King Sejong at Gwanghwamun
With friends at the King Sejong exhibit at Kwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul. (Click to visit in Google Maps.)
Category: Archives
A Recap of Tom Coyner’s Exclusive Interview on Korea Business Central – “Marketing to the Korean Consumer and Advertising/PR in the Korean Market”
Tom Coyner is the president of Soft Landing Consulting. He has twenty-five years of experience in Japan and Korean working for American firms, as well as seven years working for Japanese companies in the US, and he is co-chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea’s SME Committee and...
Old Trollycar in Seoul
The trollycar in the background was one of the originals that travelled the streets of Seoul during the 1950s and 1960s. It's just a museum piece now, in front of the Seoul History Museum. Click to visit in Google Maps.
About the GyeongGi Province Experience
Telling the Story of GyeongGi Province After being appointed an official FDI advisor to GyeongGi Province by Governor Kim Moon-Soo (see photo above), one of the first things I did was set up this weblog. But coming up with original content which would also be relevant to investors was harder...
Gyeonghee Palace in Seoul
Gyeonghee Palace in Seoul. Click to visit in Google Maps.
Good Makgeolli; No Aspartame!
I’ve been asked why I am complaining about aspartame in the makgeolli, especially considering that the US FDA approved it for use in food in the mid-1970s. It is a reasonable question. My point is two-fold: 1) If Koreans are going to make a big deal about how makgeolli is...
The US Embassy in Korea Remembers
It seems like everybody in Korea's getting into the act of remembering the Korean War. The US Embassy in Seoul has (or at least until recently, had) the following sign hanging on the front: "We Remember. The 60th Anniversary"
Overcome with Emotion From Singing the Hymn to Kim-Il Sung
I'm reading Under the Loving Care of the Father Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty, by Bradley K. Martin. Here's an account of the composition and first singing of the hymn to Kim Il-sung on his 60th birthday, as told and interpreted for Kim Jong-il's official biographers. Apparently Kim...
“It Hurts When You Walk on Me!” – What the Grass Thinks –
I found this sign outside Gyeonghee Palace in Seoul. Click to visit in Google Maps.
Introduction to PR Company (Korea & Singapore)
I was contacted by a consulting firm in Singapore looking for a PR agency in Seoul to help with a road show for a Middle East destination. I discussed this with a colleague (and member at KoreaBusinessCentral.com) and he suggested I forward the inquiry to an associate of his in...
