Quote by Euny Hong

“Psy will go down in history as the first real twenty-first-century entertainer: who else could combine Confucianism and farting?”

— Euny Hong

“Samsung still needed to refashion its brand image. There was a worrisome phrase floating around the business world in the 1990s, the “Korea discount.”…

— Euny Hong

“When I asked why StarCraft 2 in particular was so popular in Korea, he said, “The game ends quickly, so you can start a…

— Euny Hong

“Korea has no natural resources and very little arable land. Compounding the problem is that labor costs have risen so dramatically in the last…

— Euny Hong

“The South Korean economy is a paradox: it is utterly capitalist, yet at the same time it is in some ways still a command…

— Euny Hong

“According to Kim, 1998 was the turning point for Korean films entering the international arena. “In the fifty years up to 1997,” said Kim,…

— Euny Hong

“Kim Jong-il also invented the hamburger. Almost touchingly, North Koreans have a lot of pride in their heritage, though it’s for absurd reasons. The…

— Euny Hong

“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 the top…

— Euny Hong

“Psy is the paradigm shift within the paradigm shift. And his life and bewildering rise to fame are an embodiment of the changes in…

— Euny Hong

“The Chosun Dynasty adopted Confucianism in all walks of civil and personal life at the beginning of the fifteenth century. The nation’s kings were…

— Euny Hong

“Lee believes, as do the vast majority of South Koreans, that North Koreans are not so stupid that they fail to see the likelihood…

— Euny Hong

“In recent decades, the biggest enemies of shamanism have been Korea’s many fervent Christians. Which, said Mason, is highly ironic, since Korean Christianity is…

— Euny Hong