The casting couch means actors or actresses selling their own bodies to appear in movies or TV dramas. The late Jang Ja-yun, a new 29-year-old talent, became famous after appearing in Boys over Flowers. Her former manager Mr. Ryu disclosed that her suicide was not a simple accident but showed the irrationality of the entertainment world, for example, entertainment agency representatives demanding sexual bribes to satisfy their sexual desires in return for organizing debuts or appearances on television. Then, how can we see this accident, and how can we interpret this case? Moreover, why do ent
ProRecently, the face of Kang Ho-sun, a serial killer, was published in several newspapers. Since then, the issue of whether criminals' faces should be published or not has become a controversial matter. Should the faces of criminals be published? My answer is "Yes."We need to support the public publishing of criminals' faces because the public has the right to know. In other words, they have the right to know who criminals are, what they did, and what they are like. However, the mass media often show us police urgently hiding the face of criminals. The reason for their behavior is to protect
Tipping is a common business practice which originated back in eighteenth century coffee shops in England where tipping was a way “to insure promptness.” Patrons dropped their money (tip) in a collection box. These days, people in numerous countries and in many situations leave tips after service is completed. Tipping takes a significant part in the hospitality industry, especially in hotels and restaurants. According to recent studies, over US$26.4 billion was given to service personnel in the restaurant industry from customers as tips in 2003 in the US alone. In Korea, however, hotels have d
At the beginning of the year, the first news drawing public attention was the suspension of the National Assembly caused by uncompromising law revision activities. The broadcasting laws were at the center of controversy. The main point in revising the broadcasting laws was to allow major private companies and market-dominant newspapers to participate in broadcasting ownership by owning up to 20% of major broadcasting companies (KBS, MBC, etc.). The proposed revision of the broadcasting laws reflects the currently changed broadcasting environment where a media company needs management efficienc
The political dispute in the National Assembly from the end of last year to the beginning of this year showed the vice of Korean politics. The majority Grand National Party (GNP) members pressed legislation for the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement with their superior voting power without the help of other parties or agreement with rivals. In response to the GNP's conduct, other opposition parties violently protested with fire extinguishers and hammers, which caused an extra session of the National Assembly to approve some of the opposition parties' demands, but this revealed the lack of Korean
The expression "Black revolution" is frequently used when the mass media report the election of the 44th U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, the first African-American president. Following the greatest turnout since the election of John F. Kennedy, Obama got the support of 96% of African-American voters, 67% of Hispanic voters, and 43% of white voters. As a result, he swept Republican candidate John McCain by getting more than double the votes in the Electoral Colleges.Obama's election pledges were "hope" and "change" through which he promised that he would bring many changes from the Bush admi
The year is 2166 and the world has changed drastically since the early 21st century. In the 2020s war spread across the globe with great loss of life and destruction of the environment. The governments of the world ultimately came together to save the planet and humanity, and in the tradition of the ancient Olympic games, the art and sport of war was strongly upheld as a substitute for waging real life-and-death war.Simulated combat, from hand-to-hand to full-scale naval, ground, and space battles, became the foundation of diplomacy and international relations. The physical, mental, and spirit
Wall Street is in a decline because of the U.S. financial crisis. Lehman Brothers Holdings, one of the largest investment banks in America, failed. Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, and more investment banks are also faced with bankruptcy. The U.S. is the greatest economic power in the world. However, why did they face this crisis, and what will be the influence on other countries? The main reason that the U.S. experienced the financial crisis is sub-prime mortgages. In the U.S., when people purchase houses, they pay some of the money and borrow the rest of the money from a bank as a long-term lo