Thursday, June 3, 2010

Too yellow for your own good!

Check out this letter sent by the US Passport Center....they found this East Asian too yellow!!! What next, Indian's are too brown and the Africans too blac...

Friday, May 28, 2010

Tech support...

Location of people who think they can solve a tech problem, and location of people who can...

Monday, May 24, 2010

Interview: Mr. Lee Dong-dae, Head, Shinhan IB Group

Incorporated on September 1, 2001, Shinhan Financial Group(SFG) was the first privately established financial holding company in Korea. Since inception SFG has developed and introduced a wide range of financial products and services in Korea, and aims to deliver comprehensive financial solutions to clients through a convenient one-portal network. SFG currently has 11 subsidiaries offering a wide range of financial products and services, including retail banking, corporate banking, private banking, credit card, asset management, brokerage and insurance services. SFG currently serves approximately 16.1 million active customers through approximately 17,900 employees at more than 1,390 network branches. SFG has experienced substantial growth through several mergers and acquisitions. Most notably,...

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Interview: Mr. Yoon Young-sun, Commissioner of Korea Customs Service

In today's world, Customs Administrations around the world fulfill a multi-faceted role on behalf of their governments. They contribute to revenue collection, community protection, trade facilitation and national security. The Korea Customs Service is responsible for enforcing customs and related laws, and for collecting customs duties and other taxes on imported goods. In principle, all commodities, subject to specific conditions, may be imported into Korea unless they are included on the negative list of prohibited or restricted items. In an interview to me, Mr. Yoon Young-sun, Commissioner of KCS talked about his plans for the agency. -My vision for the KCS is to make it a frontier organization fully responsible for FTA implementation in Korea. I believe that FTAs, especially the FTA...