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Month: August 2007

Ford is Luxury Brand in Korea

Posted on August 30, 2007July 5, 2021 by namho

Luxury car dealerships within 100m of work I heard on the news the other day that imported car ownership has reached an all time high in Korea. It’s now a whopping 2%! This may not be high in comparison to the States, where the meaning of local and imported brands are somewhat blurred. Nobody looks…

New City, New Job

Posted on August 28, 2007July 5, 2021 by namho

New at Vinyl Almost 3 weeks after returning to Korea, I think I am finally finding some semblance of being settled. I started work at Vinyl, a 120-person strong “web agency” located in the heart of Seoul. Vinyl’s a well-established and according to some accounts (mostly internal), is the leading web agency in Korea. Most…

Korean hyper-efficiency

Posted on August 20, 2007July 5, 2021 by namho

I was truly awe-struck by the speed at which things get done in Korea. If you request things like telephone service or buy something and ask for delivery they come the next day! Not only that, the service provider will either call you, or SMS you in the morning to confirm that you will be…

Seoul: First Impressions

Posted on August 14, 2007July 5, 2021 by namho

Well… not quite first impressions. I arrived August 10th, but I’ve lived here at various points in my life for a total of 14 years, but the last time I lived here was 13 years ago. So things that I would not have noticed before seem to jump out at me. Mountainous Landscape Korea is…

Tour of the U.S. Capitol

Posted on August 7, 2007July 5, 2021 by namho

US Capitol Rotunda It was a nice way to end my stay at Forum One and Washington DC. One of our clients – Capitol News Connection – very graciously gave our team a personal (press) tour of the U.S. Capitol. See more photos. Thx Chad, Melinda, Martin, Brian and Liz. Much appreciated.

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