Ihave a Korean-American friend who has lived in the US all her life. Although she is ethnically Korean, she does not know much about important days on the Korean calendar. One day, she referred to "Chuseok" as "Thanksgiving day." It always disappointed me that a person in her position had never really tried to learn about her own culture. To me, she always seemed to think and act like a white Westerner, even though she looked typically Korean. However, I was surprised when, one day, she starte... [2008-09-08]

IT and the hospitality industry? Is there any connection? The two terms seem unfamiliar and unrelated to one another. Maybe it is a stereotype to perceive that an advanced IT structure has only the remotest of connections with the hotel business. But it is easy to forget that not long ago, whenever a room was being booked, a front desk person had to look at availability in a reservation book to check if the room would be available on a specific date. However, Sofitel Ambassador Seoul declared... [2008-05-08]

  The Christmas and New Year period is a time for breaking out the champagne and fireworks for most people around the World. But not for some. While unsuspected people across the globe were giving each other presents and setting off party poppers, hackers and malware producers were hard at work creating nasty new bits of software that would attack the computers of the unsuspecting majority. The "Happy.exe" file, sent as an email attachment, came along with a jolly festive message instruc... [2008-01-03]