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Regionalism takes toll on F&B sales
Coyner’s Comment: From betrothals to presidential elections, Korea’s regionalism has been a major factor in Koreans’ decision making. But this is one of the first articles I have come across how regionalism affects consumer product selection. While the below comes … Continue reading
Posted in Doing Business in Korea, Marketing, S Korea Economy, S Korean Politics, Selling, Society
Tagged beverage, consumer, food, Korea, marketing, regionalism, Sales, South Korea
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Crisis Grips North Korean Rice Bowl
The perennial North Korean question: when will all of this end? And more cynically stated, is aid better donated elsewhere? Continue reading
Posted in Defense, EU, Economy, Japan, North Korea, Russia, S Korea Economy, S Korean Politics, Trade, USA
Tagged aid, America, diplomacy, DPRK, famine, food, negotiations, North Korea, South Korea, US, USA
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Denuclearization: Korea’s Red Herring
The real issue is that the North cannot bring itself to recognize the legitimacy of another government on the Korean Peninsula. Continue reading
Posted in China, Coyner's Op-Ed Essays, North Korea, S Korean Politics, USA
Tagged aid, America, diplomacy, DPRK, food, negotiations, North Korea, recognition, South Korea, US, USA
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Engaging North Korea: The Role of Economic Statecraft / North Korea sinks any summit chance
Coyner’s Comment: Today’s headlines underscore the premise made in the monograph* released by Marcus Noland and Stephan Haggard just yesterday. Ironically, the monograph’s opening paragraph breathlessly proclaims that nowhere in the world is “the efficacy of economic inducements and sanctions … Continue reading
Posted in North Korea
Tagged aid, China, diplomacy, DPRK, food, negotiations, North Korea, PRC, South Korea, trade
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North Korea’s Economic Dependence on China Deepens
Coyner’s Comment: Below are some interesting, updated economic statistics on North Korea. How accurate they may be is anyone’s guess, of course. But the figures may give in aggregate a rough understanding of how things stand between the DPRK and … Continue reading
Posted in China, North Korea, Trade
Tagged aid, China, diplomacy, DPRK, food, negotiations, North Korea, PRC, South Korea, trade
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The North Korea Food Aid Debate
Coyner’s Comment: The below criteria spelled out by Amb. King, while refreshingly original and seemingly appropriate,is likely to fail given Pyongyang’s neurotic anxiety about opening any review about even a small part of its political-economic foundation. As we are now … Continue reading
Posted in North Korea
Tagged aid, diplomacy, DPRK, food, negotiations, North Korea, South Korea, US
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Potent mix: Jasmine, beef and reform
Coyner’s Comment: Beneath South Korea’s prosperity, there are latent elements for social unrest that could have significant economic and political consequences in the next national elections and possibly prior to then. Potent mix: Jasmine, beef and reform The catalyst for … Continue reading
Posted in Coyner's Op-Ed Essays, S Korea Economy, S Korean Politics, Society, Technology
Tagged food, housing, Internet, Jasmine Revolution, ROK, South Korea, unemployment, youth
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Imported Livestock Prices Stabilize, Vegetable Prices Surge in February
Coyner’s Comment: This may not be the most exciting news item, but reading between the lines, it says a great deal. First, only the escalating costs of housing, especially rent, tick off Korean cabbies more than the rising costs of … Continue reading
Posted in S Korea Economy, S Korean Politics, Trade
Tagged China, food, politics, prices, South Korea
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