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Japan is a popular topic of discussion among Koreans. The themes used to focus mainly on a) how bad the Japanese were during their 34-year colonization of Korea and b) how advanced they are and that it would really be nice to catch up. Today, the tone is much different....
Understanding Korea and Koreans from the wider geopolitical context yields important insights into the newly confident nation we find today. Anyone doing business in this dynamic economy can expect to increase their effectiveness by learning about recent Korean history and its position in the region. Mark Minton boasts of a...
There are few people more qualified to discuss the Korean economic miracle than Peter Bartholomew. Having arrived as a Peace Corps volunteer, he has remained in Korea almost continuously since 1968. Peter worked in a Korean company for almost a decade in the 1970s, and for the last 28 years,...
The following short article about me appeared in the Chosun Ilbo today: [수도권I] [경기도 이 사람] “내 도움 필요한 곳이면 어디든 OK” 입력 : 2011.03.10 23:01 [경기도 이 사람] 외국인투자유치 자문관 스티븐 밤멜 한국은 우리가족의 나라… 안산, 특히 살기좋은 곳 “잘 다니는 산이 있고, 길 안 막히고, 집값은 서울보다 싸고,...
I've been trying hard at Korea Business Central to defend Koreans from charges that the Korean education system stifles creativity in meaningful ways and to say that Korea is moving beyond their past ways of simply "benchmarking" against successful business approaches in the West. They don't make my job any...
Here’s an article from the December 20, 2010 issue of the Korea Times: Chinese investor pulls out due to tension By Cathy Rose A. Garcia Some prospective foreign investors are increasingly becoming concerned about the escalating tension on the Korean Peninsula, with one Chinese investor already postponing plans to invest...
Martin Roll is a world-renowned thought-leader on value creation through brand equity, and the eighth interviewee in our Korea Business Interview Series hosted at KoreaBusinessCentral.com. Martin Roll is Danish by origin, but currently based out of Singapore. He spent most of his career in international advertising and media before setting...
On Sudder Street in Kolkata, India (see photo at right, which is not mine; click to see original page [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://pages.cthome.net/india2/]) in late 1989, I formed my most vivid memory of anti-Americanism. I was having breakfast at a small coffee shop frequented by foreign backpackers and the room was...
I met Professor Hosaka Yuji at the inaugural meeting of the World FTA Forum, which is the association run by Chairman Chang-Woo Lee, my former boss from LG International Corp. At that meeting, we became associates by virtue of our joint membership on the World FTA Forum operating committee. (Professor...
Korea’s a small country, but sometimes it feels much larger than it is because of the traffic issues.Things have been getting better — much better! — fast, though. In fact, the first national highway from Seoul to Busan (approximately the same distance as Dallas to Houston, or NYC to Washington,...
