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Over the past 150 years Korea have moved in a steep trajectory from an isolated, traditional country to a modern society with a robust global economy and increasingly democratic politics. The author of this study contends that the survival of the political division between north and south shows that this path has been far from smooth. The book focuses on Korea's fractured 20th-century history, covering the loss of its independence in 1910, its colonization by Japan until 1945, national division, political turmoil, a devastating war, and the death and dislocation of millions. These events left Korea divided and in desperate poverty. This book provides an account of Korea's spectacular recovery and growth in the modern period.