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 …

Seoul and Incheon City     We took the metro out to Incheon City, moving from the 10 million person Seoul to the 2.7 million person industrial town of Incheon. In the wake of the unemployment created by the IMF currency crises 10 years ago, there was unemployment particularly in the manufacturing sector that had been …