{"id":2,"date":"2008-12-10T20:07:08","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T03:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.songdoibdcitytalk.com\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-12-22T08:58:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:58:59","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.songdoibdcitytalk.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Welcome\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">This site was launched in the mid-2000s in support of and a site for sharing information, news, and opinions about Incheon South Korea\u2019s Songdo International Business District (today Songdo International City). More recently, (April 2012, we expanded the blog to include New Urbanism. In 2024, we rebooted to cover Smart City, Songdo International City, and the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ). In December 2025, it was rebranded again to align with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgingculture.com\">Bridging Culture Worldwide<\/a> and my<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@donsoutherton\"> writing work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The blog still serves as a virtual community where the local public, media, bloggers, journalists, Korea enthusiasts, Green supporters, developers, and folks from around the world can share and discuss Korean business.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don Southerton has a long history of offering Korean business strategy and consulting services to firms across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>This includes long-term support for many major Korean groups and international brands as well as government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>He is seen as the \u201cgo-to\u201d expert on all Korean business matters. Southerton has a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Colorado with post-grad studies at UC San Diego, USC, and UCLA.<\/p>\n<p>Southerton is engaged in an ongoing study in Transactional Law beginning with the University of Southern California (USC) Gould School of Law, with an emphasis on Trade, Technology, IP, IR, and Government Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>A former United States Military Academy coach, Don is a lifetime martial artist\/ master instructor and resides in Golden, Colorado.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">We<strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> support the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberjournalist.net\/news\/000215.php\">Blogger\u2019s Code of Ethics<\/a> as posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberjournalist.net\/\">www.cyberjournalist.net<\/a>.\u00a0 We will abide by three main principles: \u201cbe honest and fair, minimize harm, and be accountable.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">We strictly prohibit any postings that contain incorrect or misleading information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">This Blog is designed to be Mobile Blogging (moblog) friendly and is Mobile Posting compatible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Please note that we promote open communications. To protect against spam and abusive remarks, all comments will be reviewed before being posted. That said, we look forward to your thoughts, contributions, and participation. Blog on\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don Southerton, Editor and Chief Blogger<span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome\u00a0 This site was launched in the mid-2000s in support of and a site for sharing information, news, and opinions about Incheon South Korea\u2019s Songdo International Business District (today Songdo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2764,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>About Us - Bridging Culture Worldwide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.songdoibdcitytalk.com\/blog\/about\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About Us - 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