Some say the government should allow junior colleges to extend their programs. However, many universities are opposed to it.Pro On April 15, the Korean Council for University Education (KCUE) and the Korean Council for College Education (KCCE) debated a bill to extend junior college programs in a room of the National Assembly. Extending junior college programs means changing some departments from 2-3 years to 4 years. The KCUE disagrees with the bill because they think it will cause an over-educated society, which will increase the number of students who have a higher educational background th
MICE is made from the initial letters of Meeting, Incentives, Convention, Events, and Exhibition, and the MICE industry is attracting attention nowadays. The MICE industry produces huge revenues for the organizations that host the events, the organizers, the venues, and restaurants. Convention planners play an important role in the MICE industry. Therefore, to plan successful meetings, organizations need convention planners. Because this job has good prospects in the future, we will introduce information about convention planners.RoleConvention planners plan and manage international conference
The Korean government wants to raise corporate tax for equal taxation and to expand welfare. However, many corporations oppose raising corporate tax.ProThe government increasing taxes on ordinary people and reducing taxes on rich people has become controversial. In Korea, corporations are taxed at a standard rate. Under 200 million won in total earnings, they pay 10% of their profits in tax, and from 200 million won to 20 billion won, they pay 20%. Lastly, over 20 billion won, they pay 22%. Recently, there have been some demands to increase corporation tax. I think the tax must be increased.Fi
A flight to South Korea returned to the gate of John F. Kennedy International Airport before take-off on December 5, 2014. There were about 250 passengers including an executive of Korean Air, Cho Hyun-ah. Cho rebuked Chief Steward Park Chang-jin for inappropriate nut service by a stewardess before the departure. She reprimanded Park for not carrying out his duty of training stewards and forced the pilot to taxi back to the gate. Cho got much criticism after the incident spread to the public, not only for what she did on the flight, but also for what she did after the incident. During the inci
At the end of last year, the Ministry of Employment and Labor announced the Minimum Wage Act. According to the law, the minimum pay increased from 5,210 won to 5,580 won for one hour. Almost every employee agrees with it, but some employers do not.proOn December 27, the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) announced the Minimum Wages Act which increased the minimum wage from 5,210 won to 5,580 won from January first. This is 7.1% higher than last year. The MOEL designated some punishments if employers don’t comply with the minimum wage policy. For example, they will sentence violating emplo
These days, many people make various efforts to get a job. However, most people know only a few jobs. According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, there are 10,971 jobs in our society. Therefore, job seekers are frequently confused about what they want to be. A job counselor helps job seekers to find a proper job.RoleA job counselor gives proper information to job seekers through tests of a job seeker’s interests and aptitudes and manages or develops job guidance programs. A job counselor also does other consultations such as legal difficulties in employment, adaption to a job, after job
Have you ever been to somewhere you don’t know by car? At that time, you might have used navigation. Navigation contains much information about traffic routes to help people to find their way comfortably. The person who makes the local information that navigation uses is a geographic information system (GIS) expert.WorkA GIS expert is a person that works with geographic information systems to help people find the quickest way or avoid the complicated road. In addition, a GIS expert records geographic information like road views or street pictures in geographic information systems such as Googl
The privatization of public enterprises means entrusting state corporations’ ownership to private enterprises because of efficiency and improvement of productivity. Now, the privatization of public enterprises has become an issue. ProFor a few decades, many countries have concentrated on the privatization of public enterprises. Following this trend, Korea also is trying to privatize public enterprises. There are many advantages of the privatization of public enterprises. First, the current management system of public enterprises is ineffective. It is difficult to reform public enterprises. Als