Tagged: Around Korea

Niece’s Wedding at the Wedding Fiesta Noble

My niece, Yeon-Ah, got married on May 16. We attended at the 웨딩 FIESTA 귀족 [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://www.nobleweddinghall.co.kr/] (“Wedding Fiesta Noble” – gotta love that name!) in northern Seoul. The wedding hall’s tag line: “You of High Birth Are Already Nobility”.

Weekend Hike Up Gwanak Mountain with Family and Friends

The last time I hiked up Gwanak mountain was in 1994 just after I'd joined LG International and the company had a Saturday outing. It was the first mountain I'd hiked up in Korea and I remember thinking that the experience was unbelievably exhausting and I never wanted to do...

Former US Vice President Al Gore’s Room

I was appointed as an advisor to the Gyeonggi Association of Foreign-Invested Companies at the association's directors meeting yesterday held at the Ramada Plaza Suweon, the only 5-star hotel in Gyeonggi province.  After the meeting, we got a tour of the hotel, which included this suite in which Former US...

The Inaugural Meeting of the World FTA Forum

Chairman Lee speaks to the members. View from the window of the window on the 13th floor of the Financial Investment Association building in Yeoido. The dual buildings in the distance just left of center are the LG Twin Towers where I worked for five years during the 1990s. Chairman...