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Looking Back: The Best of 2011!The Korea Business Interview Series

Produced by Steven Bammel and hosted by Tom Tucker.

June 17, 2011 Mark Minton
"Helping the World Understand Modern Korea and Korea’s Place in Asia"

Click the button to hear our exclusive interview, or download the mp3 to your computer.

Mark Minton is President of the Korea Society, and previously US Ambassador to Mongolia, as well as long-term diplomat in Korea and Japan.

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The full 2011 Korea Business Interview Series list

Experts Corner

Many members on Korea Business Central are experts in their field of business and some have offered to publicy answer questions posted by others. If you have a question, visit our Experts Corner page and click on the member you’d like to ask and then post your question to the related discussion.

Featured Expert:

Michelle Farnsworth Shinhan Bank Seoul Global Center
Foreign Client Relationship Manager (Seoul, Korea)Ask Michelle Farnsworth about Personal Banking in Korea

The New Korea Economic Slice

January 16, 2012 “The Importance of Women for the Future of Korea” Dr. Emanuel Pastreich, Professor at Kyung Hee University in Seoul, Korea

New Economic Slice 2011-2012 – KBC Senior Editor
Eun-Shil Boots Park

Seeds of Success: Korea

Featured Interview:
November 20, 2011

Click here to watch the interview.Greg Sheen

Seeds of Success: Korea is produced by Carl Kwan and Liam Lusk of KWALUS, with help from the Seoul Global Business Support Center and in partnership with Korea Business Central. These short interviews with foreign entrepreneurs in Seoul highlight the efforts of Seoul City and many in the international community to bring a new dynamicism to business in Korea.

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The KBC Community Soapbox

"Give-First Networking"
"The Korean Floor Heating System"	"Getting a Job in Korea is All About Networking and This Holds True for Koreans and Foreigners Alike!"

This is the place to share a perspective, opinion or other information about anything related to Korea. Be creative but keep it short; only two minutes or less. Upload your video to YouTube, KBC or other online site and then email KBC Creator Steven S. Bammel to send him the link so that he can post your video to the KBC front page, as well as the KBC YouTube channel.

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Korea Business Advisor

KBC Creator
Steven S. Bammel is the author of a monthly column for Seoul Magazine on the practical aspects of doing business in Korea.

Article by Steven S. Bammel:
(January 2012 issue of Seoul Magazine)

"Four Principles to Understanding and Expressing “No” in a Korean Business Setting"

When doing business in Korea, many foreigners find themselves frustrated when getting to a “no” answer involves an unnecessarily long process and when Koreans verbalize intent that conflicts with their actions, such as saying, “Yes, I’ll do it” and then making up excuses or dragging their feet on projects, job offers and social invitations.

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Featured Discussion

Stephane Mot

KBC Member Stephane Mot in The Korea Herald talking biz in Asia

"Korea the younger, smarter brother of China? The cliche cumulates too many “no-nos” to be sustainable. First, nations are not anthropomorphic entities you can compare on moral grounds. Second, Northeast Asian relations can be as touchy as minefields, and the epicenter of Confucianism is not the ideal playground for audacious familial metaphors. Ask a Chinese nationalist, and he’d rather consider South Korea and its actual sibling, North Korea, as mere provinces bound to get back to their Motherland. And why not throw in Japan, Russia, or the U.S. for a fuller familial picture?"

Producer:
Eun-Shil Boots Park