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Socrates v. Confucius: How Asians and Westerners Use a Different “Negotiator Lens” 27 Aug 2013 | 08:14 am
Socrates v. Confucius: What a Difference a Culture Makes–and How it Shapes East-West Negotiators The Western (Socratic-based) Negotiator Lens: Many negotiators from the West were raised in an i...
The Kaesong Negotiations: Why the two Koreas succeeded in getting to yes (and its implications) 15 Aug 2013 | 11:25 am
This blog post is based on an earlier version of a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) post and video interview that can be viewed here. After seven rounds of meetings and 133 days, the ongoing Kaesong Indu...
China’s ‘Smart’ Smartphone Strategy: Being ‘Global’ and ‘Globalized’ 24 Jul 2013 | 10:41 am
As I mentioned in a 2011 BBC News article, while Samsung and Apple have locked legal horns over a global and costly patent dispute, Samsung (and Apple) should now be pivoted towards the rise of a new ...
Inter-Korean NLL Negotiations: 3 Takeaways from the 2007 Summit Meeting Minutes 1 Jul 2013 | 01:00 pm
The South Korean government recently released the minutes of the historic summit between former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and then North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. The Inter-Korean Summit wa...
Samsung Electronic’s future growth strategy: what to do when screens can’t get any bigger? 21 Jun 2013 | 06:07 pm
Jasper Kim of Asia-Pacific Global Research Group is featured in this BBC tech report today as 1 of 4 expert commentators on Samsung’s future growth [...] The post Samsung Electronic’s future growth s...
Korea’s Next War Will be a Cultural One Within: Clash of the Koreans will occur as the country grapples with its identity 15 Jun 2013 | 09:51 am
A revised version of this blog can be found HERE in the Wall Street Journal Asia (WSJ, June 11, 2013), Korea’s Immigration Problem Seoul needs [...] The post Korea’s Next War Will be a Cultural One W...
How Asians Say “No” (without saying it): Top 5 Indirect “No’s” 31 May 2013 | 02:14 pm
East-West cultural differences exist that may make it confusing as to when a reply from those in Korea, China, and Japan is a “no” or [...] The post How Asians Say “No” (without saying it): Top 5 Ind...
Why North Korea is a risk-taker 23 May 2013 | 05:31 am
The analysis below is an excerpt based on the original piece, North Korea’s Risk-taking Explained (by Jasper Kim, Wall Street Journal, Korea Realtime, May 22, [...] The post Why North Korea is a risk...
Pres. Park Geun-hye’s “Korea brand diplomacy”: takeaways from her US working trip 16 May 2013 | 02:29 pm
This blog is based on a full op-ed in the Global Times (China), which can be viewed in its entirety HERE: The US and [...] The post Pres. Park Geun-hye’s “Korea brand diplomacy”: takeaways from her...
Financial hedging strategies in an unlikely Korean conflict: Q&A with Jasper Kim 30 Apr 2013 | 03:01 pm
Below is an English-version interview excerpt with Yonhap News and Jasper Kim (Asia-Pacific Global Research Group; Director, Center for Conflict Management, Ewha University in Seoul) [...] The post F...
