Alexandre Lévy

Alexandre currently works full-time for HL TRAD, a pure-player in legal & financial translation services. Prior to his current position, he has worked on business development campaigns in other service-sectors such as Financial communication & management consulting.

Korea Industrial Espionage: From Copier to Victim

  On September 30, 2015, POSCO agreed to pay Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal 30 billion yen. The Korean steelmaker…

2 months ago

Jeonse for Foreigners: Why Korea’s Deposit System Died

In July 2026, the average jeonse deposit on a Seoul apartment crossed 700 million won for the first time since…

2 months ago

Jeju Island Culture: Why It Feels Like Another Country

In 2014, a team of linguists ran a simple test. They played recordings of everyday sentences to Korean speakers from…

3 months ago

Korean Royal Azalea: The Flower Korea Gave Away

Every May, one ridge in South Gyeongsang Province turns the color of cotton candy. The Korean royal azalea blankets roughly…

3 months ago

Korea Pet Funeral Industry 2026: Inside the $300M Grief Economy

It is just past 1 a.m. on a Wednesday, and Min-jae is driving north out of Seoul with a small…

5 months ago

Korea Character IP 2026: Inside the Race to Build the Next Labubu

On a Tuesday morning in November 2025, a children's cartoon company rang the opening bell at the Korea Exchange in…

5 months ago

Musinsa K-fashion Empire 2026: How One Korean Platform Took K-Fashion Global

On a humid Sunday afternoon in April 2026, a line of teenagers wraps around a glass storefront on Shibuya's Udagawacho…

5 months ago

Korea Green Shipbuilding 2026: Inside the $140B IMO Net-Zero Bet

It was just past noon at the Hyundai Mipo shipyard in Ulsan. On March 9, a small Belgian delegation in…

5 months ago

Korea Defense Startups 2026: Inside the Emerging K-Defense Tech Ecosystem

There is a number that most coverage of South Korea's defense industry quietly ignores. As of late 2024, the country's…

6 months ago

Korea Stablecoin Use Cases 2026: 6 Real-World Applications Reshaping Daily Life

It is 11:47 on a Thursday night in Ansan, and Nguyen Van Minh is finally off his shift. A 32-year-old…

6 months ago