Posted on 05/15/2018 6:35:26 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
8-10 years, since they have us, the South Koreans, China, Taiwan and Europe helping them. Maybe even quicker. East Asians are generally very smart, industrious, teamwork-oriented and inventive.
Yes and no. South Korea would not be the powerhouse it is today without them, but have they crushed smaller companies? Sure.
I guess what I was asking is whether ‘Chobal’ meant ‘family’ or did it mean ‘connected’ . . .
Back in the 80’s I was selling stuff to Korean contractors in Saudi Arabia. Their inspectors all lived in Elizabeth NJ, all in the office in the same apartment. They got the flu and nearly wiped the office out. but I digress.
The main guy, an engineer, couldn’t speak English. They provided him with an interpreter who was at best 19. He told me he was in the Navy literally swabbing decks and he was yanked off the ship and on a plane to New York before he could tell his girl friend or family. He was bright and could read write and speak good english. He didn’t much like his companion and he and I got along well.
He was traveling all over America and enjoying it mightily
The show Misaeng on NETFLIX is a great look inside a chabol. It is like Mad Men in presentation of characters but is fantastic in the description of business competition on an internal company level and externally throughout the world.
The isolationist anti business types here would do well to watch it for the simple purpose of learning the competitive challenges American companies face every day.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4240730/
I might just go watch it again
Thank you so much!
Tweaking words of a notable country singer
“I love FR.” (I love this bar)
I don’t think we know half of what went on in NK. If the CIA was behind why NK was so retarded, then who knows what should have happened.
So hard to say right now. It appears that both parties really didn’t want peace in the ME, peace in NK, or a solution to the massive, idiotic, immigration problem they created.
They are visiting the wrong country. They should emulate Chile and send their young men and women to the University of Chicago and then have them work for American corporations for a few years. Emulate the successes of capitalism, not the weird hybrid of communism/capitalism in China. Trump should work towards that goal as a way of accelerating their integration into the global economy.
I expect they will keep the army intact for that reason alone. We’re not talkin full reunification yet (that could take decades). Baby steps.
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