2014년 10월 18일 토요일
Learning English in Korea
Satuarday, octobor, 18, 2014
According to article, Korean parents spend some 20 trillion won ($18 billion) on private education each year, much of it on English education. We currently have a English fever all around Korea , and
there are a lot of arguments concerning how to speak English fluently. Some of people said, the most important thing learning English is the age that they start to learn, and the others said, the way of learning English is much more important than the age of learning English because there are different types of learners like auditory , visible and kinesthetic learners.
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130729000452
-Do you agree that the age of learning English is more important than the way of learning English?
If you agree with it, when is appropriate age to start learning English.
If you don't, why?
-What do you think about spending a lot of money for learning English?
-Do you agree that English becomes second offical language in Korea instead of spending so much money to learn Enlgish?
-How can government improve the quality of public education of English?
-Do you agree with early English eduacation for your children eventhough they don't want to learn it?
or you think speaking good English is important to have a better life ,so you think, it's okay to force them to study English regardless of the children's will?
-Which ways do you think the most effective learning English?
-Do you believe that people can be rich without any knowledge of English or you believe it's kind of neccessary in this international society.
-Why are you eagar to speak English fluently?? Do you have any specific reasons??
2014년 10월 8일 수요일
Gov't proposes cigarette price hike
By Kim Rahn
The government announced a plan Thursday to raise
cigarette prices from an average of 2,500 won per pack to 4,500 won starting
next year, in an attempt to curb the country's high smoking rate.
Health and Welfare Minister Moon Hyung-pyo announced a set of anti-smoking measures including the 80-percent price increase.
Non-smokers mostly hailed the move, while smokers strongly protested.
The plan needs approval from the National Assembly.
It seems unlikely that the government will succeed in raising cigarette prices to that extent, as many lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties say that such a severe hike would not work and would instead only increase the financial burden on people in low-income brackets.
It will be the first tobacco price hike in 10 years. In 2004, the price increased to 2,500 won per pack from 2,000 won.
"We'll seek to raise tobacco prices by 2,000 won as of Jan. 1," Moon said in a media briefing. "We also plan to adopt a new pricing system in which cigarette prices will go up in line with other consumer prices."
The government said the current price, 2,500 won per pack, was the lowest among 22 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries that an EU study looked at in 2012. As might be expected, Korea's smoking rate is very high ― the OECD's 2014 health data showed that 37.6 percent of Korean males over the age of 15 were everyday smokers, the second-highest among the organization's 34 nations, with the highest rate being Greece's 43.7 percent.
At present, taxes account for 62 percent of the price of a pack of cigarettes. Under the new plan, however, this figure would increase to 73 percent, the government said.
"Around 14 percent of the current price of a pack of cigarettes is spent on health promotion policies," Moon said. "Now with the price increase, we'll raise that amount to 18.7 percent, and will expand financial support for anti-smoking therapies."
The government will also oblige tobacco companies to print images on cigarette packages showing the harmful effects of smoking; so far they carry only verbal warnings. Cigarette advertisements will also be banned at retail stores.
"We believe the measures can lower the nation's smoking rate more significantly than the previous price increase in 2004," Moon said, adding that the smoking rate for adult men had declined from 57.8 percent in 2004 to 50.3 percent in 2005 and 45.9 percent in 2006. The government seeks to lower the rate to 29 percent by 2020.
The government said these measures were expected to decrease tobacco consumption by 34 percent.
"The hike comes mostly from tax increases, so it may generate an additional 2.8 trillion won in tax revenues," Moon said. "Also, social expenses for cigarette-related diseases will decrease."
Health and Welfare Minister Moon Hyung-pyo announced a set of anti-smoking measures including the 80-percent price increase.
Non-smokers mostly hailed the move, while smokers strongly protested.
The plan needs approval from the National Assembly.
It seems unlikely that the government will succeed in raising cigarette prices to that extent, as many lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties say that such a severe hike would not work and would instead only increase the financial burden on people in low-income brackets.
It will be the first tobacco price hike in 10 years. In 2004, the price increased to 2,500 won per pack from 2,000 won.
"We'll seek to raise tobacco prices by 2,000 won as of Jan. 1," Moon said in a media briefing. "We also plan to adopt a new pricing system in which cigarette prices will go up in line with other consumer prices."
The government said the current price, 2,500 won per pack, was the lowest among 22 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries that an EU study looked at in 2012. As might be expected, Korea's smoking rate is very high ― the OECD's 2014 health data showed that 37.6 percent of Korean males over the age of 15 were everyday smokers, the second-highest among the organization's 34 nations, with the highest rate being Greece's 43.7 percent.
At present, taxes account for 62 percent of the price of a pack of cigarettes. Under the new plan, however, this figure would increase to 73 percent, the government said.
"Around 14 percent of the current price of a pack of cigarettes is spent on health promotion policies," Moon said. "Now with the price increase, we'll raise that amount to 18.7 percent, and will expand financial support for anti-smoking therapies."
The government will also oblige tobacco companies to print images on cigarette packages showing the harmful effects of smoking; so far they carry only verbal warnings. Cigarette advertisements will also be banned at retail stores.
"We believe the measures can lower the nation's smoking rate more significantly than the previous price increase in 2004," Moon said, adding that the smoking rate for adult men had declined from 57.8 percent in 2004 to 50.3 percent in 2005 and 45.9 percent in 2006. The government seeks to lower the rate to 29 percent by 2020.
The government said these measures were expected to decrease tobacco consumption by 34 percent.
"The hike comes mostly from tax increases, so it may generate an additional 2.8 trillion won in tax revenues," Moon said. "Also, social expenses for cigarette-related diseases will decrease."
2014년 9월 26일 금요일
A staff meeting in Bexco
I'm going to work for ITU(International Telecommunication Union) Plenipotentiary Conference 2014. So this afternoon I went to Bexco, Busan to attend a staff meeting for the conference with my best buddy, Jung Min.
Information about 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference...
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Information about 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference...
The 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14 or PP-14 Busan) will be held in Busan, the second biggest city in Korea, as the world"s 19th and Asia"s 2nd Plenipotentiary Conference. In addition, there will be large-scale special events such as the ICT Industrial Exhibition, Global ICT Conference, and Korean Cultural Festival.
- Date & Venue : Oct 20 - Nov 7, 2014 (3 weeks) in BEXCO, Busan
This is registration for today's meeting, and I signed up for my attendance here.
The meeting is just started!
We learned gobal manner and CPR in the meeting.
After the meeting we went down to 1st floor to look around other exhibition.
Luckily I found Busan International Footwear&Textile Fashion Fair, and I got in there.
This is registration desk with many vistors
A guy in the picture is my friend Jung min, We just looked around and there were actually a lot of things to see.
Like this
with beautiful models :)
They were like an oasis in the middle of the desert
So we refreshed our mind and moved on our way..
In between, famous actor and actrees, "Won bin" and "Kim su hyeon"
And we ended up getting to "Fashion show"
It was first time for me to get in the fashion show , so for me everything was incredibly amazing!!
on the photo zone like a model haha
bonus...
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