Last May, unfair dealings between the head office of Namyang Dairy Product Co. and its distribution stores occurred. A salesman from Namyang Dairy Product Co. supplied more products than the owner of the franchise ordered. Therefore, the owner refused these products. However, the salesman forced the owner to purchase the products and verbally abused the owner. This situation caused a deterioration of the company’s image, and consumers boycotted the products of Namyang. In July, the head office agreed to compensate the franchise for the damage, but the amount of compensation was not decided. Ho
An international middle school is a school for raising talented students in the age of globalization. Because of bribes at Younghoon International Middle School, there is a controversy over international middle schools. Pro A few months ago, a son of a Samsung Electronics executive applied for the social consideration system in Younghoon International Middle School and was admitted. The social consideration system is for students who have difficulty in entering the school because of expensive school fees. Some officials in the school changed his grades and took bribes. Because of these illegal
The Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Bill for the Restructuring of Nursing Resources has caused controversy. The Ministry of Health and Welfare insist the bill can increase the nursing workforce, but people in the medical field are against it.ProThe number of nurses in Korea is 4.6 per thousand of population. However, this figure is lower than the OECD average of 9.3. The number of nurses is very low compared with Japan’s 10.1. Nurses have many complaints about this situation. Additionally, patients and patients’ families have many complaints about medical services. The Bill for the Restructur
For the last several years, electric power has been insufficient in summer and winter. People have worried about a shortage of electricity and have tried to reduce electricity use in the home, stores, and companies. However, when a power shortage gets worse, the majority of people experience damage, while a few major companies which produce electricity make profits. We need to think about this situation more seriously. One of the main causes of electric power shortage is usage of electricity in a few major companies. The percentage of electricity used in the home is 14% of the total electricit
A substitute public holiday system is a system in which if a holiday overlaps with a weekend, the government designates the following Monday a holiday to ensure the number of public holidays. Implementing a substitute pubic holiday system is a controversial issue. Pro A substitute public holiday system was an election pledge of both the ruling party and the opposition party in the last presidential election. President Park Geun-hye included it as a major government project. Nowadays, people argue about the system. From my point of view, a substitute public holiday system should be legalized.
On February 26, Jinju public hospital closed. Jinju public hospital has functioned as the main public hospital in the western area of Gyeongsangnam-do since 1910. Therefore, the closure of the hospital gave the residents of the area a shock. In 2008, Jinju public hospital expanded public health services in poor western areas, but just five years later it closed. Because the hospital was loosely run and got into 30 billion won of debt, Gyeongsangnam-do decided to close it. However, criticism that public hospitals are judged only by profitability was raised.Jinju public hospital is a problem in
Most of my students, and perhaps most students in Korea, worry about their English ability. Some have spent hundreds of hours in English classes and ludicrous amounts of money to study English, but when asked, most students claim, “My English is poor.” This is more often than not indicative only of the student’s perceived lack of accomplishment. If taken seriously, however, this proclamation of poor English after more than ten years of study (and its sad reality) is indicative of failure somewhere in the learning process, be it the curriculum, the instruction, or the students themselves. It is
Most university students are not really interested in national security. The reason why they are not interested in national security is their interests are mostly focused on employment. However, every year the Korean Army and the US Army participate in Key Resolve. We are training for unexpected attacks. Our national security exercises are important to us because of North Korea’s warning about war. Because of North Korea’s warning, we need to know about Key Resolve.Key Resolve is training to advance the ability of the ROK-US Combined Forces Command to react in an urgent situation. This trainin