A wage peak system is a policy extending the retirement age or rehiring people after retirement at a reduced salary.pro There are many systems for working people, and there is one system which is used in companies. It is a wage peak system. After a wage peak system was passed into law, it was introduced into public enterprises. This issue got more attention because Samsung will start a wage peak system this year. According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, a wage peak system is a policy extending the retirement age or rehiring people after retirement at a reduced salary. It is divided i
Directness, or precision of expression, is one of a writer’s greatest friends. Words like “great,” “good,” “fun,” “bad,” and, worst of all, “nice” infest and sully the prose of student papers the world over. I may ask a friend, “How was the movie?” And his response may run thus: “Ah, it was good.”What do I know about the movie? What was good about it? Was it the acting, the plot, or the cinematography? We only know that the movie was “good,” which means it was not “bad.” And as we all know, “good” and “bad” are not absolute categories when it comes to personal taste. This kind of inadequate re
On January 8, the personal information of 35 million customers in KB Card, Lotte Card, and NH Card was revealed. The leaked information was used for criminal acts like phishing and smishing. After their personal information was exposed, many customers demanded the reissuance or cancellation of their cards or to withdraw from the card companies. However, many customers still worry about their personal information.After the incident, the Financial Supervisory Service announced that the original data had been retrieved, and there would be no more disclosures elsewhere. However, crimes of smishing
Privatization of public enterprises means that public companies that the government ran are transferred to private companies. The government are trying to implement privatization, but it has become a big issue in Korea.proRecently, the government decided that a subsidiary company of KTX will manage the KTX leaving from Suseo, and Korail will invest 30% in this railway. The rail union went on strike because they think that this is the starting point of the privatization of the railway. Therefore, the privatization of public corporations has become an issue. Although there is opposition to the p
Nowadays, we often hear news about child abuse. 10,943 cases of child abuse happened in 2012. It means 30 cases a day. The abuse and the age of the victims vary. In addition, people sometimes ignore cases of child abuse. We need to protect children who could be abused and provide treatment for children who are abused.Child abuse is physical, mental, or sexual abuse. Physical abuse is beating children or doing bodily harm to them. Mental abuse is ignoring, constantly criticizing, threatening, or rejecting children. Sexual abuse is making children do sexual behavior. According to the National Ch
Last May, the actress Kim Hye-soo apologized after acknowledging that she had committed plagiarism. Last October, a professor at Joongang University who plagiarized a students’ paper resigned. In the same month, the son of the dean of the Medical School at Hanyang University went to the graduate school of Hanyang University Medical School with plagiarized papers. When it was revealed to the public, the son dropped out of graduate school and his father resigned to take responsibility for his son’s mistake. These plagiarism controversies by celebrities have continued since 2007. It means Korean
I “enjoy” long-distance running, but I find it difficult to motivate myself into putting in the required miles, as just running for miles is boring even for someone motivated. A comparison can be made between myself and language learners in Korea. That is to say that students are often focused upon the hard grind of test-taking with communication taking a back seat. Test taking is important, especially for future job seekers, but this does not mean that communication should be ignored. For those seeking to improve their communication skills, there are numerous opportunities on campus – l
Recently, the government has pushing to make Korean history an obligatory subject on the College Scholastic Ability Test. Many people are divided about this policy.ProThe lack of historical consciousness among high school students is a problem. According to a survey by the Seoul Newspaper and Jinhaksa in June, which targeted 506 high school students, 349 students (69%) answered the survey’s history questions incorrectly. The more historical consciousness we have, the stronger the historical identity of our country will be. Therefore, making Korean history an obligatory subject on the Korean SA