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[mithridates]

What's the most trivial thing you've seen written here that ended with a "Hub of Asia, yeah right!" kind of reaction? And is it going to just get worse and worse? Will the day come when we see a "I tried to tie my shoes this morning and one of the laces BROKE - hub of Asia, my ass!" thread?

[Newbie]

Hey, if this backwater xenophobic place wants to sprawl "Hub of Asia" all over the place, then we have every right to mock them. No matter how trivial!

[doggyji]

[lastat06513]

As a joke, I will compare Korea and Japan in the form of "hubs" and the types of cars they would be on;

Japan- Kinda' like the hubs on a BMW

Korea- Kinda' like the hubs on an El-Camino

Anyway questions...

[seoulkitchen]

[Poemer]

what's wrong with El-Caminos? :)

[JongnoGuru]

(You've probably already seen this, but...)

Does anyone still believe Korea was serious about this "hub" BS? Certainly not Harold Piper, former editor of the JoongAng Daily and a professor at Yonsei GSIS.

Korea's �hub' dreams melt in the heat

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200608/06/200608062204424239900090109012.html

[numazawa]

I dunno... but outside my window is gotta be the hubbub of Asia.


Cripes, I can't even log onto a chatboard in this country without running into another thread about hubs.

"Hub of Asia" my ass!

(How long before somebody makes that their sig line? )

[europe2seoul]

But who cares to talk about that? Hub of Asia or not hub of asia. Whatever the PR crap the government makes, it does not affect us.

[Zulu]

[charlieDD]

A "hub" needs to offer the utmost convenience to those who use it, for both transit to other points internationally and domestically.

Why then is there no direct connection between the new Incheon Int'l airport and the KTX or the subway system of Seoul and its suburbs?

When the new international airport was being built in Incheon the KTX line was being built at the same time. It would seem that someone could have come up with the idea to link the two, thereby allowing travelers to zip into Seoul or other major cities on the peninsula.

If they were really serious about this "hub" thing, surely this would have been a logical step to take. Yet, here we are five or so years later and still having to take a bus into transit points in Seoul or outlying cities.

On a seperate, uh, train of thought: Korea really just isn't geographically or economically placed to become a "hub". There will always be greater pull to destinations and opportunities in Japan and, increasingly, China here in the Far East (or N.E.) Asia. It sounds good as a campaign slogan, but I think people in the know know that its just today's campaign.

[Real Reality]

Can Korea be Asia's financial hub?
Korea still has a long way to go to achieve its self-proclaimed goal of becoming Asia's financial hub.
by Jung Ha-won, JoongAng Daily (July 28, 2006)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200607/27/200607272145582379900090509052.html

South Korea Ranks 26th in Business Environment
by Kim Sung-jin, Korea Times (March 31, 2005)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz/200503/kt2005033117474711890.htm

Asia's 3rd-priciest city is Seoul: report
Seoul is the world's 13th most expensive city, a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit said yesterday. The global business and investment research arm of the British business magazine The Economist said the South Korean capital came in third among Asian metropolises, following Tokyo and Osaka-Kobe.
JoongAng Daily (February 01, 2006)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200601/31/200601312242488079900090509051.html

Country News and Profile: South Korea
From the Economist Intelligence Unit
http://www.economist.com/countries/SouthKorea

[charlieDD]

[quote="Zulu"] why sparing us the mindless repetition and themselves the embarrassment, is a good thing.

Yes, like the "2002 Again" campaign for the World Cup.

[mithridates]

[numazawa]

"Hub of Asia" my ass!


From now on I'm going to do this once per day, religiously, right here on this thread.

I feel inspired. Thanks, Mith!