Working-paper habits that travel well in Korean firms
International standards language and Korean engagement practice can live in the same file — if the habits are explicit. Teams in Seoul and Busan often already do the hard work; what fails is the translation layer between spoken judgment and what a cold reviewer can reconstruct.
Label the language of each source
When a pack mixes Korean contracts and English confirmation replies, note the primary language on the pack cover sheet. Reviewers stop guessing whether a missing English summary is an oversight or a deliberate choice to keep the original as the evidence of record.
Treat chops and stamps as evidence attributes
A faint corporate chop on a scan is not decoration. Record whether the stamp is visible, whether the original was inspected, and who sighted it. Our clinics still see files where the stamp is cropped out of the PDF with no explanatory note.
Keep ISA verbs tied to local binders
“Sufficient appropriate evidence” becomes useful when each procedure states what “appropriate” meant for that source type. A delivery note and a system log answer different questions; say so in the purpose line.
Web Service Craft teaches these habits inside Evidence Desk and our flagship course — always as a complement to firm methodology, never as a replacement.