Don't wearhort skirt

I choose this article because most people love to wear a short skirt. Some people think wearing a short skirt make them look more attractive, fashionable, and comfortable. However wearing a short skirt brings harmful effects as well. There are many good reasons why people should not wear a very short skirt. First of all, wearing a short skirt is risky thing. There are many crimes happen in every countries cause women wearing a short skirt or do not dressing politely. Another reason is wearing very short skirt is looking bad. People do not think that women wearing a very short skirt are good looking or attractive at all. The most important reason is it shows bad respects to elders and places. Wear a short skirt to places like schools, temples, official places and so on can be a rude thing. Moreover in some countries wearing a short skirt is illegal and unacceptable.


According to this article, South Africa, a provincial manager suggests that women should not wear a short skirt. Mpho Caroline Mataboge, 32, She noticed that many Korean girls are wearing too short skirts in Africa especially in rural districts. The laborers should wear longer skirt to show good respect to the elders. Mpho Caroline Mataboge is a volunteer experience about Project Literacy, a non-profit organization that offers unemployed adults in rural area basic education (ABET) classes. There are also three Korean working as a partnership with this organization. “There is a lot of illiteracy among adults in South Africa. We try to educate them. Once you educate parents, they are motivated to educate their kids,” she said. 86 per cent of 49 million populations can read and write, but educating people is still a very important task in South Africa. Reference form the CIA, World facebook, illiteracy in South Africa is not that bad. For more information follow this link http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/08/116_72027.html



After I read this article, I found this is really interesting article because this problem about women wearing a too short skirt still cannot solve. Also in Korea many people wearing a short skirt and many people think it is not suitable thing to do. Many schools in many countries are staring to realise this problem and trying to advice their students to stop wearing miniskirts to school, but some student do not follow the rules and still wearing it as a fashion. I think many students are arguing that wearing a short skirt to school is not relating to their study. I also agree with that, but this is the rule that we all have to follow because we are students. In the future, working life is also requiring following the rules, so I do think the benefit of not wearing a very short skirt stronger than the drawback.

New Adoption Policy Backfires

Korea is trying to reduce the number of adoptions overseas to burnish its image but the new policy is leaving kids with special needs out of the loop.

I choose this news because the heading is captivating me, the

news is showing a Korea government that trying to reduce the

number of orphan babies that adopted by foreigner. I think that

it is not fare with the orphan babies because the babies should

allow to go oversea if they have a great adopter to take care of

them. Korean government should rethink about this point.

The Korean government want to reduces the number of orphan

babies for oversea adoption but the plan is showing the opposite

result, depriving children with special needs of chances to be

places with qualified parents.

The system was introduced to improve Korea's reputation when it comes to adoption that it sends many children overseas. About 97 percent of children with disabilities or serious illnesses were taken in by overseas parents, reflecting the fact that Koreans still prefer children without such challenges."It is true that these children are less likely to be chosen even after the five months. The longer the process takes, the longer it takes for them to get adjusted to their new life," the welfare planner said. Bae Tai-soon, a professor at Kyungnam University, said, "We have constantly been talking about this issue but the government seems not to be listening. It is best for children to be brought up in a stable family. We need to allow the special-needs children to find new homes, even if it is abroad."

In conclusion, I am strongly disagree with the Korean government that they will reduces the number of orphan babies.I think that is a moral and very unkind things bebies do not have any fasle and they just can not choose that they want to die or not. I think I really unfair for the babies.

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/05/117_60790.html

GS Shop to invest $8 million in Thailand

Huh Tae-soo, third from left, chief executive of GS Shop, poses with Supaluck Umpujh, second from left, chairman of The Mall and Suphachai Chearavanont, fourth from left, chairman of True Corporation after the three companies signed an MOU for the creation of a joint venture in Thailand, Thursday. / Courtesy of GS Shop

I choose this news because it is about new Korea business in Thailand. It is about to open Korea home biggest shopping channel in Thailand. If they could do this it would be a good decision because shopping channels in Thailand are not quite popular. Therefore, if the Korea marketers have a good idea to persuade their goods to Thai people, shopping channel will be more famous in Thailand. Actually, people love shopping if they could do it at home I would be a lot easier choice. It would be an enjoyable and convenient activity. Another important thing is to maintain the quality of the products( always keep in a high standard )

The biggest home shopping channel in Korea, GS shop, is decided to risk business with Thailand’s to media group Turetelevision and The Mall. GS said it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the two to launch the venture, named "True GS Shopping," which will open before the end of the year. The official signing of a contract is plan for later this year, GS said. "The joint venture is tentatively named 'True GS Shopping' and it will begin broadcasting in the fourth quarter via Truevision to some 2 million paying viewers," Shin Jin-ho ,GS spokesman said.GS Shop will invest $8 million in the risk and is expected to become the second-biggest shareholder, but Truevision will be the largest shareholder. Home shopping is very new in Thailand. "Shopping Network" by Truevision is the 24-hour TV home shopping channel. "True GS Shopping is to serve as bridge to link Korea with China, Southeast Asia and India on an Asian home shopping belt," Shin said. For more information please follow this link
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2010/08/123_71696.html

After read this news, I think it is a good business decision because Thai teenagers and Thai young adults love to dress like their favorite Korea actor and actress, so I think it going to be successful. Moreover, this business will help Asia countries to get alone better together and also people will do more exporting and importing that make Asia countries richer and richer if it possible I think they should plan to link the whole world as well.

Korean Online Games: No Longer Child’s Play

I choose this article because today games online businesses are very widespread and popular in many counties and definitely in Korea. Children are the biggest consumers of these businesses, but I do not think this is a good news at all. This is going to be a very big problem ,if we just ignore this problem what would happen to our future adults?? Well, Instead of studying and exercising children seem to spent most of their times on playing computer game such as online games. I noticed that some children do not sleep and eat to stay up all night play their online game and save their money for pay their internet costs.

Children cannot play online games now because the direct sale totaling is almost 1.8 trillion won in 2006. These games are expected to continue to evolve and contribute a great deal to the Korean domestic and export economies, but will also face growing threats to their continued success. Online games are connecting the players together. Online games are first entered Korea in the 1990s but they were all form foreign. At this time, homegrown Korea games are starting to replace many of the foreign imports. There were many successful product s for example NC Soft’s Lineage. New technological changes allow for improvements in graphics, usability and realism. These huge changes allow companies to increase the number of players. From the survey that Korean government conducted, there were about 13 per cent of female player and 13 per cent of adult older than 39 as an active player but in the 1990s the average gamers were young men. Within a decade, Korea has gone from a net importer to a net exporter. Exports have risen $672 million in 2006. Overall industry growth is estimated as likely to reach a 19.1 percent annual growth rate until 2009. Currently, primary export destinations include the United States, Japan and Taiwan. Even though Korea stays at the top position in the world online game manufactory, it is not the gladsome things. Many children were additive to online games.

In my opinion, I think children should not play online game because I think they will be addictive to it. They will lose their study, money, and even their health. I think it is very important that parents to teach their children to arrange their times carefully such as when to study, when to play, and when to do some exercises. To sum up, internet has a lot of advantages and it has a terrible disadvantages as well.It not going to be fun if some members of your famlily are addictive to online games and have no free time to spent with her/her friends and family

Follow this link for more infomation

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2010/08/234_14687.html

North Korea notifies Seoul it may begin dam discharge

I choose this news because there a problem about a high levels of water in dams isn't a small problem because many countries face a problem. In some countries got only a high levels of water in dams and some countries got a big problem such as flood. Those countries trying to find the way to solve this problem. In South Korea, they are also got a high levels of water in dams, it not came from nature ,but they got it from their neighbor .


According to the news, North Korea announced that they will open the floodgates and start discharge water about 1000 tons per second from a dam into the river in South Korea. A ministry official in charge of water control said that " There wasn't uncontrollable rise in the level of water overnight and our dam built along the border can contain any intentional or accidental flash flood. " Moreover, a fews day pass the torrential rain fall and it cause of raising the levels of major rivers. An unannounced dam discharged on last September into the river cause of killed six South Korean camper because a flash flood. This time South Korea has fears about water attack from North Korea again. However, North Korea said that they promise to warn it again if they will discharge water into South Korea in the future. For more information please follow this link
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/08/113_69915.html


In my opinion, I think If I were South Korea people I must worry about this thing so much because if North Korea was not announce about their action to South Korea. Their people must worry every time because they don't know when the water will come again. If They know before they will be able to prepare for the flood.

Korea to Lead 'Green Customs'

Korea Customs Services (KCS) Commissioner Hur Yong-suk, third from left, poses with World Custom Organization official Ed De Jong, second from left, Mongilian Customs Commissioners Derjee Tseveenjav, forth from left, New Zealand Customs Vice Commissioner John Secker, fifth from left, and Hong Kong Customs Commissioner Yu Mong-fai, right, during the Green Customs Froum hold at the Lotte Hotel on Jeju, Tuesday. Courtesy of KCS

I choose this news because this news is talking about one of the project that can heal our world, a project that can save our live. In this news is about the cross-border shipments of environmentally harmful goods, save energy and introduce other environment-friendly practices. It is almost too late to save our world. However, many countries are trind their best to protect the earth at least not make things worst. A lot of people destroy our world because they did not know what is the right things to do.Its time to heal the world. Everybody should gain knowledge about how to save the earth and get start to make the better world.

Korea will take the first position in promotion " Green customs " Asia-Pacific region to preclude the cross-border shipments of environmentally harmful goods, save energy and introduce other environment-friendly practices, Korea Customs Services (KCS) commissioner Hur Yong-suk said Tuesday. He presented three plans of action to make customs plans across the region greater energy efficient and environmentally sound. In a main theme speech address to 70 participants of the " Green Customs Forum & Workshop " held at the Lotte Hotel on the southern island of Jeju, Hur said customs is the complete entity to give as the environmental adoptive parent in the most productive way in the ever-changing world trade environment. The event began on 3rd of November and end on 6th of November. Participants include customs officials from 32 Asia Pacific nations, and representatives from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the World Customs Organization (WCO), interpol and other multinational bodies. Now, environment is an important issue of the world. We are encountering with global worming and rising of sea level. Protect and Care our world becoming solemn problem ". the commissioner said. He said that the environment challenge cannot be met by effort of any single country, it have to spread to every country in the world. " The World Customs Organization set out 30 Action plans in five Environmental Areas in February,2008 and recommended active involvement of custom members in environmental activities. In response, Korea customs has carried out practical efforts, including recycling of system ", Hur said.


In conclusion, today our world needs to be very serious about the environment and only one country that working on this contest should not enough to heal our world but every single person in the world must be the one who care and love to see our world improve in the future. This is the reason why every one should care the world right now, you not say that you will or leave it for a while but you have to do it now.Stop being selfish and protect our world for our children.

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2009/12/123_54811.html

Amway resorts to Korean technology for 2 products

Amway Vice President Catherine Ehrenberger, fifth fro left, and Vice President Robin Dykhouse, seventh from left, pose with Korea Health Industry Development Institute President Kim Bap-wan, third from left, and Foundation of Agriculture Tech Commercialization & Transfer head Jeon Un-seong, sixth from left, after signing a three-way memorandum of understanding on globalizing Korean technologies to develop product at Grand InterContinential Seoul Tuesday. Also posing are Amway Korea CEO Park Se-joon, forth from left, and American Chambler of Commerce in Korea President Army Jackson, right

I choose this article because it shows how the world is changing. Korea is become a high-technology country in the world. Korea has more ability to produce new technology products, so Korea became a credible country. This article has many interesting point to shows how well Korea is doing. This news also remind every countries about how important of the technologies. Technologies make every people go hi-tech and make our life easy, which everyone want to follow its without suspicion. Amway is one of the famous company that have a great quanlity product, food and cosmetics.


Amway is one of the biggest direct selling in the world, coming with their two products which are foods and cosmetics that working beyond innovation project on 2012. The US-based company signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Tuesday with the state-run Korea Health Industry Development Institute and the Foundation of Agriculture Tech Commercialization & Transfer. Catherine Ehrenberger and Robin Dykhouse, said that Amway choose Korea as the first country for the ambitious project in deliberation of the country's powerful scientific communities and respect of intellectual property rights. "Presently, we are checking on the possibility of commercialization with some Korea technologies for example, skin improvement technology, weight management technologies, woman's health relating technology and stem cell platform technology for health functional food, cosmetic and skin devices," they said. We are targeting more than two products in three years and we expect $60 millions per year at the maximum. The two seniors officials accurately known that Korea is ample in leading-edge technologies thanks for the increase of venture start-ups under the previous Kim Dae-jung administration. "It is a big business at the end of 1990s in Korea and many technologies have been improved from that time. Essentially, they are nearly complete now, " they said. However, the present Korea market is not enough to respond the customers. For this reason, many small R&D companies have been bankrupted even though they have a great qualities. The Open Innovation Project is a big point for U.S. companies in Asia's forth biggest economy as Amy Jackson, the president of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) in Korea. "The MOU signing is a strong combination between Amway and government Amway investment in Korea support as an excellent model of cooperation and success between foreign invested companies and Korean companies," he said. The AMCHAM is very happy for MOU signing event. We praise such efforts and we embolden other companies to follow this sample. This is not the first time for Amway to do this investment in Korea as a world big opened its Asian logistic hub in Busan. The Amway Asia Logistics hub is the company's third distribution center following its head office in Ada, Michigan and its European center located in the Netherlands The Busan hub is manage to handle an annual volume of 8,000 TUE, or twenty-foot equivalent units, of cargo. This number approximately 1 trillion won ( $843 million ) worth of cargo. More infomation
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2010/06/123_68168.html

After I read this news, I appreciate that Korea made a lot of progress in last few years. Not only Korea improves at high-technology but also entertainment, policy, and transportation. To sum up, Korea are good at foods and health products which there government loves to support this. Unlike some contries make too much effort on transportation. Korea now can be the good role model for other countries. This news make me know that every countries pay attention about this progress. korea is a good example country that every devoloping country should learn and follow their good steps.

Goodbye WIPI, Hello iPhone

I choose to write about the telecommunications because there are lots of competition in Korea which are very huge companies that want to create thier own product to promote to the market. such as Samsang. We are the customer that want to find our best product to fit our regular styles and all the telecommunication companies and still get confuse which one is suit our live style , so I want this news to inform you that how did the telecommunication support our live between WIPI and Iphone then you can make a better decision.

After the depression months, Korean telecommunication regulator declared a local software standard mandated for data-enabled mobile phone which called WIPI. The decision will bring an end to the dreadful stand by Korean gadget lover of Iphone, Apple's the newest version product that rock the world, KTF and SK are the wireless carrier that allowed to liberate the handset in next spring. Following a long discuss, Commissioners of Korea communications Commission (KCC) Wednesday harmonized to retire the homemade standard specifications on April 1 next year, which lifting a trade obstacle for foreign electronics creators like Apple and Nokia.
Mobile-phone operators have been imposed to use the WIPI mobile dais on their handset, but in view of world industry trends toword the use of the general purpose mobile operating systems, there was a need to allow carriers the freedom to decide to use WIPI or not, said the director of KCC's policy bureau ,Shin Yong-sub "Buyer will be able to choose from a wider type of products and benefit from increased price contest from handset creators, " he said.
Presently, about 86 percent used in Korea are WIPI-enabled. The KCC had discussed to phase out the WIPI requirement over six months or a year, but the idea was turned down with commissioners concluding that mobile carriers wouldn't be able to supplant their WIPI-based service. The decision to restore the WIPI requirements is await to renew competition in the local handset market, which has rule by Samsung and LG. Mobile phone operators had been aggressively attractive with foreign handset creators to transform handset offering. SK telecom control more than 50 percent of wireless people in Korea and offering HTC, Blaackberry, RIM in the end of the year. Nokia is one of the choice to be release in middle of next year. SK telecom is interest in to select Iphone to its lineup, the company has less pushing than KTF, which had benn putting up a strong challenge again the 3G market. Both mobile phone operators are declaring to comment on they safe an engagement from Apple and a price is the reason for Iphone to delay the much-maligned WIPI. WIPI is program to fit with JAVA application and Brew, then used by KTF and LG telecom but the software standard was blamed to prevent the entering the local market with foreign creators that dither to release WIPI-enabled to used just in Korea. The industry investigators believe in the increased of forign mobile phone may harden the supermacy of SK telecom and KTF. Differrent SK and KTF using WCDMA for 3G service, LG telecom is one of the few world carriers to use CDMA-EV-DO Revision to give mobile data service. "The abonliton of WIPI will allow SK telecom and KTF release Iphone and the other quality product from foreign creators, which will help them boost average revenue per user (ARPU)during increased mobile data sales, "said Stan Jung, an investigator from Woori Investment and Securities. For more information follow this link

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/04/133_35873.html


This news make me fall behind with the mobile phone technology because in my country, Thailand did not have great mobile phone creators like Korea. On the other hand, Korea are very good at technology, SK telecom and KTF are the mothers of telecommunication service in Korea, Which going to use WCDMA to serve their customers like the LG telecom that use CDMA-EV-DO aswell. I wonder if WIPI-enabled are out of league and Iphone are welling to give everyone to use their mobile phone in a lower price, what will happen to the other brand's products.

Ugly stars bounce back too easily

Nowaday, I cannot disagree that entertrainers are strongly influence to people lives and behaviors because their are on televison, radio, and internet.However, celebrities's today are become famous not because thier hit movies, music, or dramas ,but because their negativenews such as violence and sexual content which always happened on the newspapers and gossip websites. I choose this news because these super stars are the idol of many teenagers. Some teenagers do not know what are the right or wrong things to do so, I think these celebritiies should be the good role model for their fans and other teenagers.

Recently, kwon Sang-woo, one of the famous entertainer, igored and denied rumours of drunk driving. It was the lastest of law breaking by top star. He is also relate to case about outrage whice now during investigation. The truth that he want to hide is not a longer secrect and he is in the extremy bad situation now. Many singers, actors, and comedian busted in many cases such as drunken driving, drug use,and plagiarism ,but many of them return to the simple lives without get punishment. Move on to another popular actor Choi Cheol-ho, who earned his name by a series of mega-hit dramas. He is also disappointed his fans after his assault on an actress on the street was caught by a s camera last month. Plagiarism is also another problem,A very famous singer and sexy star, Lee Hyo-ri admitted last month that many songs from her fourth album were copied from other songs.


After I read this article,I feel extremely depressing. This terrible things should not be done, especially by the public entertrainers. I cannot imagine if people are think these things are the right things and do these to other people. I can see that many of my friends are enjoy dressing and acting like their favorite actors, so I think entertrainers should stop being the bad role model before everythings too late.

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/07/113_70503.html

Entertainment Industry Trapped in Exhibitionism

What do you think about the entertainment? I think about technology with a high performance. In Korea is very popular in entertainment and their ideas make people attract them.I choose this news because entertainment have influences in every ages but more in teenagers which glowing in days. Some of the entertainer also want to captivate their fans aswell. No just make fun but have to behave in a very suitable ways that everybody can accept.

In 1967, Yoon Bok-hee a legendary singer had worn a miniskirt on TV show. She was branded of a public enemy who want to destroy a korean culture. In April 1973, barmaid was in the jail because of worn a sport wear with exposed more than 20 centimetres of flesh above her knee.

Miniskirt had gone out for a while and its back with itself debater. The debate focus on entertainers, in thier sexually expilcit performances, which some criminologists claim have to do with an increasing number of sex crimes, speccailly on young generetion. Park Hyung-sin was shocked after watching a music video on television with her son. It was a popular girl gang's hit song, show a teen couple, scanlity clad, kissing and touching each other in bed and they were naked at the end. G-Dragon, the Bigbang leader had faced change for a sexually charged performances during a concert with full of his fans and they all teenagers, in last year concert G-Dragon had performed pseudu-sexual act on a bed with a girl dancer on stage, with a breathing and mouning's sexy sound.

After I read this story I feel strongly efftect to teenagers because they are easy go and if the entertainers show a bad action, it is means that every teenager will follow. Some of the entertainers did not think about this effect that will follow later and they will find it hard to fix after to happen. for more information follow this link

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/03/117_59944.html