1. Ji-A RYU 2. title: the interaction between the leader and economy and the possibility of human-oriented globalization 3. Obama was elected as a president of US. Experts are anticipating what would change. This news article shows one of the aspects of the changes, especially in economy. He seems to have the attitude for the protection of US in global economy whereas Bush stressed the liberalism and deregulation in economy before. When I read this article, the leader in a particular country is very important because the leader can make a big difference of a country, actually not a country, but many countries when it comes to US as a powerful nation in the world. Also, I heard Obama can be elected as a president owing to the bad situation of economy. Blaming Bush administration for this economic situation, people selected Obama. In this context, can we say economy chooses the leader as the leader choose the economic policy? In the middle of the news article, one of the experts said human-oriented globalization. well, almost every globalization that I have seen is not human-oriented at all. It is dominated by the principle of the law of the jungle. I hope it is good to have a chance to think if the human-oriented globalization can happen. I think it rather maybe American-people-oriented globalization.
Korea should be prepared for more trade disputes with the U.S. after President-elect Barack Obama takes office in January, as he will seek ``fair trade" instead of free trade, a local think tank said Friday.
The National Assembly Research Service forecast that the next U.S. administration is likely to press the Korean government to meet higher standards in labor, environmental and intellectual property rights.
In a report titled ``The Obama Presidency and its Implications for Korea,'' the think tank also predicted there would be a retreat to neo-liberal globalization in the U.S. under his presidency.
``Obama is likely to seek government intervention to heal the ailing U.S. economy, and it could lead to tensions with U.S. businesses,'' the report said.
``Given his speeches and campaign pledges, it is fair to conclude that the President-elect will try to fix the negative fallouts of globalization, such as the widening income gap between upper- and lower-income families and losses of American jobs,'' it said.
Obama said in June that ``not only is it impossible to turn back the tide of globalization, but efforts to do so can make us worse off.''
He acknowledged the role of businesses in helping the economy, saying that ``it was the private sector that helped turn lumber into the wagons that sent this country west, that built the tanks that faced down fascism, and that turned out the automobiles that were the cornerstone of America's manufacturing boom.''
He put an emphasis on the role of government as well, however.
``But at critical moments of transition like this one, success has also depended on national leadership that moved the country forward with confidence and a common purpose,'' he said.
As for the nature of globalization, Prof. Charles K. Armstrong of Columbia University in New York expressed a similar view in an interview with The Korea Times this week.
``Free trade oriented globalization is benefiting only a small number of people and there will be a retreat of this type from globalization,'' he said.
Armstrong also said human-oriented globalization will replace neo-liberal globalization.
The Assembly think tank proposed that the government reconsider its deregulation-oriented policy and seek to control the negative effects of the financial market, hit hard by the global financial crisis.
``The role of government will be increased in the U.S. and Europe, as well with the massive government-led bailout plans. In the U.S., the Obama administration is highly likely to strengthen regulation on financial derivatives as well as mortgages,'' the report said.
It advised the government to find ways to control the negative effects of deregulating financial products, saying the government was going in the opposite direction governments in Europe and North America have taken.
2. Title: Low Birth Rate Due to Child Raising Environment
3. I really agreed people's reply in this article. As a woman, I understand how hard it is to manage both the work and raising children. (However, I hope to get several children if I get married. )
These kinds of discussions about aging society and low birth late have been argued for a long time as far as I know. I think this is severe social matter which is related to our society's future, but nobody makes wise solutions. First of all, I think this matter is deeply connected with the education. We Koreans think that giving good education is a duty of parents. Koreans are really passionate to educate their children. However, as time goes by, the cost for caring children becomes higher and most part of it is education fee. Therefore, people mind having children.
I do not know why education is so important and is related with many social problems. For a good education, people moves to several area such as Gang-nam in Seoul, which makes the house price expensive. People want to move another country for children's university, and even some families are scattered for children's education.
I think education is a key to solve social matter in Korea, and for that we should understand people's point of view and expectations about education.
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The country's average birth rate is 1-point-2-6 children per woman putting Korea among the world's countries with the lowest rate. It is well known that the situation can cause huge problems down the road such as a reduced work force amid an aging society and that this can eventually undermine national competitiveness. Making matters worse, an ever-growing number of youngsters is found to be shunning the idea of giving birth. A survey conducted by Seoul City on university students revealed that only 50 percent believed giving birth is a must when one gets married. The reason " I've been hearing a lot about how tough it is to juggle a career and child-raising. It sounds so hard."
"I think many can't afford to start a family because of the huge costs of education and raising a child."
But on the other hand, a majority said they would consider having more than two children if the conditions improved. Experts say improving the conditions is the key to lifting the sagging birth rate. To address the issue, Seoul City hosted a workshop in which college students produced some novel ideas. One idea involved childcare by senior citizens to ease the burden of childcare while at the same time offering a source of income for the elderly. The city aims to reflect such ideas in developing its policies to tackle the low birth rate. Park Jonghong, Arirang News.
1.sohyun Chun 2.2 explosions in northern Baghdad kill at least 28
3. This kind of smaill war and terrorist attack is still going on in middle east, and it is so sad to hear the news. I know that the new governemnt of U.S wants to make the world peaceful by having conversation with middle east countries, and to promoote development of the third world country.
I really hope these dreams and goals of Obama's governement can be achieved by them. Also, I want to know what other global governance institution can do in order to solve these kind of issues and to stop wars that are going around the world.
Terrors and wars should be stopped, because it harms innocent people and children. ------------------------- BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber struck Monday in a crowd gathered at the site of an explosion that moments earlier had damaged a bus filled with schoolgirls, with both blasts killing at least 28 people and wounding 68 others, authorities said.
Also Monday, a female suicide bomber attacked a security checkpoint in downtown Baqouba, killing five people including a local leader of Sunni group opposed to al-Qaida, police said. Fifteen other people were wounded in that explosion, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.
The twin blasts — the deadliest in Baghdad in months — occurred during the morning rush hour in the mostly Shiite Kasrah section of Azamiyah neighborhood in the northern part of the Iraqi capital. They shattered storefronts along a crowded street and set fire to more than a dozen cars.
Police said the first explosion damaged a minibus carrying young girls. ---------------- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081110/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq
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4 comments:
1. Ji-A RYU
2. title: the interaction between the leader and economy and the possibility of human-oriented globalization
3. Obama was elected as a president of US. Experts are anticipating what would change. This news article shows one of the aspects of the changes, especially in economy. He seems to have the attitude for the protection of US in global economy whereas Bush stressed the liberalism and deregulation in economy before. When I read this article, the leader in a particular country is very important because the leader can make a big difference of a country, actually not a country, but many countries when it comes to US as a powerful nation in the world. Also, I heard Obama can be elected as a president owing to the bad situation of economy. Blaming Bush administration for this economic situation, people selected Obama. In this context, can we say economy chooses the leader as the leader choose the economic policy?
In the middle of the news article, one of the experts said human-oriented globalization. well, almost every globalization that I have seen is not human-oriented at all. It is dominated by the principle of the law of the jungle. I hope it is good to have a chance to think if the human-oriented globalization can happen. I think it rather maybe American-people-oriented globalization.
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11-07-2008 16:18
'Obama Seeks Fair Trade, Not Free Trade'
By Kang Hyun-kyung
Staff Reporter
Korea should be prepared for more trade disputes with the U.S. after President-elect Barack Obama takes office in January, as he will seek ``fair trade" instead of free trade, a local think tank said Friday.
The National Assembly Research Service forecast that the next U.S. administration is likely to press the Korean government to meet higher standards in labor, environmental and intellectual property rights.
In a report titled ``The Obama Presidency and its Implications for Korea,'' the think tank also predicted there would be a retreat to neo-liberal globalization in the U.S. under his presidency.
``Obama is likely to seek government intervention to heal the ailing U.S. economy, and it could lead to tensions with U.S. businesses,'' the report said.
``Given his speeches and campaign pledges, it is fair to conclude that the President-elect will try to fix the negative fallouts of globalization, such as the widening income gap between upper- and lower-income families and losses of American jobs,'' it said.
Obama said in June that ``not only is it impossible to turn back the tide of globalization, but efforts to do so can make us worse off.''
He acknowledged the role of businesses in helping the economy, saying that ``it was the private sector that helped turn lumber into the wagons that sent this country west, that built the tanks that faced down fascism, and that turned out the automobiles that were the cornerstone of America's manufacturing boom.''
He put an emphasis on the role of government as well, however.
``But at critical moments of transition like this one, success has also depended on national leadership that moved the country forward with confidence and a common purpose,'' he said.
As for the nature of globalization, Prof. Charles K. Armstrong of Columbia University in New York expressed a similar view in an interview with The Korea Times this week.
``Free trade oriented globalization is benefiting only a small number of people and there will be a retreat of this type from globalization,'' he said.
Armstrong also said human-oriented globalization will replace neo-liberal globalization.
The Assembly think tank proposed that the government reconsider its deregulation-oriented policy and seek to control the negative effects of the financial market, hit hard by the global financial crisis.
``The role of government will be increased in the U.S. and Europe, as well with the massive government-led bailout plans. In the U.S., the Obama administration is highly likely to strengthen regulation on financial derivatives as well as mortgages,'' the report said.
It advised the government to find ways to control the negative effects of deregulating financial products, saying the government was going in the opposite direction governments in Europe and North America have taken.
hkang@koreatimes.co.kr
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/11/116_34031.html
1. Gowoon JUNG
2. Title: Low Birth Rate Due to Child Raising Environment
3. I really agreed people's reply in this article. As a woman, I understand how hard it is to manage both the work and raising children. (However, I hope to get several children if I get married.
)
These kinds of discussions about aging society and low birth late have been argued for a long time as far as I know. I think this is severe social matter which is related to our society's future, but nobody makes wise solutions. First of all, I think this matter is deeply connected with the education. We Koreans think that giving good education is a duty of parents. Koreans are really passionate to educate their children. However, as time goes by, the cost for caring children becomes higher and most part of it is education fee.
Therefore, people mind having children.
I do not know why education is so important and is related with many social problems. For a good education, people moves to several area such as Gang-nam in Seoul, which makes the house price expensive. People want to move another country for children's university, and even some families are scattered for children's education.
I think education is a key to solve social matter in Korea, and for that we should understand people's point of view and expectations about education.
----------------------
The country's average birth rate is 1-point-2-6 children per woman putting Korea among the world's countries with the lowest rate.
It is well known that the situation can cause huge problems down the road such as a reduced work force amid an aging society and that this can eventually undermine national competitiveness.
Making matters worse, an ever-growing number of youngsters is found to be shunning the idea of giving birth.
A survey conducted by Seoul City on university students revealed that only 50 percent believed giving birth is a must when one gets married.
The reason " I've been hearing a lot about how tough it is to juggle a career and child-raising. It sounds so hard."
"I think many can't afford to start a family because of the huge costs of education and raising a child."
But on the other hand, a majority said they would consider having more than two children if the conditions improved.
Experts say improving the conditions is the key to lifting the sagging birth rate.
To address the issue, Seoul City hosted a workshop in which college students produced some novel ideas.
One idea involved childcare by senior citizens to ease the burden of childcare while at the same time offering a source of income for the elderly.
The city aims to reflect such ideas in developing its policies to tackle the low birth rate.
Park Jonghong, Arirang News.
NOV 09, 2008
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http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=84808&code=Ne2&category=2
1.sohyun Chun
2.2 explosions in northern Baghdad kill at least 28
3.
This kind of smaill war and terrorist
attack is still going on in middle
east, and it is so sad to hear the news.
I know that the new governemnt of
U.S wants to make the world peaceful by having conversation with middle east countries, and
to promoote development of the
third world country.
I really hope these dreams and
goals of Obama's governement can
be achieved by them. Also,
I want to know what other global governance institution can do
in order to solve these kind of
issues and to stop wars that
are going around the world.
Terrors and wars should be stopped,
because it harms innocent people
and children.
-------------------------
BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber struck Monday in a crowd gathered at the site of an explosion that moments earlier had damaged a bus filled with schoolgirls, with both blasts killing at least 28 people and wounding 68 others, authorities said.
Also Monday, a female suicide bomber attacked a security checkpoint in downtown Baqouba, killing five people including a local leader of Sunni group opposed to al-Qaida, police said. Fifteen other people were wounded in that explosion, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.
The twin blasts — the deadliest in Baghdad in months — occurred during the morning rush hour in the mostly Shiite Kasrah section of Azamiyah neighborhood in the northern part of the Iraqi capital. They shattered storefronts along a crowded street and set fire to more than a dozen cars.
Police said the first explosion damaged a minibus carrying young girls.
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