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20. Casey Latigue

Moments and movements: the rest of the story

Item #1: Shortly after my most recent Korea Times column "To donate, investigate" (March 11, 2014) was published, I received an email from a lady informing me that she wanted to donate 1 million won to the Mulmangcho School (for adolescent North Korean refugees).

2014-03-24 16:52

To donate, investigate

When I give public speeches based on my Korea Times opinion piece, "To be a good volunteer, use your brain" (Dec. 5, 2012), I typically start by daring the "good" volunteers to stand up. I angrily stare at the ones who do, dismissing them as "a bunch of liars." I then ask the "lousy" volunteers to stand up; I warmly congratulate them for being honest.

2014-03-10 16:54

Why can't Korea be more like (fill-in-the-blank)?

During the Korean presidential and Assembly campaigns of 2012, many South Koreans extolled the virtues of Sweden's "welfare paradise." My Korean debating partners asked me, "Why can't Korea be like Sweden?"

2014-02-10 17:35

Ju Chan-yang - what a mighty woman

I was honored to be a featured speaker at the second-annual Asia Liberty Forum, hosted by the Center for Civil Society Jan. 7-9 in New Delhi, India.

2014-01-13 16:49

Inspiration from a lousy visitor

During a one-week visit to South Korea last month, best-selling author Nick Adams was as comfortable as a man on a mountain hike wearing six-inch heels for the first time.

2013-12-30 16:53

Yes Men in a no country

In the 2008 movie “Yes Man,” actor Jim Carrey portrays a character who withdraws from society after going through an emotional divorce. Encouraged by a friend trying to bring him out of his shell, he attends a workshop given by a self-help guru who encourages him to change from being a “No Man.” He starts to say “Yes to life,” becoming an energetic “Yes Man” who tries everything - even learning Korean.

2013-12-16 17:04

Rejoining my personal odyssey

It isn't unusual for audience members at an event to be inspired by a speaker. How often is it that a speaker gets inspired by his own speech?

2013-08-19 17:01

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