Adela Ordoñez

Ed. note: This interview was conducted before candidate Ahn Cheol-soo dropped out of the race in November. His short-lived campaign altered the race, but whether it altered history is yet to be determined. This interview, which was conducted as an Asia Institute event, has been adapted from Emanuel Pastreich's website, www.circlesandsquares.asia, with his permission.  

On Dec. 19, Koreans will choose their president for the sixth time since free elections began in 1987. The importance of this election cannot be understated: While on the surface the two remaining candidates have produced platforms with more similarities than differences, their philosophies and visions couldn’t be more different. 

One of the reasons that many people move their life abroad is to put some distance between that life (with all its compartments) and other things, including family. Regardless of the advancement of technology, that physical distance still provides a buffer and a certain level of control over how much interaction with and influence on one’s life family has. That move, that gigantic schlep over the oceans, dwarfs the move away to college or the relocation from one coast to another. And as the years pass and that space becomes part of life, the return grows all the more difficult.

An installment account is an interest-earning account into which you can save a little bit at a time.

The first thing you need to decide in selecting your installment account is how often you want to deposit into it. You can choose to either make regular, automatic deposits for a designated amount each month, or you can freely make installment deposits whenever you have time and extra cash.