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Koreans are reclaiming their history in a big way. When I first arrived in the mid-90s, I remember thinking that if Korea could put together a public relations machine like Japan’s, they would really raise their profile in the world. As Koreans have a lot to be proud of, it’s...
To learn about GyeongGi Province, there are many great English-language resources on the web. A good place to start would be Wikipedia. Just going to Google and typing in “gyeonggi province” gets another long list of sites. Be sure to try alternate spellings too: kyunggi province, kyeonggi province, kyeongki province, kyonggi...
On the main intersection in Seongpo-Dong, across from Star Plaza and about a five minute walk from the base of Nojeok Hill is a historical marker: I've passed it many times but hadn't bothered to read what it said until recently. It's a fascinating story about the history of...
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...
The Lost Tribe of China There’s a lot of talk in Korea about the way Korean history is being taught in Japan. The two countries don’t usually see eye-to-eye about Japanese colonial rule of Korea between 1910 and 1945. Lately, the debate around whether or not Japan had an official...
In Korea, the exchange of money takes place in situations Westerners often find strange (to say the least!) and this has been part of the culture for a very long time. On the negative side, the little white envelopes with cash symbolize the graft in Korean government and business. In...
There’s a new term being tossed around in Korea lately: “쾌속세대”. It can be roughly translated “Generation High Speed” and is being used most directly to describe the Korean athletes who competed (and often won!) in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. But, at least in the Jungang Daily, which I read,...
For some reason, I never really took much notice of the nationalism that pervades Korean society. I mean, Koreans are patriotic. But who isn’t? Where I come from, the US (well, Texas, actually) is the center of the world, so why should I be surprised by Koreans who think their...
I came to Korea too late. It's just that simple. I came as soon as I could, of course, which was straight after university graduation in the US, but I missed out on seeing the "old Korea". It was the Korea of anti-Americanism, the Korea of poverty, the Korea of...
I discussed and translated an article [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?total_id=3895261] from the Jungang Daily newspaper last week in this post of Nojeok Hill: My View from the Top. Here is the (almost) full Korean source followed by the translation. It was nice to work on a translation project where I was the...
