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A diplomatic career in Korea

14-May-08

A diplomatic career in Korea

Jennifer Barclay reports from the AKS Evening with Warwick Morris at the KCC Wednesday 7 May, 2008 Warwick Morris retired from the British Diplomatic Service in February 2008 after 38 years, 13 of which he and his wife spent in South Korea in three very different postings. Members and guests of the Anglo-Korean Society had a real treat on Wednesday 7 May when we were invited to hear him speak at the Korean Cultural Centre off Trafalgar Square, followed by a buffet with the opportunity to mingle afterwards. Morris is an immensely likeable, entertaining and self-effacing speaker and in the brief time allotted gave a clear view of the changes in South Korea over three decades. Former British Ambassador to the Republic of ...
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Who’s who in the Korean blogosphere

02-May-08

Who’s who in the Korean blogosphere

LKL is now providing articles for The East, the monthly English-language East Asian business & culture newspaper published in London. LKL’s remit for The East is, for the moment, pretty much undefined, which means I can write whatever I like. And Editor Lee can reject it if he doesn’t like it. It’s an interesting discipline to write for a completely different audience, and in a different medium. For a start, I’m finding that sentences have to get shorter. This is an edited version of the first article. I’m expecting lots of corrections from all you experts out there. HT to the Daily Kimchi for the Blog Juice idea. If you want to know what's going on in Korea, where should you ...
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Welcome to The East

13-Mar-08

Welcome to The East

Hungry Brits frequenting central London restaurants for their periodic fix of bulgogi and kimchi will probably have noticed, on their way out, a pile or two of the local Korean-language newspapers. The two main newspapers, as far as I am aware, are the Korean Weekly and the Hanin Herald, though sometimes the UK Life, Eurojournal or Haninnews get a look-in. If you have not already, you will soon be noticing another newspaper, this one published in English. Congratulations to Lee Hyung Wook, publisher of The East newspaper, for getting this ambitious project off the ground. Currently it's a monthly publication (it's now in its fifth month). In its opening pages it focuses on business news of Asian companies (primarily Korean, Japanese and ...
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