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When Korea Business Central asked Dick Warmington to do an interview for us, we just expected that he’d have great insights about Chadwick International School, Korean education and Songdo city. We didn’t realize he’d also previously run the operations of Hewlett-Packard in Korea during the late 80s and early 90s,...
From 2008 until the end of 2010, LG Electronics did what’s never been done before in Korean business. The company brought in five foreign executives to help bring the company up to international standards in a variety of areas. The experiment is over though; all the non-Korean executives have moved...
Everybody’s heard that “saving face” is important in Asia. It turns out Koreans think the Japanese place particular importance on this. But on a recent discussion on Korea Business Central, a member familiar with Japan mentioned that Koreans take the concept of “saving face” to a whole new level, and...
A member on Korea Business Central seems to be losing enthusiasm for studying Korean and posted a discussion question this week asking what he’s really going to get out of the effort if he just wants to work in Korea. Seeing as how Koreans in business generally want to learn...
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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...
Dr. Linda Myers was “inpatriated” to Seoul to raise global mindsets, lead global talent management, develop global policies and practices, and help accelerate globalization of the SK Group. She previously earned her masters and doctoral degrees from Harvard University. To listen to the interview, download the .mp3, subscribe in iTunes,...
Tom Pinansky is Senior Foreign Attorney at Barun Law, as well as “Of Counsel” to US firm Prety, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios. Mr. Pinansky is active with various chambers of commerce in Asia, as well as international arbitration. He’s lived and worked in Korea for over 20 years. To listen...
Koreans are commonly concerned about how non-Koreans view their country, and one index for measuring this is the number of foreigners living in Korea. According to an article in the Jungang Ilbo today (“Foreign Talent Leaving Korea Due to “Three Serious Difficulties”), the number of foreigners living in Korea is...
