Seoul in pictures

Because I’ve been derelict in my pictorial posting duty, I give you these:

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Techno-savvy

SK Energy’s R&D institute oozes of technological innovation. I felt smarter just by touring the grounds. As one of the biggest Korean business conglomerates, SK Group has devoted plenty of resources to research and development of new technologies and business ventures. At the company’s institute in Daejeon, we were able to see the production and [...]

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Speed train

Amtrak eat your heart out. Korean trains are fast, efficiently operated and clean. Basically 1/Amtrak. We experienced the wonder that is the Korean speed train Friday on our trip from Seoul to Daejeon, an industrial city in the south of the country. Our train cracked 300 km/hour, although you’d be hard pressed to know it without [...]

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Fast fashion in Korea

After our in-depth analysis of apparel company Zara in one of our classes this spring, those of us in the Korean IRP were well equipped for our visit to MCM, the luxury brand now headquartered in Seoul. Our fearless leader, Professor Leipziger, through his long career at the World Bank, has made many great contacts, one [...]

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G.W Alums in Seoul

Wednesday night after a full day of hard work, the entire Korea group came together for a GW alumni association dinner. The dinner was hosted by the local chapter of the GW alumni association, and more than 10 local alums came to greet us. After the exchange of business cards and some good banter, we [...]

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From wind farms to windmills

Our fearless teaching assistant, SungHa, led us to the promise land, er, The Maeil Business News – Korea’s leading business news company. The MBN operates a newspaper, 24-hour TV station, radio station and produces and prints several other publications. After a warm welcome and a set of presentations, we were given the grand tour of the impressive building. [...]

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STEP In on the Seoul Metro

Another day in Korea brings more learning and enjoyment. The Hyosung group met with the company and learned more about the wind farm projects the company has undertaken and its hopes for the near future. Meanwhile, those of us in the SK group were hard at work back at our hotel. In the afternoon, all [...]

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The real deal SK

Monday, half of us in the Korea group met with our company, SK energy. The meeting, which was at one of their corporate buildings in Seoul, was very informative. We were quite awed by how thorough the presenters were and how just about everything we had thought of, they covered. Of the two main presenters, [...]

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Ginseng Chicken Soup

Seoul, Korea Chicken soup is usually delicious. But ginseng chicken soup in Korea is unequivocally delicious. This evening a large group of us dined at a restaurant that specialized in the aforementioned dish. So far, our food experiences have been solid; from the supermarket trips to street food (I had octopus jerky that was out of [...]

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Hello from Korea

Seoul, Korea Saturday night, after a 14-hour flight from Dulles, I arrived at the Seoul/Incheon airport in South Korea. Several of us took a shuttle together from the airport, which took more than an hour. Seoul is a giant city, both in terms of physical layout and population. Our hotel, the Frasier Place, is quite [...]

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