Monthly Archive: April 2010

Introduction to Source of Information about Korean Companies (Korea)

A member at Korea Business Central asked me if I could introduce her to contacts at a certain class of company in Korea for a market study. While I personally don’t know anyone directly, one of my contacts through my position as GyeongGi Province FDI Advisor [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://gyeonggiprovince.koreanconsulting.com]...

A Summary of Peter Underwood’s Interview on Korea Business Central

Peter Underwood, long-time business consultant in Seoul and partner at IRC [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: http://www.ircltd.com/], was the fifth interviewee in our Korea Business Interview Series hosted at KoreaBusinessCentral.com. Visit [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/korea-business-central-4] to listen to the interview online, download the .mp3, read the transcript AND/OR participate in the lively...

Former US Vice President Al Gore’s Room

I was appointed as an advisor to the Gyeonggi Association of Foreign-Invested Companies at the association's directors meeting yesterday held at the Ramada Plaza Suweon, the only 5-star hotel in Gyeonggi province.  After the meeting, we got a tour of the hotel, which included this suite in which Former US...

The New Chinese Province of Chosun

The Lost Tribe of China There’s a lot of talk in Korea about the way Korean history is being taught in Japan. The two countries don’t usually see eye-to-eye about Japanese colonial rule of Korea between 1910 and 1945. Lately, the debate around whether or not Japan had an official...