Tokyo The world is getting smaller, but waking up early to run, then taking a bus at 9 AM to Incheon, then flying from Incheon to Tokyo at noon and from there at 4 PM to Los Angeles to arrive at 945 AM on Saturday and finally to New Orleans by 525 PM, still …
Category: Labor Organizing
Eating and Drinking in Korea
Seoul Frequently I’m an indifferent eater, and I avoid drinking especially anywhere around something as serious as work! The staff kids me for my “beers of the year.” My Korean comrade Na Hyodoo had questioned me closely about my unwillingness and restraint in this area, because it was soooo different from Korean cultural practice. Having …
Speaking at the Anglican Hall
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 …