The KAIST Suicides
Coyner’s Comment: Besides finding myself unexpectedly quoted, the below is a very good summary of what is happening not only in Korean academia but also society. Someone has anonymously posted a...
View Article2 out of 10 S Koreans Have ‘Dangerously Low Credit Levels’
Coyner’s Comment: While many first-time visitors remark how robust the Korean consumer economy appears to be doing compared to many other markets, we need to recognize there are many Koreans who are...
View ArticleS. Korea’s Self-imposed Pressure Cooker Society
Coyner’s Comment: My below article says essentially of what I have to say regarding this topic. I was tempted to also write about the additional Japanese social pressure safety valves as well as how...
View ArticleWhy South Korean Firms Outmuscle Foreign Ones
Coyner’s Comment: Having worked in, and having consulted with, several foreign companies in South Korea, I can attest there is a lot of truth in the below article. What particularly resonates with me...
View ArticleAcademic inflation bedevils Korea – Big firms, banks hire more high school grads
Coyner’s Comment: Rarely do I take two articles on the same day from the same newspaper, much less the same page, but these two articles really illustrate a fundamental problem in South Korea. We may...
View ArticleGiving Hope to the Second Best
Coyner’s Comment: The name of Park Kyun-chul is still unfamiliar to most westerners, but he is greatly revered by millions of young South Koreans. He is a physician who has teamed up with professor and...
View ArticleWe Are Our Own Worst Enemy
Coyner’s Comment: You may recognize that the below Op-ED is based on this past weekend’s lengthy Coyner’s Comment. In any case, this is my take on the ultimate nitty-gritty of what is bugging South...
View ArticleJeju: Global Wonder?
Coyner’s Comment: During my last trip to Jeju, a year ago, I noticed all the campaigning for this distinction. Later, this past June, when I visited western Ireland’s Cliffs of Moher, I saw similar...
View Article“Brain Factory” China Overtakes Korea
Coyner’s Comment: This is one of those incidents where it is debatable which is more interesting? Is it the issue itself or the fact that issue is being raised? It is fairly typical for a Korean think...
View ArticleNaver stifling economic creativity, start-ups say
In spite of each South Korean president’s pledge to help small- and medium-sized companies compete in the Korean market, the results tend to be puny. The lackluster results may be a result of...
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