North Korea blinks minutes after South threatens closure of factory park
The below report doesn’t mention the most critical bone of contention between the two Koreas over Kaesong. South Korea needs assurance that the industrial park will not once more be used as a hostage...
View ArticleHard to do the right thing in Korea
Certainly greed is a factor, but too often there is more in play than simply avarice. by Tom Coyner Korea JoongAng Daily August 13, 2013...
View ArticleImage industry weds Korea cool to China’s new rich
South Korean wedding companies woo rich Chinese eager for touch of Seoul’s style sense By Elizabeth Shim Associated Press Aug 12, 2013...
View ArticleAsia’s real problem is boosterism
Coyner’s Comment Recently, when Asian senior financial bureaucrats met with their American counterparts in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, they asked the US for better coordination with the Feds future changes...
View ArticleSurrounded by Turmoil, Korea Faces Midlife Crisis
Coyner’s Comment As much as I admire Pesek’s analyses, this is not one of his best. So, why am I passing it on? Because what escapes Pesek is pretty much what befuddles all of us who follow the South...
View ArticleWho really cares – and why?
Coyner’s Comment This essay articulates an issue that has really been bugging me for the past decade. One reason it bothers me so much is due to a friendship with Peter Bartholomew from whom I’ve...
View ArticleKoreas stuck on when to reopen factory park, agree on future talks /...
Coyner’s Comment When it comes to diplomacy and journalism, Kaesong is a gift that keeps on giving. Thanks to the North Koreans, nothing is simple and everything is negotiable. All of which makes for...
View ArticleStep aside Miley Cyrus, here comes K-Porn
Coyner’s Comment In this interconnected world, it should come as no suprise that Korea’s “raunchiness lite” videos are attracting global attention. To see some of these videos for the pure pursuit of...
View ArticleBlue-collar work force going gray
Coyner’s Comment The ancillary but highly relevant issue to the below is the large body of unemployed and under-employed young Koreans, almost all with some kind of secondary education (of remarkably...
View ArticleCan Japanese firms compete in global markets?
Coyner’s Comment This is another marketing analysis from my recent find, Beacon Reports. There is some really exceptional stuff there. I have purposely hot linked the URL to encourage web visitors to...
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