“Psy will go down in history as the first real twenty-first-century entertainer: who else could combine Confucianism and farting?” — Euny Hong History Copy Share Image
“Samsung still needed to refashion its brand image. There was a worrisome phrase floating around the business world in the 1990s, the… — Euny Hong Business world Copy Share Image
“When I asked why StarCraft 2 in particular was so popular in Korea, he said, “The game ends quickly, so you can… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“Korea has no natural resources and very little arable land. Compounding the problem is that labor costs have risen so dramatically in… — Euny Hong Natural resources Copy Share Image
“The South Korean economy is a paradox: it is utterly capitalist, yet at the same time it is in some ways still… — Euny Hong Command economy Copy Share Image
“According to Kim, 1998 was the turning point for Korean films entering the international arena. “In the fifty years up to 1997,”… — Euny Hong Cannes film festival Copy Share Image
“Kim Jong-il also invented the hamburger. Almost touchingly, North Koreans have a lot of pride in their heritage, though it’s for absurd… — Euny Hong North korea Copy Share Image
“The no-foreign-school-supplies rule was enforced by way of surprise inspections, heralded by the teacher suddenly yelling midlecture: “Everyone, put your hands on… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“Psy is the paradigm shift within the paradigm shift. And his life and bewildering rise to fame are an embodiment of the… — Euny Hong Life Copy Share Image
“The Chosun Dynasty adopted Confucianism in all walks of civil and personal life at the beginning of the fifteenth century. The nation’s… — Euny Hong Life Copy Share Image
“Lee believes, as do the vast majority of South Koreans, that North Koreans are not so stupid that they fail to see… — Euny Hong Mutually assured destruction Copy Share Image
“In recent decades, the biggest enemies of shamanism have been Korea’s many fervent Christians. Which, said Mason, is highly ironic, since Korean… — Euny Hong Christianity Copy Share Image
“Korean-made video games now constitute a quarter of the world market. Even most Koreans have no idea how big Korea’s gaming industry.” — Euny Hong Investing Copy Share Image
“In essence, shamanism is the belief that all happiness stems from harmony with nature.” — Euny Hong Faith Copy Share Image
“culture critic Lee Moon-won opined, “Hallyu started with Samsung.” In other words, the popularity of Korean music and movies is hard to… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“Korea was my Zion. I had read too many British novels about wretched children finding out they were actually of noble birth… — Euny Hong Books Copy Share Image
“Gulliver arrives in new land and discovers acrid smell; finds whole country massaging cabbages; concludes they are doing it in service to… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“For the first time in Korea history—perhaps in any nation’s history—the Korean government is putting huge financial and political resources behind something… — Euny Hong First time Copy Share Image
“The Korean wave of popular culture is called “Hallyu.” You should learn the word, since you’ll be seeing a lot of it.… — Euny Hong Around the world Copy Share Image
“Koreans are good at engaging in crisis,” he said, pointing to all the times the country had been invaded—by Britain, Russia, China,… — Euny Hong Time Copy Share Image
“dramas are now beloved by Asia as a whole. In Taiwan, the airtime devoted to Korean dramas was getting so out of… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“Koreans know from experience that everyone must rise together, or not at all. Another important lesson from Korea’s success is this apparent… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“Whenever kids asked me, “Are you Chinese?”—which was often—I would invariably respond yes. My mother heard me doing this once and gave… — Euny Hong Parenting Copy Share Image
“I was teased constantly by children calling me “Yankee,” which was slightly amusing, and mimicking my Korean, which was less amusing. I… — Euny Hong Children Copy Share Image
“Lee, like most South Korean officials, approaches the issue coolly. “The North Korean regime is not crazy. They are very calculating. They… — Euny Hong North korean Copy Share Image
