In South Korea, online gaming is a cultural phenomenon. Games are broadcast on television, professional gamers are celebrities, and youth culture is often identified with online gaming. Uniquely in the online games market, Korea not only dominates the local market but has also made its mark globally.

Lisa Ling said: I have traveled to many places on many continents, but I never felt my personal freedom limited as much as it was during our time in North Korea. North Korea is usually off-limits to foreigners?especially to Americans.

Lisa Ling said: I have traveled to many places on many continents, but I never felt my personal freedom limited as much as it was during our time in North Korea. North Korea is usually off-limits to foreigners?especially to Americans.

Lisa Ling said: I have traveled to many places on many continents, but I never felt my personal freedom limited as much as it was during our time in North Korea. North Korea is usually off-limits to foreigners—especially to Americans.

Lisa Ling said: I have traveled to many places on many continents, but I never felt my personal freedom limited as much as it was during our time in North Korea. North Korea is usually off-limits to foreigners—especially to Americans.

Lisa Ling said: I have traveled to many places on many continents, but I never felt my personal freedom limited as much as it was during our time in North Korea. North Korea is usually off-limits to foreigners—especially to Americans.

In Frommer's South Korea, you'll find out how to:

Steer away from the touristy and the inauthentic and see the real heart of South Korea.
Eat a Hanjeongsik (full-course meal) in a neighborhood cafe in Seoul, attend the Busar Film Festival, shop for the country's best fabrics (ramie fabrics) at the markets in Hansan, and hike the Seoraksan Mountains (or just buy the area's famous mushrooms and honey)
Seek out tea houses, limestone caves, Buddhist temples, hot springs, battlegrounds, and parks throughout the region.

To commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, this two-part documentary seeks to tell the story of that conflict. Using original rare colour archive film, much of it never seen before, this is the story of Korea: The Forgotten War in Colour. This is the conflict that brought the world to the brink of nuclear armageddon and scarred a nation so deeply that it is still bitterly divided today.

See how South Korea transformed into the economic miracle, its place in Asia today, and why it is seen by many to be a nation at ‘the centre of the world’.

See how South Korea transformed into the economic miracle, its place in Asia today, and why it is seen by many to be a nation at ‘the centre of the world’.

Air warfare developments in the second half of the Twentieth Century. Korea and SE Asia - air combat showing how the air-to-air missile took over from the cannon as the primary weapon, and the development of ‘smart’ bombs. Air combat in the Middle East - an examination of the Israeli experience. The making of a fast jet combat pilot - how he (and she) are trained, including the US Navy’s top gun school. Fighter tactics today - how a fighter pilot operates, including graphics and diagrams. Air war today - 1991 Gulf War, especially the use of ‘smart weapons’.