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International Market Research competition at SolBridge — Round One

On the evening of May 16th, 19 teams of 4-5 students participated in round one of the first International Market Research competition. Students had to choose an APEC country and by looking at various aspects of the country, including, but not limited to, infrastructure, economy, and industry, and then make recommendations during a ten-minute presentation [...]

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Worst Photoshop Photo Ever

South Korean President Park Geun-hye (L) shakes hands with U.S. President Barack Obama at a White House meeting on May 7. (Yonhap)   If there was a contest for the worst photoshopped photo, the Yonhap News Agency in South Korea would would hands down with this photo. The person President Park is really shaking hands with [...]

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Nothing new under the son

Now it looks as though North Korea is going to go ahead and re-start its nuclear facility at Yongbyon. There’s a good article in The Christian Science Monitor about this latest news to come out of the North and whether or not the international community should be worried about it. Yes, we should be worried [...]

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There’s a method to their madness

Okay, so it’s been a little intense here on the Korean peninsula for the past month with all the angry rhetoric and threats North Korea has been making, but after having lived here for the past twenty-three years, this is nothing unusual. Yes, there bellicose rhetoric has alarmed a lot of people, but here in [...]

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How well do you know the two Koreas?

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North Korea threatens nuclear strike on US

So much for Dennis Rodman’s basketball diplomacy. North Korea on Thursday vowed to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, amplifying its threatening rhetoric hours ahead of a vote by U.N. diplomats on whether to level new sanctions against Pyongyang for its recent nuclear test. An unidentified spokesman for Pyongyang’s Foreign Ministry said the North will [...]

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North Korea Threatens the US

Again. News out of North Korea this past weekend is that the North has threatened the US with “miserable destruction” if the US and ROK military proceeds with an annual military exercise. The Norks have been all out of whack about these military exercises before (especially years ago with the annual Team Spirit exercises), but [...]

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Take that you American Imperialist Dogs!

North Korea, is its bark worse than its bite? Very interesting article in the Washington Post which examines the five stages of North Korean provocation. In the 23 plus years that I have lived and worked in Korea I have seen it all. When North Korea starts their saber rattling, a lot of us say [...]

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North Korea: What, Me Worry?

Well, North Korea is at it again. North Korea said on Thursday it would carry out further rocket launches and a nuclear test that would target the United States, dramatically stepping up its threats against a country it called its “sworn enemy”. (Reuters) Sworn enemy? Who writes this stuff. It’s been a while since the Norks have rattled their [...]

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The Man from Choson

Going through some more old photos I took back in my early digital years. I snapped this one while on assignment for The Korea Times (a travel article) in Suwon. The city is famous for Hwaseong Fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Someone came up with this great idea to have men dress up in [...]

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