ENERTOPIA: An Affluent Society with Energy

An Expat’s Tale of Thriving in Korean Corporations and Culture

Contents

   CHAPTER 1 Codes of Conduct
    Communication …… 14
    The Scent of a Human …… 18
    Let’s Walk Energetically! …… 22
    So Yes, I Had a Drink with the CEO …… 26
    Jirisan Mountain …… 29
    How Much Money Did You Receive from the Korean CIA? …… 33

    CHAPTER 2 All Employees Promoted by One Rank
    One Is 1. Five-fifths Is Still 1. …… 42

    CHAPTER 3 Executive Secretary Lim Chang-geon
    Bitter to the Mouth, Better for Your Health …… 50

    CHAPTER 4 Hanil General Hospital
    Vice Premier Shin Byeong-hyun …… 64
    Noh Tae-il, Chief of the Department …… 69

    CHAPTER 5 Number One in Management Assessment
    Hanil General Hospital in Ssangmun-dong …… 76
    The Apartment Business …… 79
    The Kyunghyang Shinmun’s Grand Prize in Energy …… 85
    Employees’ Vacation Resorts …… 88

    CHAPTER 6 Wolseong Espionage Incident
    “Jindogae One” Launch …… 92
    Chinese Civilian Aircraft Flies over Restricted Air Space …… 98

    CHAPTER 7 Cultivating Talent
    Gongneung-dong Training Institute …… 102
    Kori Nuclear Power Plant Training Center …… 107
    Electric Power Research Institute in Daedeok …… 111
    Securing (and Retaining) Talent …… 114
    Sponsoring Youth Football Teams …… 119

    CHAPTER 8 The Ninth Famous Spot in Eastern Korea
    Gwandong Gukyung, the Gangneung Branch of KEPCO …… 124
    CHAPTER 9 Settle Your Debts
    “I’m Still Alive and Kicking.” …… 134
    “Qìzhǎnmǎsù”(泣斬馬謖, Punishing the Favorite to Restore Order) …… 138
    There Are No Secrets …… 143

    CHAPTER 10 The 10th Asian Games
    The CEO Must Run …… 150
    Why Worry When You Can Pray? …… 155

    CHAPTER 11 An Exciting Place to Work, A Life Worth
    Living for: KEPCO
    Corporate Philosophy …… 166
    What Is the Problem? …… 171
    An Exciting Workplace …… 174
    Time Waits for No One …… 183
    Heaven and Nature, and the Laws That Bind Them …… 188
    The Pursuit of the Beauty …… 192

    CHAPTER 12 Enertopia
    Restoring Vision …… 202
    Lim Han-que, Chief of the Division …… 206
    The Loser’s Bitter Cup of Defeat …… 210
    Crossing the Bridge of No Return …… 219
    Three-Party Contracts …… 229
    The Favored Son …… 239
    To Continue, or Not, with Nuclear Power …… 246
    To Resign, or To Not …… 253
    Two Hundred Employees Parrot the Same Thing …… 257
    The Grand Finale …… 260
    APPENDIX
    Photos ………… 263