Seoul          We needed to be there shortly after noon so that we could try and meet the translators and go over the signals and iron out the rough edges before the presentations. In this look at the 10 years since the IMF crisis in Korea and the economic dislocations it forced on …

Changwon We were meeting in a large auditorium in the new Labor Department building in Changwon. The administrator noted in his closing remarks that we were essentially inaugurating the “hall” as the first big event to be held there. More that 50 people sat attentively from the opening bell before 2 PM until 6:45 PM …

Changwon      The KTX fast train could get us to the drop off near Changwon in a little over 2 1/4 hours to prevent a 5 hour drive. To make the 9 AM train meant leaving the Y at 830 AM, and that meant skipping running in order to get up at 6 AM …