치맥으로 대동단결 Bonding Over Chicken and Beer
Monica Che Monica Che

치맥으로 대동단결 Bonding Over Chicken and Beer

NVIDIA’s CEO, Jensen Huang, recently dropped by Seoul and skipped the fancy hotels and conference halls.
Instead, he grabbed fried chicken with the bosses of Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor at a tiny neighborhood joint called Kkanbu Chicken — because why talk about the future of AI without greasy fingers?

The name “Kkanbu” comes from an old word kids used to call their best buddies while playing marbles.
So naturally, the three most powerful men in tech decided to seal global business over wings and beer.
They even tried chi-maek (chicken + beer) and so-maek (soju + beer), proving that billion-dollar deals pair well with alcohol.

Huang, apparently part-CEO and part-celebrity, handed out chicken and banana milk to fans outside, smiling like a man who knows his stock price is bigger than your entire country’s GDP.
Despite being the eldest at the table, rumor says Samsung and Hyundai paid — a polite Korean gesture… or maybe NVIDIA’s market cap was enough of a flex.

Whatever the case, world-changing AI is happening — and it tastes like fried chicken.

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대선이 끝난 후 When Leadership Fails: Reflections on Two Presidential Impeachments in South Korea
Monica Che Monica Che

대선이 끝난 후 When Leadership Fails: Reflections on Two Presidential Impeachments in South Korea

Leadership is never a straightforward journey. Presidents, like all humans, are bound to face uncertainty and conflict. They will question their policies, clash with opposition, concede on some points and stand firm on others. If a president simply fulfills these responsibilities with humility and integrity, there is little reason for concern. It is not perfection we demand, but sincerity and accountability in leadership. The collapse comes when rational judgment is abandoned—when the weight of personal ego overtakes the duty to serve the people.

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