Jared Celniker News Today

Why Koreans feel compelled to stay busy -- or at least look like it Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

“You must have been very busy lately.” So starts many a conversation as a polite kind of South Korean icebreaker, often after having not met someone for quite a while. Responding to it by correcting its speaker with one's actual level of busyness is generally not advised. In practice, the ideal response would be, “You must be far busier than me,” redirecting the statement back to the spea...

Listening may seem at odds with persuasion, but it’s a necessary step. And America needs to rediscover the art of persuasion in an age of argument.

A question to ponder on Labor Day.