The Origins of the Korean People The history of the Korean people begins long before written records, reaching back to the Paleolithic age. Archaeological research shows that humans began living on the Korean Peninsula hundreds of thousands of years ago,…
최근 맥킨지앤드컴퍼니 시니어 파트너들이 쓴 신간 『A CEO for All Seasons』를 읽었다. 세계 최고 글로벌 경영 컨설팅 회사답게 통찰력이 꽤 날카로운데, 저자들은 지금 이 순간의 CEO라는 역할이 과거 그 어느 때보다 훨씬 더 어렵고, 동시에 더 중요해졌다고 말한다. 요즘 리더십…
한국어 I recently read a new book called A CEO for All Seasons, written by senior partners at McKinsey & Company, one of the world’s leading consulting firms. The authors argue that the CEO role has become both harder and…
There are lives that begin in silence, far from privilege or promise, and yet rise to shape the world’s imagination. Omar Mwannes Yaghi’s life is one of them. Born in 1965 in Amman, Jordan, to a Palestinian refugee family displaced…
Interlude: Set Me Free One day, he’s so depressed that he’s “바닥에서 (bah-dahk-eh-suh) (on the floor) 기고 (gih-goh) (crawling),” and the next, he’s “창공에서 (chahng-gong-eh-suh) (in the clear blue sky) 나네 (nah-neh) (flying). When he asks “왜 (wae)? (why?)” in…
The Korean alphabet (Hangul) has always felt to me, ever since I first learned it as a kindergarten student, less like a code to crack and more like a set of LEGO bricks for building. Because it was designed for…
Last week, I was pleasantly surprised to see the Korean alternative rock band The Rose appear on The Kelly Clarkson Show. This quartet, though Korean, sings most of their songs in English. It’s a natural choice, as their lead vocalist…
한국어 When soccer fans think of the English Premier League, they think of Manchester United; in Major League Baseball, the New York Yankees come to mind. When they think of college football, it is Notre Dame. Alabama may have more…
A new generation of teenage sprinters around the world is redefining the limits of the 100-meter dash. In the U.K., then 14-year-old Bronson Hearn-Smith went viral for a video showing him cruising effortlessly to the finish line, clocking 10.61 seconds…
