Tag: Bridging Culture Worldwide
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Monday, July 6, 2026 — Korea-US Briefing
Listen to the audio version Top headline: Samsung and Hyundai Motor headline a combined 312 trillion won ($201.7B) domestic investment wave with Hanwha and SK. Top StorySouth Korea’s Finance Ministry announced July 3 that Hanwha, Hyundai Motor, Samsung, and SK Group will invest a combined 312 trillion won ($201.7B) in the southeastern Yeongnam region, targeting AI,…
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Korea-US Week in Review
Listen to the audio version Top story: Korea’s chaebol went all-in on domestic AI, mobility and defense, a 312 trillion won ($204B) wave of investment landed on top of a settled 15% tariff regime, while Hyundai posted its best-ever June in the US. The week’s throughline: Korean top groups are building at home and on American soil at…
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Korea-US Intelligence Briefing
Listen to the audio version HeadlineHanwha doubles down on US shipbuilding Top StoryAt IndoPac 2026, Hanwha’s CEO said Korean shipbuilding strength is now firmly rooted in Philadelphia, where the workforce has grown from hundreds to over 2,000 since the Philly Shipyard acquisition. Hanwha just won its first US Navy contract for the Next-Generation Logistics Ship…
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Twenty-plus years on Korea-US.
The fundamentals don’t change; the stakes do. I take on only a handful of clients at a time; by choice. Don Southerton, Bridging Culture Worldwide
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They Love the Deal. So Why Won’t They Sign?
Listen to the audio version They Love the Deal. So Why Won’t They Sign? The Signature Paradox: Why Korean Partners Hesitate, and What Korean Law Actually Says Bridging Culture Worldwide | Client Advisory Over more than twenty years of working with Korean companies, I keep running into the same paradox. A Korean partner is enthusiastic,…
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Korea-US Trade & Investment Intelligence Briefing
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 Listen to the audio version Headline: Korean won closes above 1,540 per dollar, even as the KOSPI surges 3.4 percent on AI chip strength. Top StoryThe won settled at 1,541.8 per dollar, its weakest close since March 2009, on a third straight session of dollar strength and Fed rate-hike expectations. The…
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Advisory Chat
Listen to the audio version Many have already arranged, but if interested…. I’d like to offer you a complimentary one-on-one advisory chat. No agenda, no sales pitch, no strings attached. Just a direct conversation about whatever is on your mind, whether that’s Korea-US business, market shifts, leadership, or any decision you’re weighing. As a member…
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Korea-US Trade & Investment Intelligence Briefing
Friday, June 19, 2026 Headline: Won slides back towards 1,540 per dollar Listen to the audio version TOP STORY A softer won helps Korean exporters on price but raises the bar for the large US capital commitments Korean firms have pledged. Expectations that the Bank of Korea stays tighter for longer are limiting the downside.…
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Korea-US Trade & Investment Briefing — Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Headline: Seoul pivots to record domestic investment. Top Story Under President Lee’s push to keep capital at home, the majors have unveiled large domestic programs: Samsung ~450 trillion won (5-yr), SK ~128 trillion won (through 2028), Hyundai 125 trillion won (2026–2030). The signal: protect Korean R&D and fabs even as the US deal calls for…
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Korea-US Briefing, Thursday, June 11, 2026
Headline: Won slides, even as record chip exports power Korea’s trade Top Story The won weakened, near its softest levels in over a decade, even as semiconductors continue to drive record export performance. June chip exports hit an all-time high of ~$14.97B (up 11.6% YoY), with memory exports topping $10B for the first time as…