Stories about South Korea from March, 2009
Global Recession Survey: Survival Tips and Business Opportunities
Everybody is trying hard to cope with the global economic crisis. Bloggers are offering survival tips to their readers. Businesses around the world are adjusting. Some are even profiting from the crisis. In this post, I will feature individuals and companies exerting their very best to overcome the recession.
Korea: Blog, Bloggers, and Etiquette.
While bloggers seem to be equally distant from each other, they are in fact not. They have their favorite blogs and bloggers, and they link their blogs to each other....
South Korea: Soju History
Korea Beat translated a local feature article on the 90 years of Soju evolution.
Korea: Two American Journalists are detained in North Korea.
Two American Journalists – a Korean American and Chinese American – are detained in North Korea after they tried to report on North Korean issues (It is known that they...
South Korea: Military Service
Ask a Korean! blogs about the Mechanics of Serving in the Korean Military.
Korea: New Media Laws and Contining Debates
The Lee Myung Bak Government has been trying to change media laws and has faced strong opposition from journalists, major broadcasting companies, and citizens. The speaker of the National Assembly...
Korea: Layoff
A cold story. People are laid off due to economic downturn. Netizens share their experiences of being laid off or their fears. A blogger put a post on why companies...
Korea: First dating, how to read your partner within 10 minutes.
How can you find a perfect man for yourself as soon as possible? I discovered that a blogger shares some interesting psychological analyses of how you can read personalities and...