Issue 50: 2022. 6. 3. – “Gatherings and K-Dramas”

Dear all,

Greetings from PACOM! It is now nearly the end of May, and summer is pretty much here......although judging by snowstorms in Denver not too long ago, I guess that doesn't apply equally across the globe. The specter of climate change always looms, although it is somewhat telling that many of us only really think about it when something drastically out of the ordinary happens (myself included). Perhaps "Terraforming Mars" is really the only way to go, or perhaps that is too doomsday-ish a take.

Then again, with life expectancy higher than ever before, maybe we'll live to see exactly what we have wrought.

Anyways, on to the news!

Work

Things have settled into a familiar pattern for PACOM in the past few months. We are in peak calendar season, and PACOM's four offset presses are constantly being kept busy. The binding process is constantly being updated to squeeze every last bit of efficiency possible, and currently we're making good progress regarding production and export.

Maybe not an incredibly eventful piece of news (especially for the person writing it), but after the past two years of uncertainty and adjustment, I think we can all afford a bit of uneventful news, no?

In the media

PACOM was recently featured in media. No, not in the form of a press interview or a documentary, but as part of a popular K-drama! The drama in question is "My Liberation Notes" broadcast on JTBC, and the PACOM facility appears as the background in one of the episodes. For your reference, we've edited all the scenes inside the PACOM facility that appeared on the show: please enjoy!

Those of you who have visited the PACOM facility before, see if you can tell which parts of the facility were used.

Musings

The Seoul International Book Fair is currently ongoing, and judging by the mass of humanity that was there, I think we've gone past the COVID-worrying phase of social gatherings now. True, we still wear masks as though we are all trying to rob a bank, but the incredible consternation over public gatherings is nary a whisper now. Speakers at the event also stressed the importance of live events and gatherings for the publishing and printing community, and unless monkey pox dooms us all, I think we can look forward to seeing each other in the flesh sooner rather than later.

That is all for this edition of PACOM Update. I think "stay safe out there" has now worn out its welcome (and keeps reminding us all of the pandemic), so let's shoot for a different phrase. I'll workshop one.

Until next time, then!

Best regards,
Yu Bum Kim