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Mark PetersonThe Korea Times |
Congratulations, Korea, on another display of democracy with your recent elections. I lived in Korea at a time when the practice of democracy was in...
I want to pay tribute to my “samonim” in today’s editorial. Samonim means the wife of one’s teacher. One of my most influential teachers was...
I want to pay tribute to my “samonim” in today’s editorial. amonim means he wife of one’s teacher. e of my most influential teachers was Ed...
One of my favorite pastimes is looking at names, particularly unique names. I guess it's the genealogist in me. When I watch sporting events, other...
Koreans are always proud of being the first or the best at things. Having the lowest birthrate in the entire world, however, is a “best” that is...
By Mark Peterson On the heels of a recent trip to Japan, coincidentally, I was asked by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to write an...
By Mark Peterson On the heels of a recent trip to Japan, coincidentally, I was asked by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to write an...
By Mark Peterson In the past two years, after hearing about an unusual battle in the middle of the Korean War between a Utah National Guard...
By Mark Peterson If you don’t know who Sam Richards is, you don’t watch YouTube. He is a YouTube megastar and a fan of Korea who is well...
By Mark Peterson If you don’t know who Sam Richards is, you don’t watch YouTube. He is a YouTube megastar and a fan of Korea who is well...
By Mark Peterson Recently, the New York Times published an article saying that the high-class restaurants in New York that featured French...
By Mark Peterson In my last article, I mentioned the Korean Institute of Confucian Culture (KICC), a one-year old, government-funded institute in...
By Mark Peterson On my recent trip to Korea, the Korean Institute of Confucian Culture appointed me as an Honorary Ambassador of Confucianism....
By Mark Peterson I’ve been thinking about the Korean phrase “Chal salgiwihayeo” which can be basically translated as "in order to live...
By Mark Peterson On Oct. 24 I spoke at a forum on “K-Confucianism” at a newly founded center called the Institute for Korean Confucian...
By Mark Peterson If Koreans are going in the direction I think they are going, they may find themselves recognizing the family head and the...
By Mark Peterson On a recent trip to Korea, I was afforded one of the great honors of my life when I was asked to visit with the head of the only...
By Mark Peterson Last time I wrote about the surprising news report that one Korean company was requiring all employees to use English names in...
By Mark Peterson Last time I wrote about the surprising news report that one Korean company was requiring all employees to use English names in...
By Mark Peterson Now I've seen everything! Korean Bigtech company Kakao has decided to implement a policy of using first names in office...