGDOMS PERIOD 
1. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
2. SOCIETAL CHANGES 
CHAPTER 11. CULTURE OF THE MULTIPLE KINGDOMS PERIOD 
1. THOUGHTS AND SCIENCE 
2. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
CHAPTER 12. FOREIGN RELATIONS DURING THE MULTIPLE KINGDOMS PERIOD 
1. THE ADVANCE INTO THE CONTINENT BY NORTHERN STATES 
2. OVERSEAS ADVANCE OF THE STATES IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA 
PART 4. THE THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD 
CHAPTER 1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 
1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOGURYEO 
2. THE DEVELOPMENT OF BAEKJE 
3. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SILLA 
CHAPTER 2. THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 
1. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN STATES 
2. GOGURYEO'S STRUGGLE WITH SUI 
1) GREAT VICTORY AT THE BATTLE OF IMYUGWAN 
2) GREAT VICTORY AT THE BATTLE OF LIAOHE 
3) GREAT VICTORY AT THE BATTLE OF SALSU 
4) HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE 
3. GOGURYEO'S STRUGGLE WITH TANG 
1) GREAT VICTORY AT THE BATTLE OF ANSI FORTRESS 
2) GOGURYEO'S OCCUPATION OF JUNG-WON, OR THE CENTER OF THE CHINESE CONTINENT 
4. BAEKJE'S FALL 
5. GOGURYEO'S FALL 
CHAPTER 3. SOCIETY AND CULTURE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 
1. EMERGENCE OF A CENTRAL ARISTOCRACY 
2. OFFICE RANK SYSTEM 
3. COUNCILIAR INSTITUTIONS AND PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM 
4. CULTURE AND ARTS 
PART 5. NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN KINGDOMS PERIOD 
CHAPTER 1. THE SILLA UNIFICATION AND THE FOUNDING OF THE BALHAE KINGDOM 
1. THE SILLA UNIFICATION 
2. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF UNIFICATION 
3. THE FOUNDING AND CULTURE OF THE BALHAE KINGDOM 
CHAPTER 2. SOCIETY OF THE LATE SILLA PERIOD 
1. POLITICAL CONFUSION IN THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT 
2. THE RISE OF POWERFUL LOCAL GENTRY 
CHAPTER 3. THE SOCIETY AND CULTURE OF UNIFIED SILLA 
1. POLITICAL STRUCTURE 
2. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION 
3. CULTURE 
CHAPTER 4. THE LATER THREE KINGDOMS AND UNIFICATION BY GORYEO 
1. THE LATER THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD 
2. UNIFICATION BY GORYEO 
PART 6. THE EARLY GORYEO PERIOD 
CHAPTER 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF GORYEO'S RULING STRUCTURE 
1. RULING DOCTRINE OF TAEJO, THE FOUNDER OF GORYEO 
2. LOCAL AUTHORITY AND POWERFUL LOCAL GENTRY 
3. STRENGTHENING OF ROYAL AUTHORITY BY KING GWANGJONG 
CHAPTER 2. FOREIGN RELATIONS 
1. NORTHERN EXPANSION POLICY 
2. STRUGGLE WITH THE KHITAN 
3. CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE JURCHEN 
4. RELATIONS WITH CHIN 
5. RELATIONS WITH SONG CHINA 
CHAPTER 3. POLITICAL SYSTEM 
1. CENTRAL POLITICAL SYSTEM 
2. LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM 
3. MILITARY ORGANIZATION 
CHAPTER 4. SOCIETY AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURE 
1. LAND SYSTEM 
2. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY 
3. SOCIAL STATUS SYSTEM 
CHAPTER 5. BUDDHIST CULTURE 
1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF BUDDHISM 
2. ESTABLISHMENT OF CHEONTAE SECT 
3. FLOURISHING OF BUDDHIST TEMPLES 
4. GORYEO TRIPITAKA 
CHAPTER 6. CONFUCIAN CULTURE 
1. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION SYSTEM 
2. DEVELOPMENT OF PRIVATE ACADEMIES 
3. DEVELOPMENT OF CONFUCIANISM 
4. GEOMANTIC THEORIES 
5. LITERATURE AND FINE ART 
PART 7. THE LATE GORYEO 
CHAPTER 1. HEREDITARY ARISTOCRATIC ORDER 
1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ARISTOCRATIC ORDER 
2. FOUNDATION OF THE HEREDITARY ARISTOCRATIC ORDER 
3. THE YI JA-GYEOM CONSPIRACY 
4. REVOLT OF MYOCHEONG 
CHAPTER 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MILITARY RULE 
1. THE MILITARY OFFICERS REVOLT 
2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MILITARY RULE 
3. ESTABLISHMENT OF MILITARY RULE BY THE CHOE FAMILY 
4. UPRISING OF MANJEOK 
5. REAPPOINTMENT OF MEN OF LETTERS 
CHAPTER 3. STRUGGLE AGAINST THE MONGOLS 
1. INVASION OF THE MONGOLS 
2. MOVING THE CAPITAL TO GANGHWA ISLAND AND EXPEDITIONS AGAINST JAPAN 
3. ANTI-MONGOL STRUGGLE OF THE THREE ELITE PATROLS (SAMBYEOLCHO) 
4. MONGOL'S INTERVENTION IN THE DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OF GORYEO 
5. CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN GORYEO AND THE MONGOLS 
6. THE LATE GORYEO SOCIETY 
CHAPTER 4. THE REFORMS OF KING GONGMIN 
1. EMERGENCE OF THE LITERATI (SADAEBU) 
2. THE REFORMS OF KING GONGMIN 
3. FOREIGN INVASIONS 
4. MARCH BACK FROM WIHWA ISLAND 
5. LAND REFORM 
CHAPTER 5. THE CULTURE OF LATE GORYEO 
1. LITERATURE AND THE WRITING OF HISTORIES 
2. FINE ARTS 
3. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
4. CHANGES IN THE BUDDHIST SPHERE 
5. THE DISSEMINATION OF NEO-CONFUCIANISM 
PART 8. JOSEON DYNASTY 
CHAPTER 1. THE FOUNDING OF THE JOSEON DYNASTY 
1. LAYING FOUNDATION OF A NEW DYNASTY 
2. PRO-MING FOREIGN POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT OF LAND 
3. RELATIONS WITH THE JAPANESE AND THE JURCHEN 
CHAPTER 2. ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE BUREAUCRATIC STATE 
1. RESTRUCTURING OF ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM 
2. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURE 
3. STRUCTURE OF SOCIAL CLASS 
CHAPTER 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF CONFUCIAN CULTURE 
1. CONFUCIAN PHILOSOPHY 
2. WRITINGS OF CLASSICS 
3. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, AND LITERATURE 
4. ARTS AND BUDDHISM 
CHAPTER 4. EMERGENCE OF NEO-CONFUCIAN LITERATI AND FOREIGN ATTACKS 
1. RISE OF THE NEO-CONFUCIAN LITERATI 
2. EXPANDED AGRICULTURAL ESTATES AND INCREASED TRIBUTE TAXES 
3. THE JAPANESE INVASION OF 1592 
4. MANCHU INVASIONS OF KOREA 
5. THE CULTURE OF THE NEO-CONFUCIAN LITERATI 
CHAPTER 5. CHANGES IN THE LATE JOSEON SOCIETY 
1. BUREAUCRATIC SOCIETY AND STATE OF EMERGENCY 
2. TAX COLLECTION SYSTEM 
3. AGRICULTURE AND HANDCRAFT INDUSTRY 
4. COMMERCE AND THE MONEY ECONOMY 
5. CHANGES IN THE YANGBAN-CENTERED SOCIAL SYSTEM 
CHAPTER 6. DEVELOPMENT OF KOREAN CULTURE 
1. THE BIRTH OF PRACTICAL LEARNING 
2. DEVELOPMENT OF STUDY ON KOREA 
3. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
4. PHILOSOPHY AND ART 
5. SPREAD OF FOREIGN RELIGION 
6. APPEARANCE OF NATIVE RELIGION 
7. RISE IN NATIONAL PRIDE 
PART 9. MODERN SOCIETY 
CHAPTER 1. MODERNIZATION OF KOREA 
1. IMPLEMENTATION OF REFORM POLICY 
2. STRONG FOREIGN POLICY 
3. OPENING OF PORTS UNDER UNEQUAL TREATIES 
4. SIGNING OF AGREEMENT AND EXCHANGE OF ENVOYS 
5. ENLIGHTENMENT THOUGHT (GAEHWA SASANG) 
6. EXPERIENCE OF NEW CIVILIZATION 
7. MILITARY MUTINY OF 1882 (IMO GULLAN) 
8. BIRTH OF THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY 
9. CONVENTION OF TIENTSIN 
10. DEFENDING ORTHODOXY AND REJECTING HETERODOXY 
11. EASTWARD ADVANCE OF WESTERN NATIONS 
12. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PENETRATION OF JAPAN AND CHINA 
CHAPTER 2. DONGHAK REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT AND REFORM POLICY 
1. UPRISING OF THE DONGHAK PEASANT ARMY 
2. THE REFORM OF 1894 
3. ACCOMMODATION OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION 
CHAPTER 3. MODERNIZATION AND NATIONALIST MOVEMENT 
1. RIVALRY OF FOREIGN POWERS AND THE GREAT HAN EMPIRE 
2. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 
3. REFORM OF 1897 AND MODERNIZATION 
CHAPTER 4. NATIONAL MOVEMENT AGAINST JAPANESE AGGRESSION 
1. JAPANESE AND RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IN KOREA 
2. STRUGGLES OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARMIES 
3. RAISING PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS FOR INDEPENDENCE AND NATIONAL TERRITORY 
4. THE PATRIOTIC MOVEMENT FOR INDEPENDENCE 
CHAPTER 5. INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT AND NATIONALISM 
1. JAPANESE OCCUPATION BY FORCE 
2. THE SIGNIFICANCE AS A REVOLUTION 
3. ENLIGHTENED ADMINISTRATION 
4. KOREAN ENTREPRENEURS 
CHAPTER 6. THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
1. THE LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT AND RESTORATION POLICY 
2. INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT IN EASTERN MANCHURIA AND RUSSIAN TERRITORY 
3. INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT IN CHINA AND AMERICA 
4. NATIONALIST MOVEMENT IN KOREA 
5. INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT BY KOREAN WOMEN 
6. PRESERVATION OF KOREAN CULTURE 
7. JAPAN'S ASSIMILATION POLICY 
8. STRUGGLE OF KOREANS DURING THE LATE PERIOD OF JAPANESE OCCUPATION 
CHAPTER 7. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
1. JAPAN'S DEFEAT 
2. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND THE KOREAN WAR 
3. RESTORATION OF THE NATION AFTER THE KOREAN WAR 
CHAPTER 8. MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRACY AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE MILITARY REGIME 
1. THE APRIL REVOLUTION 
2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SECOND REPUBLIC BY JANG MYEON'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
3. THE MAY 16, 1961 COUP AND THE THIRD REPUBLIC 
1) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE THIRD REPUBLIC BY COUP LEADERS 
2) REALITY OF THE SELF-SUFFICIENT ECONOMY 
3) THE JUNE 3 INCIDENT AND NORMALIZATION WITH JAPAN 
4) ESTABLISHMENT OF YUSIN SYSTEM 
5) DARK SIDE OF THE YUSIN SYSTEM 
6) END OF THE MILITARY REGIME 
4. EMERGENCE OF A NEW MILITARY REGIME 
1) THE FIFTH REPUBLIC 
2) THE SIXTH REPUBLIC 
CHAPTER 9. KOREA IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION 
1. LAUNCHING THE CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT 
2. GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE 
CHAPTER 10. NORTH KOREAN SOCIETY AFTER NATIONAL LIBERATION 
1. NATIONAL LIBERATION AND SUBSEQUENT DIVISION 
2. PUNISHMENT OF TRAITORS AND UNDERTAKING OF REFORMS 
3. INVASION OF THE SOUTH AND AUTHORITARIAN RULE 
4. SELF-REHABILITATION MOVEMENT AND SOCIALIST INDUSTRIALIZATION