Books: Recommended Reading
Mastering Business in Korea: A Practical Guide
Tom Coyner and Song-Hyon Jang's Mastering Business in Korea: A Practical Guide is a comp- rehensive overview of conducting business affairs in Korea by two business authorities with a combined half century of experience in the Korean commercial environment. Chapters aim to analyze the source of cultural, technical and legal issues in the Korean business world, to examine the role of business etiquettes and standards in Korean culture, to focus on previously uncovered subjects such as the cultural background of Korean business principles, the relationship between supervisors and subordinates in the Korean corporate environment, and the ever changing reality of the Korean market. Mastering Business in Korea is a timely and relevant handbook of information you need to succeed in the challenging business environment of Korea, one of the world's leading and dynamic economies. In an engaging and easy-to-read format, Coyner and Jang explain the ins and outs of contemporary Korean business culture, including business etiquette, work rules, and marketing to the Korean consumer. Mastering Business in Korea offers pivotal insight into an environment that is traditional yet uncompromisingly modern, challenging yet surprisingly rewarding for the determined business professional. Buy the book
Faces of Korea: the Foreign Experience in the Land of the Morning Calm
Richard Harris, a writer from Toronto, Canada, will have a book signing for "Faces of Korea: the Foreign Experience in the Land of the Morning Calm" at Seoul Selection on this Saturday, July 10 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The book, a unique collection of 47 interviews with people from more than 20 countries is his second publication, following "Roadmap to Korean: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Language." Set up in a narrative format, which makes reading the interviews as enthralling as it is educational, subjects in the book include working in Korea, romantic relations with Koreans, people of Korean descent, teaching in Korea, learning in Korea, and people who have made Korea their permanent home. Around 35 interviewees and editors will also participate in the event. Harris is also the author of two novels, a memoir and a novella. He has been living in Korea since 1997. Buy the book
Roadmap to Korean
Roadmap to Korean is the most complete and thorough introduction to the Korean language of its kind. A sweeping journey through thousands of years of history, the book is an essential study guide for students of the language, from novices just beginning their studies to the most advanced learner. Roadmap to Korean is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the country and its people on a more intimate level. By revealing fascinating insights through easy-to-follow examples and stories, the book is also a unique look into the more than 70 million people who speak the language around the world today. Buy the book
The Koreans
This book provides an interesting and informative perspective and abundant information on what contemporary Koreans are like, describing their future as well as the past. Following is what the author said about the contents of the book. "The emphasis of this book is on the nature and values of Koreans and on the recent history which underlies their national development. It begins with an outline of Korean values and highlights some features of the national character. Part Two deals with the country's long and difficult history and the more recent traumas of colonization by Japan and division into communist North and pro-Western South. Parts Three and Four are about how the South Koreans emerged from hopelessness and wrought miracles of change." The author has lived in Seoul for nearly 20 years. For most of his stay, he worked as a journalist and later as a business consultant. Quotations in the book are from interviews conducted between 1982 and 1998. It has four pages of bibliography for readers who want to read further about the country. It also has eight pages of index that functions like a little dictionary on Korea-related terms and people. Buy the book
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