Category: Nojeok Hill

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...

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...

Searching for the Meaning of 체하다 in Korean

Background: How it All Started Koreans are forever referring to a digestive problem called “체하다”. I’ve always wondered if it’s just “indigestion”? Or something more? All I could decipher is that it seems to happen for no good reason. Google Dictionary is no help:  Yahoo! turns out to be more...