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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Hyundai’s Quarter Profit Jumps as Honda Struggles / A Broken Link in the Global Auto Supply Chain
Coyner’s Comment: Hyundai Motor continues to move forward. For many of the right reasons, the company impresses consumers, analysts and journalists. But sometimes, in all of this well deserved recognition, potentially significant issues are glossed over. One of these is … Continue reading
Posted in Doing Business in Korea, S Korea Economy, Trade
Tagged automobile, disaster, earthquake, Honda, Hyundai, Japan, parts, South Korea, supply chain, tsunami
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S. 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 the Japanese have ways of creating … Continue reading
Posted in Coyner's Op-Ed Essays, Society
Tagged competition, Confucianism, Coyner, KAIST, Korea, social pressure, South Korea, suicide
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S Korea’s National Brand in 2010
Coyner’s Comment: As someone who has served on the Presidential Commission for National Branding, I have had some concerns about the value and process of any one body trying to improve a country’s image. To be sure, there are always … Continue reading
How to Talk to a North Korean
Coyner’s Comment: Track II communications in diplomacy only occasionally make for headlines. And yet when official Track I diplomacy is largely on hold, Track II discussion not only substitute official discussions but often enhance international dialog. The following is an … Continue reading
Posted in North Korea
Tagged diplomacy, DPRK, negotions, North Korea, six party talks, Track II
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Apple Sues Samsung, Says Stop Copying Us
Coyner’s Comment: It was only a matter of time for this to happen. But there is nothing exceptionally innovative in the Samsung products beyond what Apple has pioneered, first on smartphones and later on tablet PCs. As such, Korean companies … Continue reading
Posted in Doing Business in Korea, S Korea Economy, Technology, Trade, USA
Tagged Apple, Galaxy, intellectual property, IP, iPad, iPhone, Korea, Samsung, South Korea
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S. Korea’s Growth Rate Will Lag Behind Global Average
Coyner’s Comment: For a nation to reach S Korea’s level of prosperity is a remarkable achievement. But going forward, future Koreans may look upon their climb to advanced nation status as a relatively easy accomplishment compared to cultivating growth in … Continue reading
Posted in Doing Business in Korea, S Korea Economy, Trade
Tagged business, demographic, economy, growth, Korea, South Korea
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Japan’s military flexes relief might, gains newfound esteem
Coyner’s Comment: If there ever was a stealth military, it has to be Japan’s armed forces. Even if its name, Self Defense Forces, suggests something less than what it is — and is routinely referred by its acronym, SDF. Nonetheless, … Continue reading
Posted in Defense, Japan
Tagged army, defense, earthquake, Japan, military, SDF, Self Defense Forces, tsunami
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2 Korean Search Engines File a Complaint Against Google
Coyner’s Comment: For over a decade, Naver has been the predominate Korean portal, followed by Daum, with Google struggling in third place. The attractions of the two domestic portals have been their “busy” interfaces that are favored by Koreans who … Continue reading
Posted in Doing Business in Korea, S Korea Economy, S Korean Politics, Selling, Technology, Trade, USA
Tagged antitrust, Daum, Google, Korea, Naver, portal, protectionism, smartphone, South Korea
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2 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 either struggling to make ends meet or are … Continue reading
Posted in Doing Business in Korea, S Korea Economy, S Korean Politics, Selling
Tagged business, competition, credit, economy, education, Korea, South Korea
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Libya and North Korea
Coyner’s Comment: Lankov’s below article offers a counter perspective to Brad Martin’s recent essay, “What Happened to North Korea?” As often is the case with N Korea, it certainly doesn’t mean one man is right and the other is wrong. … Continue reading
Posted in Defense, North Korea
Tagged DPRK, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-Un, Korea, Libya, North Korea, South Korea, US
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