F(ourth) floor is 4th floor in Korea No 13th floor (photo credit: eggrollstan) The 4th floor in Korea has the same status as the 13th floor does in the US. The pronunciation for “4” is “sa” which is the same as the Chinese character for “death”, hence the “F” (for Fourth) instead of “4” in…
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Seoul, 15 years ago
Click image to view slideshow of Mapo redevelopment, 1994 Digging through some old photos, I found this set I took in 1994, of Mapo area, in Seoul. This area had been home to many informal settlers (so called “moon village” or 달동네) but had been “condemned” to be redeveloped and replaced by more of Seoul’s…
The Culture Code
The Culture Code: An ingenious way to understand why people around the world live and buy as they do. by Clotaire Rapaille Having spent substantial portions of my life in 3 very different cultures on 3 different continents (US, UK, Korea), I found “The Culture Code”, very insightful, entertaining and surprising. The Culture Code. as…