Passport Korea

Your Pocket Guide to Korean Business, Customs, and Etiquette

By Kevin Keating
ISBN 1-885073-39-9
US$6.95
96 Pages
Passport Korea contains detailed information about business practices, negotiating styles, customs, etiquette, government, view of foreigners, and much more in Korea. International businesspeople will discover a wealth of hard-to-find information to help them break through cultural barriers and ease their fears about doing business in Korea. The book is attractive, portable, easy to read, and short enough to digest in one sitting.

Table of Contents

Overview

Chapter 1: Country Facts

Chapter 2: The Koreans
Chapter 3: Cultural Stereotypes
Chapter 4: Regional Differences

Business Environment

Chapter 5: Government & Business

Chapter 6: The Work Environment
Chapter 7: Women in Business
Chapter 8: Making Connections
Chapter 9: Strategies for Success
Chapter 10: Time
Chapter 11: Business Meetings
Chapter 12: Negotiating with the Koreans
Chapter 13: Business Outside the Law

Customs & Etiquette

Chapter 14: Names & Greetings

Chapter 15: Communication Styles
Chapter 16: Customs
Chapter 17: Dress & Appearance
Chapter 18: Reading the Koreans
Chapter 19: Entertaining
Chapter 20: Socializing

Additional Information

Chapter 21: Basic Korean Phrases

Chapter 22: Correspondence
Chapter 23: Useful Numbers
Chapter 24: Books and Internet Addresses

About the Authors

Kevin Keating is an award-winning journalist who lives on a houseboat docked just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in northern California. He writes a column for International Travel News, and his essays regularly appear in magazines and newspapers in the US and abroad. During the Korean War, he operated Armed Forces Radio Services in the Korean cities of Taegu and Seoul.