As someone overseeing Asian operations, I make it a point to visit all Asian countries once every three months.
As an American, I consider Korea, with its U.S. military presence, one of the most important countries.
Last week, I stayed at the Korean office for about a week to assess the situation there.
While there are weekend demonstrations in some areas, daily life continues as usual.
Though it’s unclear whether the president’s arrest will be a turning point in resolving the chaos, there are many negative factors affecting Korea’s export-driven economy.
In particular, if the post-Yoon Suk-yeol administration adopts pro-North Korean policies, it’s easy to imagine that more countries will reassess their economic relations with Korea from a national security perspective.
Japan is no exception.
In the current situation where this risk cannot be eliminated, the increasing number of companies holding back on investments in Korea is negatively impacting the Korean economy.
What I want to discuss today isn’t about these uncertain political and diplomatic matters.
It’s about when I was taken to eat jajangmyeon by the Korean office management.
