Today I came to the Korea Anti-Doping Agency on the top floor of Olympic Parktel in Songpa-gu (my first time here ^^). In early December, Busan hosts a big event where anti-doping officials from around the world gather, so I gave a special lecture on 'Cross-Cultural Communication and International Event Reception'.
Since the Korean staff won't be giving major presentations or negotiating, we focused on frequent polite forms like "Would," "May" and "Please," learning anti-doping terminology, and developing foreign-language phrases and small-talk topics tied to each person’s assigned region, the protocols, and visitors’ nationalities. It should be a great event! Just as you hosted APEC successfully, I wish you the same success this time. Good luck!




12 Nov 2025
[ Instructor: John Kim ]