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[TRADING PLACES] Swedish solutions find a keen audience in Korea
Roland Idemyr, in his fourth year of living in Seoul, has not only lent his hand to young Koreans as a mentor for young adults here, but also assisted Koreans abroad in finding their roots back home. Roland Idemyr: I am a mentor to 13 Kor…
Aug 14,2017
[TRADING PLACES] Every Canadian is a diplomat, says ambassador
Walking into the residence of Canadian Ambassador Eric Walsh on yet another humid summer evening in central Seoul on June 11, June Kang was happy to see a good old friend from Toronto. “It’s a shame we’re seeing each other for the first time rig…
July 31,2017
[TRADING PLACES] Bringing the Miracle on the Han to the Nile
Though civilization existed in Egypt more than two millenniums before the first signs of a kingdom emerged in Korea, the pharaohs and ancient kings of Korea may have hit it off well in dinner conversation if they ever could have been invited to the s…
July 17,2017
[TRADING PLACES] Finding Greek democracy on the streets of Seoul
In the Greek play “Antigone” by Sophocles, the titular female protagonist opens the scene with a determination to bury her disgraced brother despite being forbidden to do so by law, choosing her own kin over the authority of the city-state in the con…
June 26,2017
[TRADING PLACES] A changing Rwanda embraces Korean ideas
The lowing of cows and babies crying somewhere in the distance are the sounds of Rwanda, said Dr. Yu Ki-yull, who lived in the country for three years as an agricultural expert and professor. “I would walk home from work every day, following th…
June 05,2017
[TRADING PLACES] Over endless tea, the Turkish spirit is revealed
Sipping tea from signature tulip-shaped glasses, the Turkish ambassador’s guests gathered at his residence in central Seoul on the afternoon of April 26 needed no prompts. “Just like here, there are those in Turkey studying for the second or third…
May 15,2017
[TRADING PLACES] In the forests of Latvia, midsummer casts a spell
Given four days to choose between taking Demetrius as her suitor, living her life in a nunnery, or receiving a death sentence, the character Hermia in Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” chooses a different option: escaping to the woods with he…
May 02,2017
[TRADING PLACES] After decades, Indian and Korean friends reunited
Kim Kwang-ro lived in six countries for 30 years, but experienced more than twenty in just one of them. “India is not one country,” Kim told a gathering of friends and strangers at the diplomatic residence of Ambassador Vikram Doraiswami. “The lan…
Apr 17,2017
[TRADING PLACES] For Dominicans, life is all about tomorrow
It did not take long for the Dominicans gathered at Ambassador Grecia Fiordalicia Pichardo’s office in central Seoul on the morning of March 8 to agree there are a few things that reign supreme in Dominican life: their passion for baseball, the const…
Apr 03,2017
[TRADING PLACES] Discovering jeong on the streets of Sao Paulo
It is a happy coincidence, says Brazilian Ambassador to Korea Luis Fernando Serra, that he is the fourth in his family to serve as the top envoy of the South American country to Seoul.His cousin Celina Assumpcao do Valle Pereira was the Brazi…
Mar 20,2017
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