September 2011
35 posts
Koreans Biggest Drinkers in Asia →
english.chosun.com
Koreans drink more alcohol than any of their Asian neighbors, according to the World Health Organization. According to a report the WHO released in February on the annual average per capita consumption of alcohol by country, Koreans consume 14.80 liters to rank 13th in the world and No. 1 in Asia. The results were based on data gathered from 2003 to 2005.
How Savvy Korean Consumers Beat Overpriced Brands →
english.chosun.com
An industry insider said the received wisdom used to be that the more expensive a brand was, the more luxurious it would seem. But with the increasing number of global shopping experts who know prices all around the world, more and more global fashion companies will end up lowering their prices here.
“We die to each other daily. What we know of other people is only our memory of the moments during which we knew them. And they have changed since then. To pretend that they and we are the same is a useful and convenient social convention which must sometimes be broken. We must also remember that at every meeting we are meeting a stranger.”
—T.S. Eliot (via tokiwoki)
