“South Korea knew that it was a poor country not long ago, and they had learned that defeating poverty was a national… — Euny Hong Long ago Copy Share Image
“The teachers never explained what this debt was all about, but we knew it was an embarrassment on the level of a… — Euny Hong Debt Copy Share Image
“By “good deal,” Lee is referring to the world’s worst-kept secret: North Korea makes these threats to extort money from the rest… — Euny Hong Humanitarian aid Copy Share Image
“Very few countries have ever attempted to sell their pop culture to the United States. Even Japan didn’t try.” Korea” — Euny Hong Pop culture Copy Share Image
“Korea has five television channels devoted to gaming twenty-four hours a day; the United States only has one well-known gaming channel, G4.” — Euny Hong Korea Copy Share Image
“Samsung digital TVs depended on countries making the switch from analog to digital television, which is why Samsung TVs did not take… — Euny Hong Investing Copy Share Image
“First-worlders have the luxury of not having to think about waste elimination very much. But for a third-worlder, poop is a big… — Euny Hong Poop Copy Share Image
“Please write your name on the envelope before you put your poop in, because you’ll find it difficult to write on it… — Euny Hong Envelope Copy Share Image
“July 1998, CEO Yun and nine other Samsung executives locked themselves up in a hotel and wrote their resignation letters. They made… — Euny Hong Business Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the person who best expressed Korea's fearlessness, ambition, and never-ending gall was Korean music mogul Jin-young Park (head of the record… — Euny Hong Korea Copy Share Image
“On the one hand, Korea has become quite a welcoming place for foreigners; many westerners visiting Korea share glowing reports about Korean… — Euny Hong Hard time Copy Share Image
“Cinema is yet another area in which government intervention in culture paid off in spades. Korea once again demonstrated its unique magic… — Euny Hong Cinema 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 Korea Copy Share Image
“Onerously, Korea still has not managed to wean itself off its reliance on the chaebols—the mega conglomerates like Samsung and Hyundai. True,… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“Lee Kun-hee, the third son of Samsung founder Lee Byung-chull, took over as chairman of Samsung in 1987. In 1993, he held… — Euny Hong Samsung Executives Copy Share Image
“Say what you will about the quality of K-pop music, but Lee Moon-won, Korea’s most influential pop culture critic, made a shockingly… — Euny Hong Creativity Copy Share Image
“Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables was required reading in Korean schools, as was Alphonse Daudet’s short story, “La Dernière Classe,” for both my… — Euny Hong Education Copy Share Image
“I asked him about what it was like growing up as a Korean American in northern New Jersey in the 1970s and… — Euny Hong Asian american Copy Share Image
“University entrance anxiety is regarded as one of the reasons that Korea has the highest suicide rate of any nation in the… — Euny Hong Death Copy Share Image
“Dissatisfied with North Korea’s propaganda films, which he apparently admitted were artistically substandard, this François Truffaut of northern Asia did what any… — Euny Hong Human rights Copy Share Image
“Hallyu started with Samsung.” In other words, the popularity of Korean music and movies is hard to separate from the confidence that… — Euny Hong Music Copy Share Image
“I’ve made much worse gaffes, like the time I accidentally spilled hot soup on a Nobel laureate’s lap and then set fire… — Euny Hong Hot soup Copy Share Image
“Samsung, “They did market research and came up with good news: nobody had heard of Samsung.” So the name stayed, even as… — Euny Hong Good news Copy Share Image
“Koreans are better at packaging and marketing. Look at Samsung, for example. With K-pop, the songwriters are not Korean. They’re European. The… — Euny Hong Korean Copy Share Image
