Korean News, Business & Economy

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The Last Two Weeks in Korea

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

“23 Things They Don’t Tell You About (Korean) Capitalism” [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcpage/executive-report-10-big-ideas-about-marketing-to-koreans]with Prof. Ha-Joon Chang of Cambridge University

KOREAN ECONOMIC REPORTS

Full set of 15 issues of the Korea Economic Slice newsletter. [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcpage/executive-report-10-big-ideas-about-marketing-to-koreans]by Robert Eberenz, KBC Member

Top Information on Korea Business Central

Top Legacy Discussions

Concerns Over the Sinking of the South Korean Naval Ship? [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/concerns-over-the-sinking-of] The Impact of the Disaster in Japan on Korean Global Business – A Commentary [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/the-impact-of-the-disaster-in]
Hired Muscle in South Korea [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/hired-muscle-in-south-korea] I was surprised by the Korean local election results![EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/i-was-surprised-by-the-korean]
Samsung – Global Mobile Leadership? [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/samsung-global-mobile-leadership] Is Forbes (implicitly saying Korean management is worse? [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/is-forbes-implicitly-saying-korean-management-is-worse-culture]
What happens to Samsung & LG television market in Korea? [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/what-happens-to-samsung-lg-television-market-in-korea] What do you make of the Apple-Samsung verdict? [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcxn/detail/3463326:Topic:129198]
What’s new? Dokdo… not again…[EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/what-news-dokdo-not-again] Magok District R&D hub set in motion [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/magok-district-r-d-hub-set-in-motion]
KOSPI Declines 15% This Year Except Samsung and Hyundai [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/kospi-declines-15-this-year-except-samsung-and-hyundai]

Top Websites

General News

Business News

  • Korea IT Times
  • MK Business News [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: http://news.mk.co.kr/english/]
  • WSJ – Korea Real Time [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/]
  • Forbes – Korea

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Korea Business Central in the News:

Foreigners should not expect ‘freebies’: The Korea Business Central community fills in gaps on doing business locally[EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/korea-herald-article-foreigners-should-not-expect-freebies]

December 10, 2012

by Korea Herald Reporter (and KBC Member) Elaine Ramirez

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Books and Other Special Resources

Click here to view and buy on Amazon.comSteven’s rating:

Asia’s Next Giant: South Korea and Late Industrialization
by Alice H. Amstem

If you want to know how the Korean economic miracle happened (or at least one leading theory of how it happened), read this book. Be ready for a lot of numbers, tables and economic theory.


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한국 자본주의의 개척자들
by 조동성 외

Covering the biographies of 23 founders (and a few second-generation chairmen) of Korean chaebol, Pioneers of Korean Capitalism (my translation of the Korean title) contains fascinating information about the roots of Korean business today. This book is very business friendly, so don’t expect to read here about the negative aspects of these drives of the Miracle on the Han River.

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Korean Dynasty
by Donald Kirk

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