Archive for the ‘All about Korea’ Category

Wal-Mart Becomes E-Mart

I think it is interesting that Wal-Mart couldn’t make it in South Korea.
Shinsegae bought Wal-Mart out and changed the name to E-Mart. They decided to save money by only changing half the signs …

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Posted by Bill Belew on May 25th, 2006 in All about Korea, Doing Business in Korea | No Comments

Wal-Mart Gets Bought Out by Korean Shinsagae

Wal-Mart has been purchased by South Korean Shinsagae .
Wal-Mart is South Korea that is.
Wal-Mart said the will "focus their efforts where they can have the greatest impact on their growth s…

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Posted by Bill Belew on May 24th, 2006 in All about Korea, Doing Business in Korea | No Comments

Dr. Bojiang Yang – Brookings Institution

Dr. Bojiang Yang recently spoke on a panel at UC San Francisco about relations in North East Asia.
Of the five speakers, Dr. Yang was the most difficult to follow. It had much to do with not…

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 17th, 2006 in All about Korea, China, Japan, Russia | No Comments

Reunion of North and South Korea

There’s talk of reunification for North and South Korea.
I wonder if they have talked to the Germans about their experience.
It seems that North Korea has something that South Korea wants …

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Posted by Bill Belew on April 6th, 2006 in All about Korea | No Comments

North Korea Couldn’t Hit the Side of a Barn

Brendan Taylor of Asia Times says that North Korea is like a ‘neglected child." It acts out because it would rather be yelled out than ignored.
Meaning  – Washington needs to pay…

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Posted by Bill Belew on March 31st, 2006 in All about Korea, Doing Business in Korea | No Comments