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My colleague, Dom LaVigne, has deep experience working with Asian governments in the area of foreign direct investment, so as I was getting ready to present to the GyeongGi Province advisors last month, I asked him for a little advice. Dom doesn't do things half-way though and he put together...
The Korea Business Interview Series continues at Korea Business Central (KoreaBusinessCentral.com). The latest interview was held with Dr. Victor Cha, former Director for Asian Affairs in the White House’s National Security Council and current Director of the Asian Studies Program at Georgetown University. Dr. Cha is author of Beyond the...
Following the message I sent my associate in the last post, I followed up with one more email related to my general understanding of the approach a non-Korean must take to be successful in Korea. I think this one is worth sharing too: Hi <Associate>, I am reminded of...
My fellow administrator over at Korea Business Central, Dom LaVigne listened to the Korea Business Central interview with Dr. Victor Cha (available here [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/korea-business-central-3]) and shared the following very thorough and pertinent insights about KORUS FTA. He gave me permission to post his comments here in their...
An associate of mine is working to land a job with a Korean government office to support their work promoting Korea overseas. He has a remarkable background, having lead an organization elsewhere in Asia for several years, as well as having worked with top government leaders in the US. He's...
I gave my presentation early in the program: I was the only Westerner in the room: I shared my opinion (in Korean!) about regional branding for FDI attraction in Korea, as well as where I think a social networking strategy fits into the picture:
I met GyeongGi Provincial Governor Kim Moon-Soo at his official residence last summer in Suweon and wrote about the meeting in a previous post (Meeting the Governor). With a little persistence, that meeting led to lunch with the governor's office manager and Foreign Investment Attraction Office Director General Lee Hak-Soo...
This was an exciting week at Korea Business Central (KoreaBusinessCentral.com), where we hosted the first interview in our Korea Business Interview Series. Tom Coyner, author of Mastering Business in Korea, was kind enough to give us some of his time and wisdom. Here are the links to the interview: Part...
Ansan, South Korea – December 11, 2009 – Korea Business Central (KoreaBusinessCentral.com [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: file:///C:/Users/sbammel/Documents/KCTS/Administration/Marketing/KBC/Tom%20Tucker%20-%20Project%20%231/koreabusinesscentral.com]), a new online community focused on business in Korea and which is sponsored by Korean Consulting & Translation Service, Inc. (KoreanConsulting.com), announces an agreement with Tucker Media Group, Inc. (www.TuckerMediaGroup.com) of Palm Springs, California...
Two events in the past week have conspired to sharpen my perspective on an issue of Korean business that’s been on my mind for awhile. It is the question of why Korea seems somewhat isolated from the mainstream of global online trends even though the country was first out of the block for high-speed and wireless Internet a decade ago and development of the Korean IT industry is a top national priority.
