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A couple months ago, an African-American teacher in Korea got into a fight with an elderly Korean on a bus. More specifically, the American thought the Korean had used racist speech against him and he hit the Korean, which another passenger managed to get on video: [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://youtu.be/Nyw1aCbgm8g]...
As mentioned in a previous posting, I recently passed the highest level certification exam for translation of Korean into English. Until now, I only had the online confirmation, but today I picked up the original certificate at the office of the Korean Society of Translators.
I love the way we sort our trash into 7-8 different categories of recycleables each Monday morning here. Last week, due to the Chuseok holiday, they did the recycling a couple days early, so with all the packaging left over from the Chuseok gifts and the extra days between trash...
One of the benefits of being a consultant to the Gyeonggi Province of Foreign Invested Companies is that they do nice things for me. Here's the latest in the form of a Chuseok gift:
This is what I was talking about in a recent column in Seoul Magazine about the ridiculously priced Chuseok gifts at the Korean department stores. We really do appreciate the present from my translation colleague, Dong-Hyeok Kim and his wife, and the price makes it all the more meaningful, but...
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My latest column for Seoul Magazine’s October issue introduced readers to the fundamental assumptions Koreans make about gift giving and receiving, both in social and business contexts. To go deeper into this topic, visit the links below. “The Top Ten Gifts to Give in Korea to Make a Great Impression” –...
