My Plus3 trip to South Korea was truly an eye-opening experience. While traveling across the glorious country I learned many things about Korean culture both in a social sense and business sense. Each company we visited and cultural location we went to allowed for me to understand how life in Korea differs from life in…

Sad! The day has come. The day we have to leave South Korea. It all starts with waking up at 6:30 am to finish packing, brush my teeth, go grab breakfast, and hop on the bus back to Seoul. We boarded the bus at 7:30 and drove six hours back to Incheon International Airport right…

It was a sad day today. Our last company visit and University visit in Korea. I woke up at 9 am, got dressed in my business casual attire and headed down to get on the bus to travel around Busan. Unfortunately, one of the companies we were supposed to visit today canceled so instead the…

Today is our last whole day in the great country of South Korea. This trip has truly been an adventure and an eye-opening experience as to how different people live their lives across the globe. We had unstructured free time today, so we could do anything our hearts desired in the city of Busan. Since…

Another action-packed day in Busan is upon us. We started our day today with a visit to the company Trainor who specialized in training certifying workers in electrical engineering. We were given a presentation by the manager of the Trainor branch in Busan about what Trainor did and why it is important in the busy…

The Hyundai Motor Company Plant was our one company visit today. The bus left the hotel in Ulsan this morning at 9:30 and we arrived at the plant at 10:00 am. Immediately when we got there we were put into a room and given a small presentation about the Hyundai Motor Company and the plant….

Today we had two company visits as we traveled to Ulsan, South Korea. Our first visit was to Jinsan Marine Management Company. We were greeted right off the bus by the president of the company Seog-Gu Gang. Our Plus3 group was given a presentation in a conference room where we were handed packets with information…

Today was a day of tiredness and A LOT of walking. We had to meet down at the lobby at 8:00 am to start our day of touring around the historic city of Gyeongju. A tour guide was hired to take us around Gyeongju and teach us about the sites we would be visiting. The…

Ain’t got much to write about today. Day eight started with waking up at 8:00 am and driving four and a half hours to Gyeongju, Korea. Gyeongju is in the southern part of South Korea towards the eastern coast. Dr. Yun was very imminent about traveling here due to its historical significance and beauty. The…

The day we were all waiting for had finally arrived. The dangerous visit to the Demilitarized Zone or DMZ. The DMZ is the famous border between North Korea and South Korea. It was created after the signing of the Armistice agreement ending the Korean War. The DMZ is operated by a joint U.S. and South…

The day six scheduled activity was a visit to the Naver Corporation headquarters named the Green Factory in Gyeonggi-do. Naver is South Korea’s search platform that operates across the country and is also present in Tokyo, Japan. It is basically Korea’s Google. Our group was given a presentation about an aspect of Naver’s video production…

At 6:30 am today Calvin Spiteri knocked on my door to wake me up. Our agenda for the day was comprised of two company visits and a tour of the marvelous city hall. Our first visit was to the Samsung Biologics plants in Incheon. Who would’ve thought that Samsung, known as being a technology company,…

The event scheduled for today was a visit to Korea’s pristine Hangyang University located in the Sageun-Dong area of Seoul. We arrived at the University around 10:00 am and were given a warm welcome straight off the bus. The Office of International Affairs gave a great presentation about the University. I found it crazy about…

An alarm waking me up at 7:00 am was how I started today. I showered got ready and headed down to breakfast. Breakfast was interesting considering that there were contemporary dishes served back in the U.S. along with traditional Korean breakfast dishes. Our first visit of the day was to the Gyeongbokgung Palace, the largest…

Arriving in Korea was truly an interesting experience. Going through customs and getting our bags was very easy. We met our Asia Institute guide Y.J. and Korea tour guide Rob with his assistant Min who greeted us outside of the terminal. The bus ride to the hotel was long, but relaxing as we passed many…

The plan I stuck with to start out this adventure was to stay up all night until we had to leave for the airport to catch our first flight to Dallas Fort Worth. I had arrived at Pitt earlier Friday afternoon filled with excitement to embark on this journey to South Korea. I ate my…

What’s up, everyone! My name is Dylan Lipner and I am a freshman in the College of Business Administration at the University of  Pittsburgh. I am from Dix Hills, New York which is on Long Island (not “in” Long Island) about an hour East from New York City. I went to Pitt because I am…