Category: China Law

The NPR blog has an interesting article on the frenzy to learn Chinese by Koreans in order to satisfy the hoards of Chinese tourists entering the Korean market.  These young students and their future employers are capturing the Chinese tourist business via understanding the unique buying characteristic of Chinese tourists and, also, learning their language.  The article notes that the major reason for Chinese tourist visiting Korea is shopping. This recent development has, also, benefited many foreign brands doing business

Today, China and South Korea began the 7th round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations in Shandong Province, China. The negotiations are expected to last until September 5th. According to Xinhua News, the previously-held 6th round of the negotiations led to resolutions in the countries’ disagreements over “services, investment, rules of origins, customs clearance, trade remedies and intellectual property rights.” The current round of talks should be focusing on “agriculture, manufacturing industries, including automobile, machinery and oil sectors.” China is

This Week’s Legal News Reported by Media Korean Washer Makers Vow Legal Action Against US Duties Korean Patent and Trade Mark Filings Increase in Face of Economic Climate Korean Giant LG Threatens to Disrupt View of Palisades with Office Tower N. Korea Issues Blunt New Threat to US Experts Suggest Korea Fortify Economic Ties with China Korea Grows Less than Forecast as Won Strengthens Korea President’s Brother Gets Two-Year Jail Term for Corruption Whirlpool Wins Duties on Washers from Mexico,

Those who don’t doubt their faith generally prove in the end to be less resilient than those who do. Doubt is good. It tests and often affirms, but it also challenges cherished assumptions and beliefs that were formed once upon a time to be reconciled with current realities. A few days back, I circulated a lengthy interview of BR Myers by the Wall St. Journal where he challenged the premises of the current US Forces deployment in Korea. Brian is

Four Korean-headquartered companies have been named by Thomson Reuters as 100 Top Global Innovators.  The four companies listed were Cheil Industries, LG Electronics, LS Industrial Systems and Samsung Electronic. The only Asian country with companies on the list, this year, is Japan.  Japan has 27 of its companies on the list.  So yes, no China on the list. America leads the list with 40 companies followed by France (11), Sweden (6) and Switzerland (3). Any companies left off the list

The KOR-US FTA has a great likelihood of not passing the Korea National Assembly this year, because of the resistance of radical liberals and the inactivity of the GNP and the Administration.   The GNP fears that pushing the bill onto the floor of the National Assembly will cause an election defeat in the elections next year. I fear that Korea will be greatly harmed by the peculiar behavior of the liberals and cowardliness of the GNP leadership and conservative presidential

IPG is proud to announce the launch of IPG’s The China Law Blog.  The China Law Team will be posting, at least, four posts per week on issues concerning China law, litigation, law firms, law amendments and lawyers. We welcome your questions and comments.  The blog may be found at: www.thechinalawblog.com___________SeanHayes@ipglegal.com

I will be in Beijing tomorrow and Sunday to visit with my good friends at the China Law Blog. Old China hat Steve will be giving a talk on China and the WTO at an event that should be interesting and hopefully doesn’t land Steve in the clink. Here is a remark from the China Law Blog on the event. CLB’s own Steve Dickinson will be one half of a two person discussion this Sunday, October 16, at 3:00 p.m.,

We are proud to announce the introduction of the Asian Law & Business Blog. The blog is a work in progress, but will include updates on Korea, China, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines law. The motivation for the blog is the fact that I don’t only work in Korea and I am engaged in numerous projects in Asia Korea, China, India, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines and the United States. At present the blog includes, mainly,

My friends over at the China Law Blog wrote a post on a book that I bought based on my careless reading of their post. As I mentioned in previous posts, China Law Blog is, simply, the best blog on China Law and should be read daily if you are interested in the Chinese legal system or doing business with or for the Chinese. The book mentioned in their post is entitled: As China Goes, So Goes the World: How

Secretary General Jean – Jacques Grauhar made many interesting comments in the EU Chamber’s August 2011 issue of Infomag. He is the most Texas looking Frechman I have ever met. On another side note, I hope the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea catches up to the EU Chamber in Korea. The EUCCK is producing much better magazine content and much better programs for members. I am not sure if the EUCCK has more resources than AMCHAM, but when I

Sean Hayes, the main contributor to this blog, wrote an interesting piece entitled Following the Chinese Lead in the Korea Times on March 2, 2011. The article can be found below. Following the Chinese Lead By Sean Hayes (Korea Times Weekly Column) Most of the world has come to realize, including even the Chinese ruling elite, that central planning leads to inefficient utilization of capital, low growth and entrenched poverty. This realization led the Chinese ruling elite to scrap most

We at the The Korean Law Blog are proud of  being quoted by The China Law Blog.  The China Law Blog is hands down the King of Asian law blogs.  IPG’s China Law Blog can be found at: The China Law Blog. Dan’s post quoting the Korean Law Blog’s post notes that: But in so many areas of China business, there is a real uniformity of views among lawyers experienced in representing clients in or doing business with China. That is