 Five Questions for Jean-Jaques Grauhar 1 year 10 weeks ago
 SEOUL, South Korea -- While the recent buzz has been over the passage and the coming March 15th implementation of the KORUS Free Trade Agreement, the FTA between... |
 Five Questions for Amy Jackson 1 year 14 weeks ago
SEOUL, South Korea -- The American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) has a long history of involvement in the South Korean economy going back to 1953, when it opened its first office here following the Korean War. The organization now counts in its ranks over 2,000 individual members representing over 1,000 member companies doing business here on the peninsula.
In August of 2009, AMCHAM tapped Ithaca, New York native, Amy... |
 Five Questions: Boeing Korea CEO Patrick Gaines 1 year 20 weeks ago
SEOUL, South Korea -- One could hardly get a few minutes into a conversation about airplanes without mentioning the name “Boeing” or one of the thousands of aircraft they’ve produced for nearly a century. The American multinational aerospace and defense company, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington, has enjoyed a long and storied success, including over sixty years as the dominant player in... |
 Five Questions: ESL Cafe Founder Dave Sperling 1 year 23 weeks ago
LOS ANGELES, California -- Dave Sperling. You might not think you know the name, but you do. At least the former of the two when it’s famously attached to “ESL Cafe.”
Launched in 1995, eslcafe.com staked out its share of the web as a bare bones site for finding teaching jobs abroad and discussing the life lived there. A decade and a half has passed, the site is still pretty much bare bones, but 25,000 people stop in... |
 Five Questions for Wolf Prix 1 year 33 weeks ago
 BUSAN, South Korea -- The $150 million Busan Cinema Center was inaugurated on September 29th, opening its doors on schedule for the 2011 Busan International Film Festival. Over 800 guests, including President Lee Myung-bak,... |
 Five Questions for Pinnacle TheHustler 1 year 35 weeks ago
At what point in your life did you realize you wanted to go into the music business? And why Korea? Did you consider or explore other artistic options back home or in other countries?
I realized it the first time I performed on stage. It’s funny because I only wanted to perform because someone in my high school made fun of my rhymes during lunch time. I remember standing behind that big curtain before they called my name; I was so scared that... |
 Five Questions for 'The Korean' 2 years 1 week ago
What originally prompted you to start the “Ask a Korean” blog? And at what point did you realize that you had started something big?
Two things: "!Ask a Mexican!", and boredom. !AAM! really inspired me. When I first immigrated as a curious 16-year-old, one of the most fascinating things about America to me was its race relations. I literally could not stop noticing things and talking... |
 Five Questions for Mike Breen 2 years 6 weeks ago
You’re known for writing satirical commentary on Korean culture and society. Knowing that Korea is not particularly fond of outside criticism, do you think this a wise career choice? Or should people just learn to lighten up?
I discovered a secret: Koreans like to be criticized. (Memo to the world: Americans don’t). The idea that a foreigner has to show respect for kimchi to operate smoothly here is a myth. That said, no one likes rudeness. I think readers sense that I don’t take things... |
 Five Questions for B.R. Myers 2 years 13 weeks ago
BUSAN, South Korea - Brian Reynolds Myers was born in New Jersey in 1963, he spent his childhood in Bermuda and his youth in South Africa, before receiving his graduate education in Germany. He earned an MA degree in Soviet studies at Ruhr University and a PhD in North Korean literature at the University of Tübingen.
His most recent book, ... |
 Five Questions for the Marmot 2 years 15 weeks ago
What made you start The Marmots Hole?
Good question. I got into blogging in 2003, when blogging was really starting to come into its own as a medium. At first, I got into it just to record thoughts — if there’s something blogging is good for, it’s to archive thoughts — and sometimes post a photo or two. Then, I started posting the occasional political rant, or piece of commentary, and these proved somewhat popular so I did them more and more, and the blog sort of took on a life of its... |
