A Little Snow in Ansan this Morning!
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First Post to Seongpo-Dong: Our Home
Early morning photo of Ansan from Nojeok Hill.
Chang W. Kim’s Presentation at TEDxSeoul Got Me Thinking
Two events in the past week have conspired to sharpen my perspective on an issue of Korean business that’s been on my mind for awhile. It is the question of why Korea seems somewhat isolated from the mainstream of global online trends even though the country was first out of the block for high-speed and wireless Internet a decade ago and development of the Korean IT industry is a top national priority.
Tracked Down Information about Life Insurance (Korea)
An associate of mine at Korea Business Central needed information about a life insurance policy in Korea on a relative. Through a deep understanding of and following the Korean way of handling these matters in a sensitive way, we were able to get the information required for my associate (and...
Programs for Counting Words in Multiple Files
I use AnyCount 7.0 for running word counts on batches of files. This week, an associate sent me a couple links to FineCount [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED:https://www.techfuels.com/everything-else/17295-word-count-multiple-files], a shareware program that he finds useful and which is free for personal use. It can be downloaded from this [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://www.sharewareplaza.com/finecount-downloads_37248] Whichever...
What a Come-from-Behind Win Means to Koreans
I came across a remarkable piece in the Jungang Daily newspaper yesterday. I say it’s remarkable because within just a small print space, the article provides a unique glimpse into the Korean mindset of today and illustrates factors from the past that have contributed to this outlook. Though the main...
A Drive Around Nojeok Hill
Korean portal site, Daum.net, offers a mapping service of Korea that is very similar to Google Maps. And just as Google has been unrolling their Street View across North America, so Daum is doing the same in South Korea with Road View. This is where 360-degree photos are taken by...
Korean Wiki Project – A Very Useful Online Korean Language Resource
Matt Strum, a fellow member at Korea Business Central (www.koreabusinesscentral.com), and his associate Chris Kwon are working on a Korean language resource called the Korean Wiki Project (www.koreanwikiproject.com). It is packed with easily accessible and useful information about the Korean language. I encourage anyone interested in the Korean language to check it...
Business Introduction Provided for English Teacher (Korea)
An associate of mine in Korea was looking for an English teacher for one-on-one lessons. Through my network at Korea Business Central, I was able to introduce him to a highly qualified American on-staff at a nearby university.
Using the Track Changes Function in Word 2007 on a Proofreading Job
Here are the three steps for setting things up in Word 2007 to proofread a translated file. 1. In the Review tab, be sure Track Changes is turned on. 2. Then, in the drop-down menu, select Final (rather than Final Showing Markup). The reason for this is that Final Showing...
