"Theodore Jun Yoo has written a fascinating, deeply informed contemporary history of the Koreas. His own unique upbringing and background give him rare insight into North Korea, and his wide-ranging knowledge of South Korean culture illuminates its increasingly global influence."--Bruce Cumings, author of The Korean War: A History "From the Korean War to K-pop, Yoo's superb volume elucidates and enlightens anyone curious about the bewildering and discombobulating confusion that is the Korean Peninsula. Loaded with insightful interpretations and leavened with fun facts, this book is a bracing tour de force of the divided nation and its far-flung diaspora."--John Lie, C.K. Cho Professor, University of California, Berkeley