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From Birthing Center to Nursing Home in Ansan

This photo taken from Emart in Ansan is an apt representation of the demographic changes in Korea today. The big yellow sign introduces the "Rasung Home Happy Country Nursing Home". What's interesting is that it covers over the sign of the previous place where new mothers recovered after giving birth....

A Recap of Dick Warmington’s Exclusive Interview on Korea Business Central – “Uncovering Korean Potential at Chadwick School in Korea’s New City of Songdo”

When Korea Business Central asked Dick Warmington to do an interview for us, we just expected that he’d have great insights about Chadwick International School, Korean education and Songdo city. We didn’t realize he’d also previously run the operations of Hewlett-Packard in Korea during the late 80s and early 90s,...

“Study Only What’s On the Test!”… And Not One Iota More

I posted this photo a couple days ago [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcxn/detail/3463326:Comment:52675] to the recent KBC interview with Dick Warmington, President of Chadwick International in Songdo, Korea. That’s because I came across this book lying on the ground near our apartment and I had to chuckle because it made me...

Yeah! Forty More Bottles of My Favorite Makgeolli!

This is my favorite brand of makgeolli but it's not available in Ansan, except in limited quantities of just one of five flavors at Emart, clear on the other side of the city. But I've got connections… and just got in a shipment of 40 more bottles this week… Note...

Weighing the Pros and Cons of Korean New City Development Along the West Sea

We recently interviewed Dick Warmington on KoreaBusinessCentral.com. (Click here [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/korea-business-central-329] to listen and/or read the fascinating interview.) Dick is President of Chadwick International School in Songdo, Korea, which is a new city built entirely on reclaimed land in the West Sea south of Incheon. It’s a dramatic...