<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Brendan:
Any airline based in Asia & many that fly there from abroad are familiar with the custom of Orientals having an English first name--just as all Anglophones know that Bobby Smith = Robert Smith. All he needs to be absoultely safe is some ID as "Hong Sik Harold Kim."
If he has time, he can even file for an annotation in his passport.
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FYI - food, rugs and vases are Oriental. People are Asian.
BH