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Vol.XDII No.492 MAY, 2011
Number!
[24-27p]Interview with Actor Gong Hyeong-jin
New page!
[Depth news story]Campus Special(10-13p)
Special(20-23p)
[Interview]Campus Interview(14p)
Interview(24-27p)
[Interpretative story]Campus Voice(15-17p)
Voice(28-29p)
[Professional]Professional(30-32p)
[Gossip]Gossip(34-35p)
[24-27p]Kim Sung Ju, walking on a rugged road [10-13p]Nature or Nurture on first impressions?
welcoming new challenges
CHUNG-ANG University, Seoul & Anseong, Korea
EDITORIAL
Wisdom of Number
Contents
Vol.XDII No.492 MAY, 2011
By Kim Seo-ra Editor
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[email protected]
What does each of these lines of numbers have in common?
The line. The first row’s 1, 4, and 7 are composed of straight lines
and Second row’s 2, and 5 are composed of straight and curve lines. And
the third row’s 3, 6, 8, 9, 0 are composed of only curve lines. This way,
numbers are consisted of straight only, curve only or both.
May is the month of family. Korean movie, <Family Ties> is a famous
family movie even though it was released in 2006. In this movie, the
family looks like numbers. Main character Chae-hyeon is her mother’s exhusband’s ex-wife’s daughter. She has two mothers because her mother
married a man over 20 years younger than her. His sister is Chae-hyeon’s
other mother. Chae-hyeon’s boyfriend Kyung-suk is a son between his
mother and a flirtatious married man. There is another character Sunkyung who is his half sister. Different environment, different personality,
and different blood people became a family. In this process, characters
have to tolerate each others differences. This movie suggests a new
concept about family. It’s Love. Not blood, law or system of society.
Recently, contrast to traditional family form, new types of families
are increasing. Grandparents and grandchildren family, single parent
family, and acquired family like community within live alone the old, the
handicapped and North Korea defected teenagers.
Even though connected with blood and law, many unfortunate families exist. Another Korean movie from 2009, <Breathless> shows us the family
just connected with blood, not love. Because of father’s violence, main character Sang-hoon’s mother and sister died. After grown-up, he became a
gangster. Another main character Yeon-hee is also victim of the family violence. Her father is a dotard who is a Vietnam War veteran and her brother is a
bully. Even her mother was dead as a result of the gangster’s violence. Finally, despite each other’s hurt from the family, they open mind, ease sadness and
rely on each other. The new family appears.
Family concord is not just given but gotten by effort which form the family is. From the number’s wisdom, tolerance admitting the difference makes
more various and organized society.
CAU News 04
special
International flow of curing children 20
in cau 06
Interview
out cau 08
Kim Sung Ju 24
1+1 not only is 2, but also is 3 or anything while Living our Lives 26
Campus special
voice
Nature or Nurture on first impressions? 10
The Poor Working Conditions of Official Workers 28
Is the best comment the best? 29
Campus Interview
I didn’t want to be one of them 14
Professional
Mysterious Force of nature, Phytoncide 30
campus voice
How to Relieve the Burden of Book Expenses? 15
Too Hard to Exercise in Campus! 16
Student Club Rooms Gone Bad 17
PUZZle 33
Gossip 34
Photo story 18
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CAU News
CAU News
CAU News May 2011
‘Professor Kown’ concluded order of
‘San-su’ musical project
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AU professor Kwon Byung-woong(Graduate school of
Art) won contest exhibition about ‘San-su’(mountain and
water) musical production held by the South Jeolla. This
success led to conclude 7 hundred billion-scale order
with CAU industrial-industrial cooperation team. This
program, ‘San-su musical production plan’, is to produce
culture contents with utilizing culture amenity of this area.
What’s notable feature of this enterprise is it’s for creating
‘Digilog-style musical scenery art’ based on technology
of performance&filming and computerized tomography
technology. The invested budget for this enterprise is about
fifty thousand million, which is the largest scale in field of
performing art and is from center and local government
expense and civil capital. As CAU won a contract, CAU will
realize master plan of Korean-style ‘San-su musical’.
Project ‘San-su musical’ is ambitiously pushed by
the Yungam-gun to make the masterpiece which will be
equivalent to world famous musical, ‘impression series’ that
is made by Jang-ye-mo, Chinese director. The first opening
is planned in 2012. The scale of this project is so amazing.
The location of ‘San-su musical’ is surrounded by ‘Wol-
chul-san’ national park and the stage is on the ‘Sa-ja’ reservoir. Concept
of this art is harmony of modernity and tradition. This huge project is
planned and expected to improve brand of Korea.
CAU’s new record in QS world university
valuation
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AU was firstly ranked in group of 151~200th in civil
engineering field. KAIST was 48th, SNU was in group of
51~100th and KU and YSU were in group of 101~150th.
SKKU and HYU were in same group of CAU. World
universities are valued by valuation in the academy, reputation after
graduation and how many a professor’s theses were quoted. CAU had
strong point especially in the last standard, achievement of professors.
The valuation in the academy is done by asking the question, “Which
universities are the best in your study field? Please suggest 10 domestic
and 30 international uinversities”, to 15,000 scholars in all over world.
The degree of reputation is based on interviews with 5000 enterprisers
in all throughout world. Sin Jae-young, a representative of valuation team
in CAU, said “This new record will strengthen the competitive power of
CAU’s innovative enterprises”
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Rank
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5
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51~100
101~150
151~200
University
MIT
Stanford
Cambridge
UC Berkeley
London Imperial
Oxford
Singapore National
Tokyo
Caltech
ETH
KAIST
SNU
KU, YSU
SKKU, CAU, HYU
New building of College of Pharmacy and
R & D Center will be completed on May
T
he construction for College of Pharmacy and R & D
Center that started in November 2008 is currently(4/10)
92 percent completed. This building is scheduled for
completion on May 2011 and will be utilized from second
sem ester. This construction is the main
innovation in new constructions(dormitory,
building for professors, new hospital building)
in CAU, which will occupy 25% of campus.
It will be 11 floors, 4 basement floors and
total floor area 38,360m2 in size. College of
Pharmacy (classrooms, Adv, experimental
laboratory, etc.), and R & D centers and
convenience facilities will move in this new
building. In addition, on the 1st basement
floor, restaurants, bookstores, shops and
other facilities are planned to be moved in
to promote the convenience of the students.
After the College of Pharmacy and R & D
Center is constructed, it is expected to solve
the problem of space-insufficiency of Seoul
campus. Meanwhile, the existing College of
Pharmacy (103) building will have internal and
external remodeling. This building will be used
mainly for class but the plan can be changed
up to the discussion about college of nursing
science to be incorporated. The donation for funding is on-going and
the name of contributor will be marked on class, desk, library and so on.
Scenery and map of CAU will be changed after completion of the College
of Pharmacy and R & D Center construction.
(Female)Student council was launched
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On March 29th and 30th, the election for a (female)
student council was held and both of them get confirmed
as representatives. Although a single candidate running
for election, a turnout of voters was beyond the 50
percent, which is quorum for being confirmed as a student leader.
The catchphrase of student council was ‘Hello’ and their main
pledge were 1)making public a registration fee, 2)solving the problem
of student dwelling, 3)expanding a scholarship, 4)alleviating the
competition during application for class. Meanwhile, female student
council put up a sign, “solidarity” and main pledge were 1)criticizing
over intervention of enterprise, 2)solving the problem of irregular
job in CAU, 3)fixing the female lounge, 4)running shuttle bus service
in night during exam season. The total number of voters was 13,700,
which is 4000 more than last fall election that canceled because of low
participation. ‘Bidaewi’ carried out various activities like prize event
to promote participation. In the election, electronic voting system was
carried out for the first time. The election was ran by the intranet to
ensure the identity of students in front of your polling place and then
installed in the computer polls to vote. There have been some errors after
election when it was run by people but in this election, it was not needed
more than an hour to confirm the result and there were no errors.
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IN CAU
IN CAU
Academic Calendar
MAY, 2011
Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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■Children's Day
CAU Human Resources
Development Center
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AU Human Resourc es Development Center operates formal
subject of employment and many other employment programs,
distinguishing between the lower grades and the upper grades,
to help career decision making for students and improvement
of employment competitiveness. It is this department that supports various
programs such as job search, special lecture of employment, and career
development to improve employability of individuals.
Employment training programs.
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■Parents' Day
15
16
■Teacher's Day
■Graduation
Thesis
Submission
Period
(~ May 20)
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23
10
11
■Buddha's
Birthday
■Adoption Day
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19
20
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25
26
27
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■LUCAUS
■LUCAUS
■LUCAUS
■Anniversary
of the 5·18
Gwangju
Democratization
Movement
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■Application
Period for
Double Major
(~ Jun 3)
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3. Special lecture of employment / Employment academy / English
resume & Interview class
■ Special lecture of employment : It is a programs that improve
employability by understanding recruitment model and by acquiring
recruitment information of each business.
■ Employment academy : In time of open recruitment for job candidates,
CAU Human Resources Development Center provides programs
in which job candidate can experience the interview process. Also
for the lower grades and the upper grades CAU Human Resources
Development Center provides intensive training programs that conduct
a courtesy training such as career exploration and decision, a letter of
self-introduction, resume, image making, interviewing, presentation
skills, individual career counseling.
■ English resume & Interview class : It is intensive training programs that
improve ability of English interview and technical writing of foreign
enterprises resume. Also it works with only a small number of selected
students and native speaker.
1. Operating formal subject of employment
In order to introduce students to set self-improvement goals and
establish a plan through understanding of the world of work and career
exploration CAU Human Resources Development Center invites career
coaches and the chief of the personnel department of many companies.
Also it teaches understanding of the job market and detailed recruitment
task in the form of special lecture.
■ Job competency development
■ Special lecture on CEO of small and medium-sized businesses success
4. Job fair / Presentation of business recruitment
■ Job fair (every year in early September) : It is a big scale employment
■ Career development and leadership of female students
event that invites different recruitment departments to campus so
students can obtain information on which company to choose.
2. Career development programs
■ Domestic internship : Through internship programs in domestic ■ Presentation of business recruitment : It is a program that invites chief
businesses or organizations, students can experience organizational
of recruitment department to offer recruitment information of each
culture and develop career skills to increase their employability.
business and counsel on the spot.
● Regular semester (Major 15 credits/Name of credit: industrialeducational cooperation) : CAU Human Resources Development 5. Job counseling
Center provides career development programs so students enrolled ■ Resume/ a letter of self-introduction clinic : From full time consultant
in school can do domestic internships for more than four months
through 1:1 coaching clinic, students can improve technical writing of
receiving major credit while in school.
resume/ a letter of self-introduction
● Summer/winter session(Elective subject 2 credits/Name of credit: ■ Employment mentoring : From alumnus CEO, chief of the personnel
field studies) : For 1-2 months during summer/ winter vacation or leave
department or senior employment, students can acquire practical knowof absence, students can acquire field knowledge and improve business
how and receive personal direction.
■ Employment recommendation : When businesses request employment
adaptability in businesses or organizations.
■ Foreign internship : Through internship programs in foreign
recommendation, CAU Human Resources Development Center
cooperation businesses or organizations, students can enhance skills of
operates employment recommendation system considering language
foreign language communication, foreign corporate culture and improve
skills, participation experience of employment program, and
global perspective, cosmopolitan outlook.
employment readiness.
● Regular semester (Major 15 credits/Name of credit: industrialeducational cooperation) : CAU Human Resources Development 6. Career development test / Practice examination of vocation and
Center provides career development programs so students enrolled in aptitude test
school and do foreign internships for more than four months receiving
For the lower grades CAU Human Resources Development Center
major credit while in school.
conducts career development test and for the upper grades CAU Human
● Summer/winter session(Elective subject 2 credits/Name of credit: Resources Development Center conducts a practice examination of
field studies) : For 1-2 months during summer/ winter vacation, vocation and aptitude test of higher preference enterprise. Also it helps
students can build a career in a short period of time in business or with examination fees.
organization approving 2 elective subject credits.
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OUT CAU
OUT CAU
Tennessee Tech University
O
ver view
Tennessee Tech University is a partner university of ChungAng University. TTU is one of the nation's 50 "Best Value"
public universities according to The Princeton Review. TTU
has been named one of America's 100 Best College Buys for several years
in a row as one of the nation's best college educations for the cost. USNews
& World Report has chosen TTU as one of the Top Public Schools in the
South on multiple occasions, and the University has been chosen as a "Best
Southeastern College" by The Princeton Review for several years.
Feature of Location
■Cookville Tennessee US
■Cookville is one and a half hour away from Nashville, the capital city of
Tennessee. It has a beautiful and superb natural landscape. The scenery
around the university is like suburban area of Korea.
■15hours later than Korea (14h later during summertime)
■Because Cookville is inland area of south eastern US, it’s not so cold until
December and has quite big daily temperature range. Climate is similar
to Korea’s.
■ Most of citizens are white and there are fewer Koreans.
■ International airport is in Nashville and the public transportation is not
convenient. You can ask ‘pick up’ to TTU ($80 per a person) or use ‘call
ban’ ($90~100).
■Rental House
• Cost: $350~$400 - cheaper than dorm and other state’s rental fee.
• In most cases, students get information on bulletin board during
vacation. (so it’s hard to get rental house in first semester if you’re not
already at TTU)
• Because houses are located sparsely, not like Korea, students
sometimes need car to commute.
• You can cook by yourself and use your own accommodation.
Other facilities
■Gym – Swimming pool, Basketball court, Squash court, Track and so on
– is free to use when you bring student ID card. If you have insurance,
it’s free to get medical treatment.
■Grocery Shopping: Wallmart, Kroger, H-mart (online Korean market)
■Shuttle bus (CATS) for bank, Wallmart, theater, cafeteria and almost
everywhere near TTU.
Credit in TTU
■ Minimum credit: 12 – whichever you choose
■ Tuition fee is depends on credit hours.
■ In case of major subjects, there’re sometimes additional experimental
classes.
■ You can change the subjects you applied for during correction period.
■ Every subject has preceding subjects.
■ Students may contract the office of ISA and TTU will contact the
advisor for the student so the advisor can recommend some course to
the student before they arrive.
■ Students may resister online prior to going to TTU.
■ You must create a ‘Pin number’ – without it, you cannot resister.
■ You will get an email about registration of course before going to TTU.
Documents for submission
■ J1 Visa
■ A copy of passport
■ Health Record
■ Financial statement
■ CAU academic transcript in English -minimum grade: 3.5
■ Credit plan in TTU
Academic Course
■ (Application for some programs, dormitory and so on.)
■ College of Agriculture and Human Ecology
■ Official English transcript -minimum grade: IBT 79~80 / PBT 550 /
■ College of Arts and Sciences
IELTS 6.5 / TOEIC X /
■ College of Engineering
Where to live
■ College of Business
■Dormitory
■ College of Education
■ College of Nursing
• Most of rooms are ‘1 room for 2 people’
• Meal: You can choose 10 or 15 or 19 meals for a week. You should
submit ‘Meal Plan’ when paying tuition fees, then the cost will be Cost per year (12 credit)
added. ‘Meal Plan’ can be used in cafeteria (salad bar), grill (food
Tuition
$12,180
court), McDonalds in TTU and so on.
Fees
$5,800
• Cost: Rental House < TTU dorm ($600/month) < other university’s
Books and Supplies
$1,700
dorm.
Room & Board
$7,680
• Single Room - $2,330 per semester / Double Room - $1,830 per
Personal
$1,580
semester
Transportation
$2,040
• International Hall – "MS Cooper"
Loan
Fees
$20
• More info: www.tntech.edu/reslife
• Mutual exchange with foreigners is so active and it’s good for making
friends.
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CAU Interview with
Charles Long from US
P
lease introduce yourself.
You are a student of CAU as well as TTU. What are the differences
Hello! I am Charles Long from Tennessee Tech University between them from the viewpoint of class atmosphere, student
in U.S. I am a 21 year old (23Korean age), 4th year mechanical culture and dream, life style and so on?
engineering major, studying at CAU for two semesters.
The differences between TTU and CAU are too many to count. The
central difference is the location. Choong-Ang is located in Seoul which is a
During last semester and vacation, what were the best and the worst huge city with many activities but the location of TTU is rural area. So we
(or the most difficult) experiences as an exchange student in Korea? rarely go out.
The attitude of students is also different, in our classes if everyone does
Without a doubt, the best thing about Korea is meeting Korean people
and making strong friendships. My Korean friends have been so friendly exceptionally well, then everyone can receive an A. I feel that this makes
to me showing me many places of Seoul and taking me places to eat. I’ve students more relaxed and less competitive with our fellow students about
really enjoyed meeting everyone I met in Korea. I’m sure that whenever in grades. The way we spend our free time is also much different, as there is
almost no place to go out with friends, we spend time in campus playing
my life I visit Korea, I will feel welcomed.
At our school(TTU) students are free to enter and leave the dormitory sports together or we go to friend’s apartment and eating or drinking
at any time of the day or night. Also visitors of both sexes are allowed to together. However, about 95% of students have their own car, so we
visit friends in the dorm. So with rules such as the doors locking at 1am, we occasionally will plan trips together.
Other than that we’re just similar people with similar goals and
feel like the regulations at CAU are too strict and inconvenient.
ambitions, everyone strives for good grades, and strong friendships, we
According to the internet news(Sae-gae news 2011.1.26), Tennessee
hope for a good job in the future, and we enjoy spending time with our
Tech University has very good reputation and has been selected as
family and friends.
the best Tech university in southern US for 6year.
Are there any special reasons or motivations that made you choose
Korea, especially CAU as your abroad study?
Many CAU students want to study abroad through the exchange
student program. Could you suggest some advices or tips for CAU
students who're planning for it?
Actually my decision to come Korea took several months. In my second
year at TTU my roommate was a Korean exchange student, Kim Se-yun.
We spent much time together throughout the semester and became very
good friends. He often told me about his country and I found everything
fascinating. Therefore I was extremely delighted when he invited me to stay
with his family for 1 month in the following summer! I had a wonderful
time staying in Seoul with his family. The following year at TTU I made
friends with all of the new Korean exchange students; it was at this time I
began considering study in abroad. After looking into information about
many schools I chose CAU because of the strong relationship it is building
with TTU, I think it was an excellent decision.
Well, first I would like to say that I recommend studying abroad to
anyone whom it seems interesting. It is a fantastic experience that will
certainly change your life. For someone coming to the U.S.A. it is important
to know what you want to do. If you like the action of a large city you
shouldn't come to Tennessee, however if you like just meeting people and
spending time with friends a school like mine can be very nice and much
less expensive. If you want to meet many other Korean and multicultural
students somewhere like California may be better. The most important
thing is to always keep an open and friendly attitude, though you may meet
some unpleasant people, you also can make friends that you will have for
the rest of your life.
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Campus special
Campus special
Nature or Nurture on first
impressions?
By Kim Ji-eun Reporter
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By Seo Ji-young Reporter
[email protected]
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[email protected]
M
ost people have their ideas about what they want in a
lover. This is so-called "ideal" which represents different
tendency from individual to individual. Knowing many
celebrities through various media but as it is different
for everyone to prefer celebrities; the difference seems a little too personal.
However, there is a problem that this is defined as very personal part. Such
as among celebrities enjoying huge popularity by public as a performer,
there is the general standard in determining likes and dislikes. In other
words, in determining the ideal person to even out individual, there are
some factors to act in common. Think the factors that affect the ideal. The
factors that determine an individual's type and appearance are personality,
age, interests, religion, education, health, economic; factors were nine kinds
of skills.
There are differences in preferences by gender. A substantial portion
is the character for both males and females. The secondary portion is
appearance. This is when you choose the ideal personality and appearance is
important accounts. Thus, overall, the same rating according to the gender
ideal, but it comes as a result of the following options that can make a
difference.
When selecting appearance, overwhelmingly male prefer faces
(81%), followed by physique. Women also chose face the highest but the
proportion, about 33%, was less than that of men. Also, female pointed to
physique as secondary.
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When selecting the character, males love cute, the most ideal preference,
selected as a priority. The second is tender style. In contrast, the most ideal
Specifically, this survey is to investigate. The larger context of the survey preference of female is tender and then followed by humorous style.
include the characteristic, appearance, ability, occupation, age, etc., listed
according to the gender ideal is to examine the differences. Also, wanted to
Difference in ideal according to gender
verify the differences.
Male
Ideal preference of women
Female
and made a good impression on the girls. To describe the appearance, A
seemed to be quite gentle with white smiling face but he was a little short.
Frankly saying, B didn’t impress favorably. He wore glasses and his small
eyes seemed smaller through the glasses. He didn’t smile that much but had
a taller height than A. C had a robust physique with white skin so it gave an
impression of a white bear. On contrary D was a little tanned but seemed
to be very generous and kind to the girls. As they were all seniors in school,
they looked to have many experience of blind dates.
The first bar where we moved in right away was very dark and the
atmosphere was quite mysterious and dusky. The guys usually led the girls,
ordering some fried chicken and yogurt salad and beer. Of course they
asked whether this was okay and the girls didn’t say special just okay and
fine. Firstly, we introduced ourselves one by one; name, age, school, major
and so on. The first subject of the conversation was LASIK and LASEK
eye surgery as some girls were pretty interested in the surgery and A said
that he couldn’t drink because of the operation. C, a good joker, said that
we’ve spent a long time on just talking about the eye surgery and suggested
to move into alcohol games. The games were ones people learned from
the O.T. at the beginning of the freshman and M.T. We started with ‘Name
Game’ to learn off the new names. The following games were ‘I am
Ground’, ‘Baskin Robbins 31’, ‘The Game of Death’ and etc. Some girls
didn’t know how to play the games well, so the guy were a little frustrated,
letting game-loser girls drink a sip of beer as a penalty.
We changed our seat a little and continued games, ordering 2 bottles of
Soju so the game penalty was changed into a shot of Soju. As time went by,
about 2 hours passed, we set up the rule just speaking Korean and informal
language. If one failed to do these, he or she had to take a shot of Soju.
Then it was changing partner time by the way that the girls selected items
of the guys. The items were a headphone, a book, a phone and a bottle of
mouthwash. This showed that making couples was luck! Changing the seat
once again next to the partner, each couple were talking about their lives;
school, study, future, the bar exam and etc. The awkward atmosphere of
the beginning became natural and pleasing. The way of drinking Soju was
gentle as there weren’t ‘5 stages of Love shot’, ‘Earlobe shot’ and ‘Collarbone
shot’, the commonplace games in the group blind dates. The guys paid for
the drinks and food here.
The second place we went was brighter and noisier than the previous
one. Ordering Kiwi Soju and some sausages and barbecued pork, we
didn’t play games but instead talked a lot and ate as well, seating all guys
and girls facing one another. C joked like ‘Are we here to eat? Why are
you having a dinner here?’ Spending about an hour there, we finished this
date and women paid the second place. At the end before
saying goodbye to others, four of us exchanged our phone
numbers.
The group meeting seemed not to be the place for
finding someone you like to date. There isn’t some time
to have serious and deep conversation of a couple.
Unless you are outstandingly handsome or pretty
so that people would be interested in you, making a
real couple seemed a little difficult. If you just want
to drink some alcohol or play games with opposite
gender, you are very suitable to this kind of the blind
date. As none of us kept in touch after the meeting,
the exchange of phone number looks unnecessary and
solely formal.
Psychological factors affecting first impressions
Ideal preference of men
Job
Appearance
Economic strength
Characteristic
Academic cliques
Religion
Health
Etcetera
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The Four to Four Blind Date
While writing an article about the first impression of the opposite sex,
some female members in CAH had a chance to have a four-to-four blind
date. So from now on, the actual blind date will be described in detail from
the point of female perspective with some explanation of general group
blind dates.
There were 8 people overall. We met in front of Kang-nam station
at 7. When we met each other, we quickly decided to go into a bar near
the station. All guys are aged 22 or 23, from the same university, studying
law. All of them have studied for a few years to pass the bar exam. Here
in order to keep the privacy men are named as A, B, C and D. There isn’t
any super handsome guy in this meeting but most of them smiled a lot
A person you meet the first time is standing in front
of you. Whether this person seems to be a swindler or
not, my behavior toward him differs. Actually, it is not
important whether he is really swindler or not. That is,
how he is shown to us determines our behavior directly.
That is the problem of forming impression. Impression
built at first tent to maintain consistency. If you have an
impression of some person once, you may disregard the
real information of that man which is not corresponded
to early impression or distorted according to initial
impression. So, first impression is very important.
Why do people have blind faith in first impression?
Social psychological factors permeate through basis of
judging stranger with first impression. First impression is
affected by psychological action such as Primacy effect,
Halo effect, Remarkability effect etc.
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1. Primacy effect
Primacy effect means information represented in advance exerts its
influence to you more than information represented later. There are Asch’s
context effect and Attention reduction hypothesis in primacy effect.
Asch’s context effect: It means that since former information shown to
us forms the context and we interpret later information given to us in this
context, Change happens in the meaning that later information has.
Attention reduction hypothesis: As former information overpowers
later information, ensuing information can’t attract us anymore. Because
when we accept information once, we don’t give our attention to accepted
information afterwards. According to this hypothesis, If people could pay
attention to all given information, there won’t be a primacy effect anymore.
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2. Prepare a decent appearance and smile.
According to static, it is says that standards of judging the other person
count outward appearance, voice, and words, in that order. Smile is the
flower of first impression. Always you should have a natural smile playing
about your lips. Look whether you just follow the trend rather than prepare
becoming hairstyle and dress or you seem nervous by narrowing your eyes
or nibbling at your nails and lips involuntarily. But above all things it is no
use doing that without cleanliness. And for men, white socks are bad for
suit pants.
3. Wait for in due course.
It is important to give a promise and visit by watching the time. If you
want to leave a courteous impression with cherishing the other person’s
time, you avoid the following day after tiring day or the time after lunch
2. Halo effect
Other properties are given the thumps-up on account of strength and time and adapt to the strange surrounding as arriving at appointed place 10
charm which certain people have. Social psychological scholars draw a minutes early. Those are the keys of a tense first meeting.
conclusion that attractive people received more favorable evaluation than
ugly people through integrated analysis of putting the various experiential 4. Be considerate of others.
results together. Although there is just no difference in consideration for
People who could attune others leave a good impression. Do you keep
others, relatively people with homely appearance are
regarded as fewer modest and more luxurious. Such a
Halo effect occurs for attractive man as well as woman.
However, when people choose spouse, they still tend
towards preferring pretty woman.
3. Remarkability effect
Other aspects of the person are also judged
negative owing to only one weakness. Notable
negative information by chance, even if those are little,
influences understanding of the other person due to
protruded remarkability. One adverse characteristic
makes an impact on formation of impression strongly
like once ex-convict has no place in society.
First impression is determined within the first 3
seconds of meeting. The reason why first impression
remains strongly is a Primacy effect, as mentioned
earlier. Then, Coverall mood of the person who
you first met would determine whether first shown
impression affects a Primacy effect or a Halo effect.
Even if you could not change your innate appearance,
it is possible that you would make allure high by adding
to other outward factors. Clue of attraction appealing
the other person has some important points except to
physical conditions.
1. Admit objective I.
You have been completely taken aback that you
feel odd by looking yourself in picture or hearing your
own voice in record tape. Now recognize these as
truth and be assessed concretely by your friends. As
well, An advisor had better counsel with positive and
developmental expression than insincere speech like
You have a pull over that guy.
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are limitations that could not include everyone's taste or preference. For
many students coming to college, in terms of starting a new relationship,
this investigation can help them greatly. After researching much scientific
and psychological analysis about good feeling that began at first sight, a
result like an amazing fact that all this just is not determined by natural
appearance. At the first meeting, it is not difficult to obtain good feeling of
5. Wait for chance to recovery.
Information presented at the beginning will have been forgotten over the other party. If you have consistent self-management options and their
time like you feel much better lighten after sleeping with awful thing to be own attractiveness as a good first impression, anyone would fall prey to
experienced. Using this Dreamer Effect principal, If you have kept your your charm to a new bond.
distance from a person who was given a bad impression about you and
would meet that person with fresh look and attitude, you could change
relationship for better for first impression effect is decreased.
pace with person walking together? Do you hold of doors when the other
person comes in? Do you hearken and empathize the other person’s talking
enough? Even in minor consideration, if you would practice these, you will
be remembered thoughtful person to others.
You may get advisors around except to above five tips. But basically, if
you try to practice above tips, you could be regarded as fascinating person
at the first brush.
Entering university most will expect to meet a boy or girl-friend.
According to Seoul National University Student Life Research Institute in
2001, the dating and sexual counseling for the students were represented
by the ratio of 14.3%. This means that the dating and relationships are
an important part. The survey began due to curiosity about how male
and female increase good feeling each other at first sight. Therefore, there
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I didn’t want to be one of them
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and so on.
ast December, there was a student at CAU who became the
youngest tax accountant in 2010. She is So-hee Jung, ‘08 in the
department of Mathematics. CAH met her and heard about
the job of a tax account, difficulties while studying, her plans
W
henever a new semester starts, the campus bookstore
is always crowed with students buying new books of
major subjects and liberal arts. It is not difficult to find
people who spend more than a hundred thousand
won. Books themselves are expensive, especially, an original books in
English which costs over thirty thousand won. In order to lessen the
book expense, students often copy entire books. We have to be aware that
copy is obviously an unlawful act so we cannot neglect the infringement
of copyright anymore. Therefore the school should discuss this matter
and introduce some solutions to relieve the burden of book expense on
students.
I heard you didn’t spend the time meaningful as a freshman.
Tell me how you were back then.
CAH
Jung To tell you the truth, I didn’t know what I wanted to be in my
first year, studying Mathematics. I loved my friends and seniors but I
didn’t think I would study further using the major of Mathematics. So I
spent meaninglessly in the first year. No special activities, no desire to do
something and even I didn’t study that hard. Then I decided to take time
off from school, searching for something to study. That was the study to be
a tax accountant.
CAH
Why did you want to be a tax accountant?
The reason why I chose to study this was I was attracted to this
job when a Math graduate told me about the occupation. It was much
more attractive to me than becoming a public servant which my parents
suggested to study. Also thinking the study of a tax accountant and an
accountant quite related to my major, I chose to study for a tax accountant
as it was necessary to obtain some credits in accounting courses in order to
be an accountant.
Jung
CAH Haven’t you thought of studying after sophomore or junior?
In fact, a lot of people are actually following this process.
Jung In university, there were numerous people without a specific
dream. It was more than I thought. All the people are doing same things;
reaching certain TOEIC score, getting some certificates, trying to achieve have been really embarrassing if I just had given it up. After 6 months, I
good grades and so on. Well, I didn’t want to be one of them. I wanted to studied quite a lot and my time and effort were put greatly so I didn’t want
to go back any more. From then, the amount of study became more and
do something special so I started earlier than others.
harder but I felt comfortable as my goal was clear and obvious.
CAH Now I’d like to ask you about study for a tax accountant. It seems
quite related to mathematics but did you feel it was right for you?
At first I was pretty interested in it. But as time went by, it became
harder and harder. The vocabulary was unfamiliar and there were so many
things to learn off. Well, I studied on my own at the beginning with internet
lectures but I was a little worried. After 7 or 8 months, I went to a special
academy for the study where students took regular mock exams so they
were able to know my level. Usually I had a strong sense of rivalry and this
made me study harder and better.
Jung
CAH I think you must have been lonely, sometimes thinking of giving
up the study and exam. How did you settle yourself down to study?
Yeah. I was really lonely. There was no one around my age and I
was the youngest in the academy. You know I studied all alone at first. So
in fact, I wanted to give up many times and thought of this several times.
I cried a lot too. But I think general students of bar exams and difficult
exams would think this way. I announced to study to my friends so it would
Jung
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How to Relieve the Burden of
Book Expenses?
CAH Then, from this year you are going to be a sophomore, do you
have any plan in short-term and long-term?
Jung As I studied to be a tax account, the field of finance seemed very
interesting to me. I haven’t studied deeply but after graduation I hope to
work in that field. So even in school I like to join a community related to
finance. In fact, a while ago I started a group activity of Kook-min Bank
outside the school. In terms of major, I will continue studying mathematics
and as a second major, studying business or economics as well. Also I
should have special training for 6 months as a tax accountant. I don’t know
exactly when I would get that training but want to do before the graduation.
So-hee Jung seemed to be looking forward to studying in school as she
took 2-year break. CAH was grateful that she told us very honestly about
the time for studying for a tax accountant. Only 23-year-old, in Korean age,
young student deserves to be confident and capable enough to dream what
she wants as she overcame all odds and ends for lonely two years.
Another solution is that administrative offices of each college take upon
the book deal instead of establishing an individual bookshop. Here the roles
of the offices are collecting all the used major books of the students who
want to sell them and selling them to students who are willing to purchase
the secondhand books. Distribution without payment is not appropriate
method as people might treat the free books, in case of free distribution,
thoughtlessly so that the books would easily worsen. The price of the used
books could be set as half of an original price and the profit of the office
as 10% of the price of the secondhand books.
Lastly, the cooperation with the present bookstore can be suggested as
the bookshop will exist anyway. That is the existing bookshop manages the
secondhand store. It is surely profitable to sell new books but the policy
of selling used books is necessary to strengthen the students’ welfare. The
university should persuade the bookstore to sell the secondhand books for
the sake of students. In this case, the store would not lose any consumers
and the consumers can choose either the new books or the old ones thus it
will be a win-win plan all around.
As mentioned earlier, students in need of new books should spend
more than 100,000 won. To reduce the expense, some of them don’t
hesitate to copy entire books. This is an illegal act and infringement of the
copyright. What about students who want to dispose of used books which
aren’t used any longer? Many books of major subjects and liberal arts are
only used in one semester and after that period they are not need and put
The developed countries regard a copyright as one of the important
aside at home. Back at house, useful and expensive textbooks are helplessly
rights and continually carry on campaigns for protection of the copyright
considered as loads or burden.
but the similar culture cannot be seen in Korean universities including CAU.
A secondhand bookstore needed by demander and supplier of
It is inappropriate to infringe the copyright in excuse of the expensive
the used books
price and the university should not be indifferent to this matter any longer.
Here we need a secondhand bookstore. The university in pursuit of Consequently a new system of the secondhand bookstore needs to be
advanced education can’t overlook the problem of the infringement of introduced, making it easier to buy and sell the old books and protecting the
copyright. Thus it should introduce a secondhand bookstore or related copyright as well. These days when students have economical difficulties
system in campus so that students can purchase books at an inexpensive because of the increased price of tuition and rent fee, the new secondhand
bookstore can relieve the financial burden.
price.
In addition, the secondhand bookstore is able to amuse the students
concerning about old books piled at home. In fact, some students have
cleverly disposed of used books, giving them out to juniors. Sometimes they
sell those in cheap price through the campus website on which they write
the name and the price of books and their phone number. However it is
inconvenient to search for books students want and to deal directly face to
face. Even there is a disadvantage when giving out to juniors as it is limited
to cases where people have connection with another and many students
can’t enjoy the benefit. From the point of view of sellers, they can purchase
books for the new semester after selling their unneeded books. Both of the
consumer and supplier of secondhand books can benefit from the system
as the store can solve the hassle of dealing face to face.
Three types of the secondhand bookstore system
There are three specific solutions on the secondhand bookstore. The
first one is the secondhand bookstore on campus. It is very likely that the
present bookshop and publishing companies would oppose the policy
of the sale of secondhand books under the supervision of the university.
Nevertheless, it deserves to be welcomed as this would improve the welfare
of students and reduce the book expenses.
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Too Hard to Exercise in Campus!
By Lee Jong-chan Reporter
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n last year’s university basketball league, Chung-Ang University
won the trophy after winning twenty-five games in a row.
Overwhelming victories like these are not very common
in the field of sports. Furthermore, there are a number of
sports stars such as Kwak Tae-hwi and Yoon Bit-garam who are graduates
or students of Chung-Ang University. For that reason, many people think
of sports and sports stars when they hear about Chung-Ang University.
Therefore, many people, especially freshmen expect that our university
have highly developed facilities for sports and exercise. However, it is
very disappointing when we take a careful look at the condition of the
surroundings students encounter when they try to exercise on campus.
One of the primary places for exercise on campus is the outdoor playing
field. Despite its importance, its old-fashioned appearance and small size
often discourage students from using it. Since a number of sports such as
baseball, soccer, and rugby games and practices use the same place, there is
not enough space and time for students to play sports in the outdoor sports
ground. Particularly for students who are not members of sports teams, it
is not easy to find a space for such sports.
Our outdoor basketball courts also lack in quantity and quality
considering the reputation our university basketball team has. Although we
have a number of basketball clubs in school, there is only one full basketball
court open to the students. Since they need to share the one court, it is
not easy to find the right time to use the court. Especially in the weekends,
the courts are full of people playing basketball who are members of the
basketball team. Moreover, the outdoor courts are made of concrete which
can cause serious injuries to students who are playing basketball games.
Concrete floors can cause injuries in joints and bones of the students.
In contrast to outdoor environment, our school has a well-built indoor
gymnasium equipped with fine devices and instruments for exercise. The
problem is that it is not fully open to the students who are not majoring in
physical education. The gym is usually used for physical education classes
or for school sports teams and it is almost impossible for other students to
exercise in the gym other than by taking classes. Moreover, there is a fitness
center inside the gym which is not free of charge. Though students need
to pay for the fitness center, it is off limits to students other than physical
education major or sports players from the hours of 9 am to 5 pm. These
restrictions make students hesitate to exercise in the school gymnasium.
Student Club Rooms Gone Bad
By Park Min-jee Reporter
our ability of cooperation because playing sports games is all about working
together for the same goal. One other merit exercise has is that it can build
up one’s physical strength and help him to stay more fit, which can greatly
improve quality of one’s life. However, it is very likely that people hesitate
to exercise or avoid working out when facilities are old and worn out. By
procuring enough space and enhancing instruments and facilities, we can
encourage students to participate more in sports and exercise.
Taking the land property and surroundings of our university into
consideration, it is not easy to expand outdoor play ground or build bigger
stadium. Therefore, we should concentrate more on using the space
we have more efficiently and usefully. Also, providing high quality of
facilities and instruments in the limited space we have is very important.
Furthermore, the indoor gymnasium should be more open to all the
students, not only sports players or physical education major students. On
the matter of fitness center, it would be great to prepare another space for
students who are not majoring in physical education since a fitness center
can be made indoors.
As mentioned above, exercising is an important part of university that
plays a great role in improving quality of student’s lives. Our university
should realize the significance of this matter and should focus more on
this issue. By devoting money and effort into enhancing our exercising
environment, our university would be able to help students not only
physically, but also mentally and academically.
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f you have been attending Chung-Ang University for over
a year, you’d know that most of the student club rooms are
allocated in the Student Union Hall. Student club rooms
are used for the members of the club to freely hang out,
get together, have meetings and practice and use for various reasons that
they might need for the purpose of their club. The clubs vary from active
ones like sports clubs to ones that need couches rather like a reading club.
The club rooms as scanned: Some are dirty and some are being practically
used to serve their purpose of getting together. However, as a member of
a Chung-Ang University associate, one cannot help but wonder how we
could use the space in a better way.
There are 72 Chung-Ang Student clubs as of right now. Besides one
club, they all have their own club rooms. Most are located in Student
Union Hall and Student Cultural Hall while others are allocated throughout
Young-Shin Hall, Social Sciences Building, on the roof of the College of
Liberal Arts building and the back of the College of Engineering building.
The student clubs that already have rooms have to re-register in March
every year. However, the policy of the student union is that they are almost
always guaranteed the room if they have had the room the previous year.
All the registered Chung-Ang clubs have a room. Therefore, when one
tries to run a new student club, they have to be registered as a pre-registered
student club for a year. Once they prove that over twenty students from at
least three different colleges have registered and have been active over the
year, they ought to be registered. However, if the club has the same purpose
and activity as an existing club, then they cannot be separately registered as
a new club. As of right now, they have four pre-registered clubs. Once they
go through this procedure, the student union has to grant a room to the
student club.
It is a concern for the student union too because there’s only a limited
amount of rooms available in the campus. The student union said there
are currently four pre-registered student clubs but also said that the student
club rooms haven’t changed a bit for several years. How would these pre-
registered student clubs be registered? Will they be registered without a
room? Is this system fair?
Wouldn’t it be fairer to have the rooms allocated by the result of the
club activities? The clubs are diverse and have their own purpose, however,
would it be fair to grant the rooms to clubs that only hang out while some
of the new clubs have a greater purpose and who are more active don’t
even have a room? It may be difficult to come up with a rigid standard since
the types of clubs are as diverse as sports, academic, hobby, and so forth.
One way of making the standard is to make criteria such as how many
members there are, how active they are, how it raises CAU’s reputation in
the public, or how effectively the club is using the room and so on. Another
way to make the standard is to allocate the rooms in a cap system. For
example, while there are various types of clubs, the student union should
try to allocate about the same number of performing clubs to a room as
academic, sports, and hobby.
The student union has given their opinion on this issue. Although they
do agree with the fact that the number of rooms available for them to give
out to the student clubs has been too limited and has been dormant for
several years, they do not feel the need to change their policy. When the
result system was suggested, they didn’t think it was such a good idea as it
is not their right to judge whether one student club is better than the other.
They claimed that they simply don’t have the right to judge one activity as
better than another. Their job is to simply support the activity each student’s
clubs are pursuing as equally and fairly as possible.
While the student union’s stance is more than politically correct, if not
them, then who will manage these rooms? Isn’t it time to do something
about the rooms that have long gone bad and been dormant for several
years? They certainly need to find a better way to be “fair and square”
if that’s the stance they still want to take at this point. The situation has
changed where there are more student clubs than rooms available. They
need to reconsider what is the best way to re-allocate the rooms so that the
growing number of clubs may all be satisfied.
Some might think that playing sports or working out in school is not
something of great importance. Of course, the main purpose of university
is not about taking exercise. However, reinforcing outdoor and indoor
sports facilities and fitness center can bear more significance than many
of students may think. First of all, playing sports can relieve stress that
students gain from studying exams and preparing for getting a job. Also,
playing sports can bring students together and help them to know more
about each other. Moreover, we all know that playing sports can enhance
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PHOTO STORY
Numbers can show everything about the groceries.
Can they show everything about you also?
You still
don't know me!
Personal Facts
Serving Size 1 Person
Amount per person
Age:22
Height: 165
% from the Top
G.P.A 4.5
99%
No. of Certificates 12
99%
No. of Awards won 20
99%
No. of languages fluent at 7
99%
Ranking of Graduated Univ. 1
99%
Monthly income 10 million (\)
99%
Value of Possession 10 billion (\)
99%
Happiness
?%
Personality ? %
Friendship
?%
Love
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SPECIAL
Still long way to go in dealing
with problems of Adoption
< “Why you don’t want adoption?” >
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I feel economical burden for raising
I have less conviction of economical aid
I’m not sure whether I love adoptive child as my biological child
There can be problems if adoptive child knows he or she is adopted
By Shin Go-woon Reporter
By Ha Sang-ho Reporter
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Discrimination toward adoptive child
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Adoptive child is not blood-related
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nternational flow of curing children
Internationally, nations have been urged to enhance the
right of children. The League of Nations declared the ‘Geneva
Declaration about the Right of a Child’ in 1924 and the United
Nations proclaimed ‘The Rights of a Child’ in 1959. In addition, in 1989,
the U.N. General Assembly unanimously adopted ‘Convention on the
Rights of the Child’, which is about comprehensive rules about children.
Following these international flows, Korea also declared that children have
right to grow in warm family background for developing a good personality
and right to get special cures and aid.
Possibility of handicap or inherited disease
Adoptive child can find his or her biological parents
Who will be adopted is determined and adoption is established. Adoption
agency selects adoptee according to the preference of adoptive parents, based
on data from physical examination, sociological inspection, customs and so on.
After the adoption, the agency offers follow-up service during 6 month.
Subjects of it are adoptee, adoptive parents and original parents. A month after
the adoption, counselor visit the house and check adaption status of adoptee
and give advice.
Korean people put emphasis on blood having negative cognition on
adoption. After the ‘Korean War’, domestic modern adoption problems
that stem from babies and children who lost their parents started in
earnest. Right after the ‘Korean War’, the Korean government was busy
reconstructing industrial facilities and infrastructure. Solving domestic
adoption problems was in low priority, which caused increasing international
adoption. This phenomenon lasted until the 70s~80s when the economy
of Korea increased rapidly. Even the number of international adoptions
skyrocketed during this period - 60s: 7275, 70s: 48247, 80s: 65321. Before
and after the Seoul Olympics (88’), efforts at the government level for
decreasing the international adoptions started. Korea’s government also
tried to increase domestic adoption with supporting systems; decreasing
the interest rates of loan for housing, giving a subsidy and so on. However,
these efforts have not worked well under Korean traditional mind which is
negative to adoption.
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Do you know what special day May 11th is? It’s Adoption Day.
Government enacts Adoption Day in 2006 to encourage adoption and
settle healthy adoption culture. But still there are many difficulties to both
adoptive parents and adoptive child.
Adoption in a society whether it’s domestic or international, is realized
based on systems or institutions. Two main subjects of adoption systems
are adoptive parents and adoptive child. Some systems are more related
or meaningful to adoptive parents and the other is to adoptive child.
Meanwhile, there are sometimes some problems on systems, which need
remedy.
<Adoptive parents>
Slack of full adoption system.
Full adoption system completely breaks relations between biological
parents and adopted kids so the adopted child is treated the same as a
biological child of the adoptive parents. After the full adoption, adopted
kids take the adoptive father's last name and are filled as his real child in the
family register.
When applying for the full adoption system, adoptive parents need
certificate of the biological parent‘s seal besides an adoption consent form.
Although Adoption agencies take documents previously, its force of the
law is only for 3 months so it is virtually meaningless. Also it is not easy to
keep in touch with biological parents who give up their kid.
Process of Adoption in Korea
The counselor inspects the adoptive parents’ house in order to confirm whether
the contents of the interview are true. Assessment criteria : atmosphere of
family, marriage, condition of health, economic status, religion, attitude and
motivation of adoption, future plan of adoptee and so on. After the inspect, the
counselor advise and meditate about something deficient.
(According to ‘Likert 5point criterion’ - Definitely No: 1, Definitely Yes: 5)
Problems of current adoption system
Background of adoption in Korea
Adoptive parents request adoption by email or visit and get counseling.
Counselor interviews the adoptive parents about motivation of adoption,
economic condition, social status, understanding and experience about
children, preferring characteristic of child and so on.
Problem related to profit inheritance
Awareness and Attitude of domestic adoption
(Source:「Research on Attitudes of Daejeon Citizens toward the Domestic
Adoption」, Lee Kap-suk, Son Jin-hyun. )
<Ways of adoption>
When asked “If you are to adopt a child, HOW will you do?”, 77.5% of
people replied “I will adopt a child through the adoptive institute”, following
this, 15.3% said, “I will adopt a child of a relative or acquaintance”. As you
read, most of people want to get help from adoptive institutes when they’re
to adopt a child. As concerns opening up, 60.4% said they will make public
their adoption while 39.69% want it to be a secret.
Adoption fees.
The government introduced the policy of support for adoption
fees in order to encourage domestic adoption but it is not performed
well. Adoption fees are supposed to be shared between state and local
governments. But many governments are putting off budget support. Some
adoption agencies ask adoptive parents for support to raise insufficient
operating expenses. In other words some adoption agencies still receive
adoption fees from their adoptive parents in the name of a donation.
Adoption fees (the average is 2 million won in the case of domestic
adoption) are not a character of children-buy and sell but a character of
public social welfare that government had to pay if not for adoptive parents.
Adoption fees that adoptive parents pay make people think that adoption is
buying kids.
Social Recognition of adoption
There is a saying that a beast with black hair should not be accepted.
There is a saying that we can’t deceive seed. Also there are many TV dramas
or novels that portray a step-mother as a wicked woman. These aggravate
social prejudices on adoption and social atmosphere of avoiding adoption.
Strong blood relations make people avoid adoption. An infertile couple
adopts kids due to the desire of biological child. So they nearly adopt a
child without a registered domicile. Also adoptive parents have too much
desire in an adoptive child such as a healthy body, blood type, appearance,
academic ability of biological parent.
<Adoptive child>
The international adoption quota system and holding system.
In former days, a one year old child who wasn’t adopted was rare so it is
not easy to see a first-birthday party. Only adoptive agencies celebrate the
one hundred days soothing sorrow of an orphan. But due to the decrease
in domestic adoption and government policies, the term of protection of
children become longer to such an extent as to have a first-birthday party at
every adoption agency.
The government enforces the activation policy of domestic adoption to
wash away the stigma of a child exporter in 2000. In 2007, the government
introduced special act amendments on adoption promotion and procedures
so the government put the brakes on international adoptions. Accordingly,
the government conducts the international adoption quota system and
holding system.
Through the international adoption quota system, the government has
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Vindicating the name of “baby exporting country”
ASK (www.adopteesolidarity.org)
In 2004, six international adoptees founded this organization. They
started with programs like searching for their biological parents, offering
Korean lessons to international adoptees and are now a type of research
group and political group composed of adoptees. They have gathered
adoptees for events that they hold and participate in many political issues
regarding adoption.
G.O.A.’L (www.goal.or.kr)
reduced the number of international adoptions by 10% annually since 2007. we have to reflect on the situation of the child. And after payang we have
If the number of international adoptions reduces, the number of domestic to appoint procedure assistants like lawyers or social workers not to leave a
adoptions has to increase. But even considering the effect of a low birth vacuum in nurture.
rate, domestic adoption has not increased steadily.
Through the holding system, adoption agencies propel domestic
adoption by priority for five months after deciding as adoptive child and
cease to propel international adoption. It is good to adopt a child before
six months old because at that time babies cannot recognize people. So
most babies are adopted at two to three months old. So this holding system
makes the waiting period of adoptive babies long. It is important for kids to
find a happy family regardless of if it’s domestic or international.
Need of permit system
Exploiting and abusing adoptive kids economically or sexually has
become a social issue. There were adoptive parents who adopted a kid to
buy an apartment by enlarging the number of dependent children. So they
give up the adoptive relationship after buying the apartment.
Under current law, if adoption is reported, adoption is easy. So the most
important motivation for adoption such as the parenting skills of adoptive
parents, disease history and crime history aren’t considered. If this method
of adoption remains, we can’t stop endangering the welfare of children and
abusing adoption for other purposes. If all adoptions go through judiciary
proceedings, we can adhere faithfully to child protection and reduce the
abuse of adoption.
Not only adoption but also payang (giving up the adoptive relationship)
court intervention is needed. Like adoption, if paying is reported, the
adoptive relationship is lost. In 2008, proportion of payang was over 15
percent. Under current law after the payang, there is no legal regulation on
how to protect and nurture children. Generally people blame the liability
for payang not on adoptive parents, but on adoptive kids. So it is the child
who takes damage due to irresponsible adults. In the course of the trials,
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Secret adoption
Secret adoption means the adoptive parents conceal the fact of
adoption, pretend to give birth to adoptive kids and keep a secret about
the adoption. In the country, domestic adoption is mainly secret adoption
and domestic adoption agencies work closed adoption by cooperating
with the secrecy of adoption. Most domestic adoption is used to solve the
matter of the infertility of adoptive parents and to solve a matter of an
illegitimate child. So domestic adoption does not provide an adoptive family
for adoptive kids but provides kids for adoptive parents. (Also parents can
choose the kids.) In this process, the rights and interests of adoptive kids
are ignored. If the parents conceal the adoption, kids feel humiliation as
adoptive kids and think adoption is a shameful thing. Also when growing
kids come to know the fact of adoption, kids feels scared and confused and
lose confidence in the parents.
In 1998, visiting international adoptees organized this group. Since
1999, they were able to receive an F4 visa to stay for about 2 years but
before then, the adoptees were considered “foreigners,” and they could
only get a 3 months stay visiting visa instead of being welcomed. So, they
formed the international adoptee solidarity. They help out the visiting
international adoptees by searching for their biological parents, giving them
The way that the system is right now in Korea, in order to adopt is to Korean lessons, helping them exchange letters with their biological parents,
register for a domestic adoption and get permission from the Department translating, offering counseling and more.
of Health and Human Services for international adoption. However, many
KOROOT (www.koroot.org)
people believe that this policy should change to be unified for getting the
permission of the court for both domestic and international adoption. This
Located in Cheongwoon-dong, Jongno-gu Seoul 110-030, Korea,
year, the Ministry of Justice is forming a special committee to take care of they are running a guest house for international adoptees visiting Korea.
issues regarding laws related to family and is planning to amend throughout It provides the adoptees a welcoming and comfortable environment and
the year to present a bill to the National Assembly.
helps them to adjust to their native land. KoRoot also offers counseling and
encourages research and publishing books and documentaries regarding
The majority of adoptions, of course, are done for the pure purpose adoption. One of the visiting adoptees had produced a documentary called,
of adopting a child and to raise a family. However, some abhorrent cases “Searching for Go-Hyang.”
like adopting a child for the benefit of their own and with little interest of
the child should be prevented. There have been cases where the adoptive
parents took advantage of the adopted child for financial reasons or have
abused them. Sometimes, the parents adopt the child temporarily only to
get a lot-solid apartment then refuse to raise the child any further. The
reason why developed countries use the permit system in adoption is to
prevent these dangers from being exposed to the children-to-be-adopted.
However, they should be careful to not make the process too fastidious as
to drive away genuine parents trying to adopt a child.
In the year 2010, domestic adoption reached 1314, outweighing
international adoption of 1125. Since 2007, domestic adoption has
exceeded international adoption. However, the number of international
adoptions is still in the thousands and we are still the 4th largest baby
exporting country after China, Ethiopia and Russia. It’s about time for us to
There are innumerable organizations out there trying to make a better
vindicate the name of “baby exporting country.”
environment in all different realms of adoption. However, most of these
In order to do this, the public atmosphere and attitude towards adoption organizations have limitations. On one hand, international adoption is not
and single motherhood must change. 80% of children that are being ceasing because it brings much greater profit to the adoption organizations.
adopted come from single mothers and 98% of international adoption When these organizations send a child up for international adoption, they
happens from single mothers giving up their babies. Instead of banning earn about $4000-7000 commission fees from the adoptive parents. These
abortion, shouldn’t providing aid and a better environment for those organizations don’t get any support from the government and thereby they
minorities come first so that they may give a second thought about raising use the fee to run the organization. One research concluded looking at the
the child instead of giving them up?
four adoption organizations, that the commission fee of the four adoption
organizations combined yearly reaches about $13,000,000.
There are many organizations that are fighting for better adoption
There needs to be a change in the perception that we have towards
environment such to introduce some of them, there are ASK, G.O.A.’L, single mothers and adoption in our society. But the government should
and KoRoot. They are all focused on the psychological well being after provide substantial aid in order to reach this goal of vindicating the name
adoption.
of “a baby exporting country.” It seems like we have a long way to go.
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INTERVIEW
Kim Sung Ju, walking
on a rugged road welcoming
new challenges
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e always have many choices but rarely choose the
rugged road. Kim Sung Ju is an announcer on MBC
who started out as a sportscaster on SBS sports and
became widely known running a live hot-issue reporting
program with Park Na Rim. When he quit his job in 2007, he was dropped
from all the programs however, working hard as a freelancer, he slowly
began to conquer back the place of MC in many well known programs like
Superstar K, Quiz Show, Good morning FM, E News, Martian Virus and
also by being cast in the movie “Member of the National Team (Guk-gadae-pyo).”
For a person who hasn’t always walked an assured path, he seemed
serene despite his busy schedule and optimistic as if he was in bright
daylight though it was ten at night in a studio, after just getting out of a
recording.
As a senior of our school, we tried to bring him to reminisce about his
school life. “You studied political science in Chung-Ang Univerisity. Did
you mean to study it? Were you interested in politics much?”
“Yes, I was interested in political science, but moreover, I think I was
very much influenced by my sister who was studying political science at
Ewha Womens University and who encouraged me to do so as well. But
I didn’t study political science to become a politician or anything. I studied
political science because I was interested in becoming a reporter. I wanted
to be a reporter but it was actually my sister who became a reporter and I
became an announcer.”
“You must’ve been interested in school media.”
“I was. So, I was going to join, but someone deterred me because back
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then, if you were working in media, you couldn’t even go to your classes
and you were most likely to fail. Instead, I joined the political science
department paper media and became an editor because it didn’t require as
much commitment or time.”
“Did you enjoy studying political science? A lot of people say it is hard
to get a job if you graduate from that department. What would you say to
that?”
“That may be true. However, I think it’s a department that really is
valuable to study for its own sake. You have to learn a lot and cover a lot of
material about history and vague ideas sometimes, too. However, it’s a field
that I think will prepare one to become a leader. Many leaders are talented
in one realm. However, I think leaders nowadays are most likely not the
ones that have special talent in one area but how well one use people in
effective way. I think in political science, you learn to do that, to lead and
convince peers.”
“Do you have any particular memories of a professor, friends or school
life?”
“Well, I had to go to military right after freshmen year. So I wasn’t as
close with my friends because when I came back from the army, they had
all left for military service. But later on, around junior year, I had many
friends and I became the representative of our department. The way one
became a representative was decided by how well one could lead a joint gettogether with a women university students because there weren’t many girls
in our department. I led a joint session with Duksung Women’s University
and we went to Jeju Island so it was successful. Many boys actually took
time off school after that trip and tasted the pain of love and one couple,
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INTERVIEW
got married, and another couple got married and divorced. So much drama
happened out of that trip. In college, I think if you go to a trip like this,
because at this age we’re very sentimental, all of our human instincts are
aroused and that makes trips like these really exciting.”
After good laughter we begin again to get a little bit closer into reality.
“You followed your friend to an audition and came to this path of
becoming an announcer. How did you feel when you first got the job?
What thoughts did you have at first about the job?”
“Back then, I was desperate. I studied for the media exam with my
friend. He actually got in and is working in that field as a reporter. However,
I, by chance applied at broadcasting station in 1995 and somehow, I made
it to the top 5 finalists. Then in 2000, I got accepted. The exam takes place
only once a year and by the fifth year, I was really desperate. So when I got
accepted, I was rather calm and composed. Thinking, ‘Ah, this is what it
feels like…’ The time had dragged on too much and by the fifth year, I was
also full of confidence that I’d make it.”
“Is there any advice you could give to students studying for media exam
or interview?”
“1. If you’re studying for PD/media exam, study in depth. If you’re
studying for an announcer or broadcaster, then study with students studying
for media exam because their standards are bit higher in exam. 2. Study in
odd numbers 3. Don’t have more than one girl in the study group or more
than one boy in a study group 4. Be confident in the interview 5. Good
manners should become your lifestyle. It cannot be faked in an interview.
Act as if you’re an announcer in your daily life and make it into your habit
of talking and composure.”
“Do you think announcers are being treated right in our society or in
broadcasting stations?”
“I think announcers in our country are people who almost don’t even
have a tickle of flaws. They are a great group of people with great abilities.
However, compared to that, I think the spectrum of announcers has
constantly shrunk over the years. Most of the prime time shows are being
run by celebrities and the spectrum for announcers to be broadcasted is
shrinking. I think it’s something that the announcers ourselves should try to
overcome. So when I first quit my job, I thought I’d have to conquer artistic
programs.”
“What’s the most memorable program that you’ve done?”
“I’d say sports casting was one of the best memories. I love sports and
especially the 2006 World Cup was one of the best memories. I loved the
view of the stadium and I was really excited about the fact that I was there
with one of the best soccer players in Korea, Cha Bum-Geun and his son.
The result was also very good so it was a really good and happy memory
that I have of broadcasting.”
“What’s your plan for the future?”
“As of right now, I think having this job of being an MC and
broadcasting won’t last forever. I think after about five years, I’ll be in a
different place. I turned 40 just this year. So, I’m thinking a lot about the last
half of my life. I think it’d be great if I could stay around the broadcasting
field. However, if not, I’d also like to teach and have students like a
professor if I get the chance. I want to give or hand down the talent that
I have to younger generation. I’ve done it a couple of times in universities
like Chung-Ang University. However, in order to do so, I’ll have to study
more, I realized. When I turn about 45 years old, I think I’ll go abroad or
go into the mountains to learn something new. These days, I have this thirst
for learning. I think it’ll be a bit difficult to study at an age over forty. Also,
I want to give to society and give to others more and when I get the chance
to do so, I’ll be able to say this in confidence. Mostly, I’m thinking about
what I’d like to study and if that is decided once, I’ll be able to leave and go
learn. Then later, if I get a chance, I’d like to pass what I’ve learned onto
someone.”
“What’s your motto or your philosophy?”
“Before, it was ‘enjoy what you can’t avoid.’ So, in a way, that helped me
to overcome difficult things. I just took all the chances I got because I was
required to do so and later, I realized I had come so far that I couldn’t turn
back to stand as an announcer to deliver the news or anything. I didn’t know
how to draw a line. However, now, my philosophy has changed a bit. It’s
to be grateful in all things. That way, I could live happily day by day. Salary
men are much like high school or middle school. Everything is scheduled
and there’s a person who tells you what is right and wrong and what is
better than another. Then you go to college and you’re not used to having
this much freedom and you don’t know what to do with it. Sometimes you
want someone else to decide for you. In that way, Salary men are much
like high school students because if you do something well, you’re told you
are promoted. We’re used to that so we are more prone to walk that way.
But I didn’t want to live that way. I didn’t want to live in a fish tank. It was
fascinating and it was eye-opening. So, to work for a company, the motto of
“enjoy what you can’t avoid” would be appropriate. But when you walk out
of that fish tank, “being grateful for all things” becomes the driving force
of your life.” He seemed to not just be saying that but living it as he spoke.
“I think for college students too, this applies. I want to encourage college
students to try to go astray from that system and experience more.”
“Lastly, is there any advice you want to give to college students even
about dating?”
“I met my wife at Chung-Ang University. We dated for nine years and
got married. I want to encourage students to experience dating, too. I don’t
mean to date around lightly. Well, that could be another experience too (haha)
as long as you don’t get morally criticized or do something against the law.
But I want to encourage young students to not just date superficially but
deeply at least once so that they may learn and feel what love really is and
even how much losing love hurts and how painful it is. I want to encourage
them to go that far and experience all there is to be experienced. Not just
in dating but also in other things as well. When you experience something,
you want to challenge yourself and really sincerely pour everything into
it while you’re doing it. You can’t have that kind of experience frequently.
However, when given a chance, it is best to get the most out of it. If you
miss out then, you won’t be offered many more chances. I believe grades
are important, but if you feel like you could pour everything into something
other than school, I think it is worth doing. So when you do something, put
everything into it. If one fails a class in loving someone deeply, then I think
that’s more laudable than studying and getting the grade. That’s what I think
at the age of forty-five. If one is able to put their best effort into something,
then they are able to do so in other works. Even with friends too, college
friends last the least. You have opportunities to meet many people but if
you meet them superficially then they won’t last when you graduate.”
He’s an MC and he’s a good speaker and that may have been the reason,
but every piece advice he spoke seemed to be coming from a deeply
felt experience. Although the interview ended late, the enthusiasm and
optimism he had in the beginning didn’t ceased. It was an honor to have
interviewed such a passionate and driven person like Kim Sung-Ju.
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INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW
1+1 not only is 2, but also is 3 or
anything while Living our Lives
By Cho Sung-bin Reporter
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n actor is considered an idle dependent by the public. As
making films and works, actors could also earn their money
easily. However, a considerable effort follows the fruition
through their lives. Not only exertion affects the output but inborn talents and luck influence enough to the fruition.
eloquent speech for the guests by speaking indirectly and with caricature.
Or, inquiring sharply and being a malicious person. While, my role is to give
guests the primary meaning of visitation, comfortable feelings and have
them thinking “It’s the correct choice to participate in Taxi”. That is to say,
the division of roles is one of the merits of Taxi to my way of thinking.
For the interview with a famous actor, the Herald got around many
ways busily. As fortune had it, a well-noted interviewee, Hyeong-jin Gong
accepted our contact. And the Herald had interviewed with the honeytongued actor at a theater named ‘Seoul Cinema’ located near the Chonggye
creek. Though it might have been awkward as we are not familiar with each
other, he treated us chummily just like we were in a relationship as friendly
seniors and juniors. Seeing him on TV or in movies, his gift of gab was
superb enough only to accept.
Another strong point might be maneuverability. Although the outline
restricts the happenings, sometimes unexpected accidents came out
according to the visitor. Therefore I made a habit of hearing the opinions
and thinking of guests to carry them to their destination as safely as
possible. Accomplishing my roles, I usually make an effort to have a great
time, as you know. That can be called the virtue of show host. Here, I’d
like to speak something in my way of thinking. Nowadays it’s going to be
standardized that everything in TV shows, including variety shows, talk
shows and other programs, use the image of lack, loss and deficiency
of guests habitually. They think that is the public trend. However, I am
completely opposed to the climate. The guests also have personality and
right to protect spreading imperfect information. So the answer from what
is your know-how as an MC is only to hear cautiously. In addition, the
reaction after the replies must follow the right time for the general talents.
What’s his position currently?
The program ‘Taxi’ recorded a 7.66% viewing rate among the cable
programs these days. Knowing the meagerness, it’s a great output to record
over a 5% viewing rate. And the result was completely followed by the
impact of MC, Hyeng-jin Gong. He introduces the TV program that is a
talk show that makes guests considerably comfortable and manages the
guest as 2:1 system only. Besides, as he is an actor as well as entertainer, he is Before having a dream to be an actor
making his piece of work, MBC ‘Mate,’ which is a kind of fusion historical
Hyeong-jin Gong was not different from general students. He also
drama. His part will give a similar image with a previous role in the KBS arranged for college admission when he was the same age of high school
drama ‘Catching Slaves’, but its characteristics are completely different.
students. Besides, he spent time as a journalist in the English newspaper at
his high school. Before studying one more year to enter university, he really
CAH As MC of talk show program ‘Taxi,’ do you have any particular wanted to be the student in the Department of Business Administration or
Political Science and Diplomacy. After entering the Department of Theater
progressing method?
and Film, his dream was not to be an actor, but a staff of performance.
Gong The basic concept of a Site Talk Show is progressed in a vehicle, The most important thing is he chose his way in his 20’s.
taxi. As you know, a taxi is a kind of public transportation that’s also
CAH If you were not an actor, what do you think your present in 2011
included as ordinary people’s favorite vehicle. In the taxi, the customers
would have a chance to communicate with the driver. And the topic of would be? Isn’t it hard to run a parallel course as an actor and student?
conversation may be related with a sorrowful episode of the public. It’s
Gong In fact, it was really hard to manage both work and study as I
the most influential merit in my opinion. There is a charming characteristic
that make guests forget the wall between driver and customer naturally. As entered SBS 1st recruitment when I was a third year student. And my debut
we are only seeing the front of taxi, the guest cannot help looking at the was in the second year of school as a movie actor. The most proud thing to
back of the hosts. So to speak, the defense mechanism from guests would me is that I sincerely absorbed the study of all men, filmed over 5 movies
disappear in a taxi. Hearing your question, what you want to hear about is and 10 plays during my college life. My only regret is that I wasn’t active in
how I can make guests speak their feelings and humane privates in a very school clubs because I was making excuses. Already 20 years have passed
small place as a host. First, I want you to know that the taxi has two show from my graduation year. And I want CAU juniors to travel somewhere not
hosts. Apart from me, another MC, Yeong-ja Lee, progresses in a taxi and only to study but also as not to regret the past. That’s my lesson as your 20takes over different roles. As it’s not exact that you notice something related year senior. When I was a college student, my personality had the weight on
to it, she is a veteran comedian, a typical movie actor. So she uses her the perfect task. I wanted to finish by deciding games. Seeing you guys and
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thinking of CAU, I am reminded of fragrant memories as you’re using the
same places where I studied. Asking if I were not an actor, I must choose
the same way to be an actor by destiny. From my childhood, I led and did
something in front of my friends by instinct after seeing the photos of past.
Being a representative of my class, I was fascinated with doing everything
as I know. Besides, I loved to watch movies when I was a middle and high
school student. Hanging out with my cousins and my mother, I made a
hobby to go to the theater to see 2-3 films in a day. So for those reasons, I
finally decided to walk along the other way of my parents and had a chance
to be an actor. Ruminating 20 years, it’s also unnecessary to worry about my
future. In the 20 years since my debut year, I have experienced a number
of slumps and distresses. However, I didn’t feel and accept those feelings
completely and never regret my decision.
standing in the middle of my life, I cannot do what I want. However, you
guys are different than me. You are behind the starting line of your life.
So while hearing or seeing my lessons, at least you must be better than me.
After this interview, I hope you or other CAU students are in front of the
starting line. And the starting point must be amusement. So to achieve, first
you have to have to have your own intuition to sort what you like or dislike.
Though other people choose their matters, the decision should be made
by you. That’s the independent life that I emphasize. Second, to think the
beginning of my dream is happening from now on continuously. In my
case, I always write some phrases that remind me of my first time on the
script. ”Oh, that’s it. This is the last time.” It has the power to cheer me up
all the time. Thinking this is the last time, nothing is impossible. Don’t you
feel scared when seeing the last phrase? So you have to think all the time
and remind yourself, “I’m in the first line, but for the last time”. It’ll lead
CAH How would you cope with the difficulties? Do you have personal you to the short-cut asap.
beliefs or planned goals?
Hyeong-jin Gong doesn’t like to be called an entertainer. He wanted
Gong There is a well-known phrase ‘Carpe diem.’ Its meaning is ‘Enjoy to be called a movie actor and made an effort to do the proper actions
the present.’ Unless you don’t have a mind to do something perfectly, it’s matched as an actor. Now and forever he will move his own way. The
better to sleep. Then your health would be better, at least. Whether playing Herald blesses his works, TV radio, TV drama and movies.
or loving, it’s a privilege to use your time with no regret. In my case, as I’m
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Voice
Voice
The Poor Working Conditions
of Official Workers
By Kim Ji-eun Reporter
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here was a ridiculous accident where a fireman died while
on duty from clearing icicles which had formed on the edge
of an apartment. He was killed in a fall from the apartment.
Would an indefinite welfare age come? The age is that the
government has the responsibility of everything that the people want such
as getting rid of icicles. To speak correctly, the duty of non-governmental
official workers increases continuously. Because they exclaim strongly
against welfare-policy in political authority, people hope to believe and
demand many things. What workers could do compared to what the people
want is not much due to the lack of government support.
The death of the fireman is a representative example. The National
Institute of Scientific Investigation proved the reason behind the accident
was a cut wire that sustained the ladder. Regardless, the government did
not treat workers properly in that situation. It is absurd for the fireman
to devote his life to helping others. The crash of firefighters is not an
overstatement because the ladder was used for about 20 years. Even
though, the life of a ladder is 15 years. A ladder truck that carries climbing
equipment, as well as firefighters who rescue people, is very important.
However, continuing to use old ones gives a false sense of security and
nonchalance about the accident. The concern to only save money rather
than lives causes the bad result of biased decisions. A similar incident was
in 2007. At the time, a wire disconnected on a high ladder and some people
died in a fire drill. Following this incident, another accident is evidence that
improvement has not been made.
A firefighting equipment budget is inevitable at this phase. Fire
Department life-saving equipment is supported by 50 percent and
government expenditures, whereas the cost of buying nearly as many as
10 billion for a high ladder is the responsibility of a local autonomous
entity. The poor financial situation of local governments also knows about
the dangers. The fire budgets of local governments is only 2% of their
total budgets. These funds consist of paying all the firefighters and not
purchasing equipment. A firefighter complains that the equipment is old
and needs replacing but he heard that the budget is short every time.
This story is not only for firefighters. Dae-jun can not even pay their
employees. Basic Livelihood Security in the budget with old age pensions,
welfare expenditure, etc., but the salary of employees is not reflected.
Official said, "They can not postpone the Basic Livelihood Security
payment for the cost of office workers. Therefore, the government reflects
the attitude of the initiative of workers."
Meanwhile, the netizens put together
over 1000000 signatures on a petition. The
petitioner named '119 magazine’ said, "Aging
equipment that rescues lives of the people
eventually deprives of lives of the firemen.”
Despite difficult circumstances, people
wanted to rescue the pride and do their
best for firefighters using old equipment.
Understandably, the netizens made a
petition to replace aging fire equipment and
participated in a signature campaign. Quietly
in harsh environments, fire officials doing
their duty properly, even a device that does
not support reality is a shame. Essentially the
budget is a problem. Congress recognizes
the problem. Fire safety facilities across the
country hope that a check is in the field. All
equipment is necessary for safe management
to ensure safety. If the equipment has
problems, public safety administration is
bound to have problems. Firefighters deserve
safe equipment to be able to protect the
public.
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Is the best comment the best?
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O
ne CAU student, Nam Seung-min, has a habit to enter into
the portal site, ‘NATE.’ Not only to confirm his internet
mail or personal mini-hompy, but to read some articles.
The chance to read articles habitually is to know the others’
opinions about the articles. Moreover, there are a number of people who
used to read the articles and best comments likewise. Then, some of them
would leave their comments below the articles or click as to recommend or
object the others’ comments. The best comment must be recommended
a lot in such a manner. However, do you think that best comment is really
best honestly?
There is one theory that a feminine communication scholar from
Germany suggested so to explain mechanism of social psychological of
forming public opinions. That’s just called as ‘Spiral Theory of Silence’.
Looking into the substances, most of people have particular tendencies to
be silent when others think different from them. And that arises mostly
when we have to think about a new idea and judge something. Then, it’s
going to be hard to express their own opinions and views as time flies.
The progress looks like a spiral. Anyway, the point is that this theory can
be applied to the internet comment culture. More specifically, people
who read popular or representative comments used to acknowledge that.
Mentioned above, the best comment appears when people recommend
these comments by clicking on a particular icon. That is to say, the best
comment would have a possibility enough to be wrong. It’s only the
representative comment among the limited and common people’s opinions.
As their surroundings are similar, the thinking can be alike. But, people
often misunderstand only that the comment is true. This error can be seen
everywhere. Especially, in social or political articles, the shortcomings of the
best-comment culture used to arise mainly. The following news is a proper
example.
Leaving the situation is an erroneous decision. Knowing the wrong points,
alternatives should be prepared.
First, the comments should be concealed just like the portal site,
‘NAVER’ or ‘Daum.’ Currently numerous people have no chance to skip
others’ opinions below the article. Unexpectedly, they lost their rights not to
hear and see the others’ thoughts. If such managing system adapt to ‘NATE’,
the basic fallacious point might decrease at least. If there are some crowds
that want to look at comments, not articles, it’s appropriate that the main
purpose of the existence of comments is to make users utilize NATE more
than ever. Moreover, the comments below one’s opinion must be concealed
in the same way.
Second, if the budget is enough to find and search the fallacious
comments or sentences, the declaration systems should be supported more
than nowadays. Before, as the bullying comments became the talk of town,
real-name systems and declaration systems were implemented. However,
looking through the articles now, it’s no use of alleviated. It may be obvious
to you, but active participation needs the culture for overcoming ‘the Spiral
Theory of Silence’.
Of course, a definite answer can exist among all of the comments.
It may be that the difference is only the size of button. However, the
original goal of comment culture is to make the internet into a transparent
discussion site. The Herald wants CAU students not to conform to the
major.
Recently one research scientist in Su-am Company brightened the truth
that a doctor, Hwang Woo-suk, made a contract with Libya for about 150
billion dollars. –The rest is omitted as unnecessary.
Below the article, many netizens chose the comment as the best “Korea
deserted the genius” and “What’s the reason that Korea cannot recognize
a talented person?” Seeing these comments, people who read the news
without intentions to read the comments cannot help but recognize the
weighted opinion. And that leads to the wrong diffusion in the end. The
point is that those unavoidable comments are no longer correct and perfect.
Refuting the comments, the untruth from doctor, Hwang Woo-suk, cannot
be deleted and it would not be justified as he achieves anything from now
on. While facts and un-changeable judgments, internet users are spreading
the wrong opinions and share their thoughts by unsuitable methods.
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Professional
Time (herb)
removal, disinfection
Thymo
Camphor
local irritation, coolness
camphor
Orientalis, nahanbaek, Taiwan obtusa
Antiseptic effect, hair growth
hinokitiol
Spruce
preventing
borneol
Cypress
preventing cavities
alpha-cadinol
Rose
lowering blood pressure,
antihistamines effect
citral
Citrus peel, Lawson obtusa
gallstone of cholesterol dissolution
limonene
Pinus
removing phlegm,
diuretic effect
terpentine oil
Cypress
preventing cavities
alpha-cadinol
Mysterious Force of nature,
Phytoncide
By Seo Ji-young Reporter
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eople have always gone to the forest fatigued. When chemical, Phytoncide. The entire forest is flooded with Phytoncide. Let’s
you walk into a dense forest of green trees, the cool and look at the secret of miraculous power of Phytoncide.
refreshing air and tranquil atmosphere bring peace. The
forest has a mysterious power to calm emotions and feelings. Divine natural medicine, Identity of Phytoncide
When you enter a place of dense trees, a specific cooling fragrance
Actually, a break from the forest is diverse in our daily life. Steaming opens your mind as well as nose. It is because of the volatile substance,
the songpyeon, Though the reason why we put into pine needles is mild Phytoncide, which is emitted by the forest. Phytoncide means the sterilized
fragrance, it frequently avoids spoiling the songpyeon making use of matter secreted by plants as it is the term by composing the Greek word
antiseptic effect. The folk remedy healing wound by white juicy from Phyton which means plant and Cide which means killer. Phytoncide is a
mulberry leaves is also method according to leaves.
kind of antibiotic made by trees to protect themselves from vermin or
pathogenic bacterium.
There are many examples like these from abroad. In Southeast Asia,
The principal ingredient of Phytoncide is the organic compound of
people have used it to eliminate harmful insects. In Finland, using a sauna volatile Terpenoid. There are non-fragrant ingredients among scores
and tapping the body with a birch tree branch or using a wood bath obtains of constituents comprising Phytoncide. Medicinal ingredients such as
the effects of the forest.
berberine, a component of bark of the trees, the scent of fruit ester, a
sugary ingredient, saponin causes detoxification, a yellow pigment of plants,
So we wonder what is the source of the tonic from forest. It is the flavonoids are all Phytoncides.
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Phytoncide's Composition and function of each plants
▪ Cypress: a (alpha)-cadinol, preventing cavities
▪ Camphor: camphore, local irritation, coolness
▪ Rose: citral, lowering blood pressure, antihistamines effect
▪ Thyme (herb): thymol, mucus removal, disinfection
▪ Pinus: terpentine oil, removing phlegm, diuretic effect
▪ Orientalis, nahanbaek, Taiwan obtusa: hinokitiol Antiseptic effect,
hair growth
▪ Spruce: borneol, preventing drowsiness
▪ Peppermint (Herbal): menthol, analgesic, refreshing, local stimulation
▪ Citrus peel, Lawson obtusa: limonene gallstone of cholesterol
dissolution
Effectiveness of Phytoncide
1. Antibotic effect
A recent study obviously uncovered a bactericidal effect. According to
the results by the Animal Medical Center of Chungbuk National University,
Phytoncide extracted from white cedar sanitized not only Legionella causing
pneumonia, fever, diarrhea about 95%, but also Candida yeast causing
vaginitis by 80%. It also sanitized an antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus
aureus causing nosocomial infections (MRSA) by nearly 50%.
In addition, Phytoncide is effective in sterilizing airborne bacteria and
foodborne pathogens, mosquitoes, and dust mites. The reason why a
cutting board where raw fish is carved is made of Pine trees and Whisky
casks are made of Oak trees is to prevent food poisoning viruses from
reproducing. If you replace a carpet with oak home flooring, Allergy
diseases such as Atopic dermatitis, allergic asthma and so on are reduced
much more than before. Because the Phytoncide of oak tree curbs the
breeding of dust mites.
2. Effect of immunity enhancement
Phytoncide increases the human immune system by suppressing activity
in human parasitic pathogens. Li Qing, a professor of Nihon University in
Japan, and Co-researchers of the Forest Research Institute have investigated
the result of NK (Natural Killer) cells' activity removing the infected cells
and cancer cells, after they led tired and exhausted city employees through
the woods for a certain period of time.
As a result, 18 % NK cell activity before the forest therapy was increased
by 21 % on the first day, and 26% on the second day. This is caused by
enhancing the human immune system through increasing the activity of
NK cells, the strongest human immune cells.
3. Drop in blood pressure and blood sugar
There is the research that Phytoncide from the trees decreases blood
pressure and blood sugar levels inducing heart disease and metabolic
syndrome. The Forest Research Institute recently experimented with taking
a chicken's blood pressure, after they had injected Phytoncide from pine, fir,
cypress, painter trees at intervals of 15 minutes over 2 hours. Consequently,
Phytoncide extracted from all four trees dropped about 5-7% of mean
arterial blood pressure of chickens. A Painter tree had the greatest
antihypertensive effect. In another animal study, Phytoncide inhibited the
synthesis of cholesterol by at least 10% to 100%.
4. Reducing stress hormone levels
Phytoncide can lead to dropping levels of stress hormones triggering
depression, as well as hypertension, obesity, osteoporosis.
A research team of the National Forest Science Institute put rats in a
room full of bread with Phytoncide in a big cone pine, Japanese cypress,
Chamaecyparis pisifera and found that their stress hormones were reduced by
25~70% compared to the condition before they were put in the room. Doctor
Kim from neurosurgery, Seoul Baek Hospital says, "It seems calming effect of
Phytoncide on the central nerve decreased the hormone." He mentioned that
not only normal people but people having depression decrease their hormone
levels quicker. In fact upon conducting a stress clinic on 63 people, those
treated for 3 hours for 4 weeks resulted in better hormone concentration.
Those treated in the forest's level of stress was decreased by 37% from 0.113
㎕/dL to 0.082㎕/dL. However, the ones treated at the hospital’s level of
stress is increased to 0.132㎕/dL from 0.125㎕/dL.
Stress relaxation rates indicating how much stress was reduced reached
25 (pine) to 70 (cypress)%. Likewise, as Phytoncide activates the frontal lobes
of the brain, it was revealed that Phytoncide helped test-takers requiring
attention and concentration and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADHD) children. In fact, as a result of the forest treatment program for
ADHD childeren, insecurity and depression levels lowered by almost half.
5. Providing comfort and a refreshing fragrance
The Akida Prefectural University professors team of Yadagay
mijyuyiohsi carried out experiments measuring the momentum of mice
by putting mice into the rotary momentum measurement device and
measuring the rotation in a room smelling of cypress leaves. In this case,
the quantity of motion was the highest at 0.03ppm (ppm one-millionth),
and the other way, it was less at more than 1ppm. They concluded that
increasing momentum at less than 1ppm is due to the comfort and obtuse
movement at more than 1ppm concentration owing to stress with heavier
scents. We can expect that if the concentration is too tender to anticipate,
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the effect does not appear, but if the concentration is too strong to feel
comfortable, it is the chief factor in mental stress.
0.01~0.1ppm is fragrance concentration at which most people feel
comfortable. If you have an adverse effect even at a higher concentration
than this, at a lower concentration, also you can't feel it properly. Since the
tree has solid tissue, it released the scent a little slowly. Therefore, there are
few people complaining of a "Headache" after smelling a wood scent.
leaf trees and broad-leaf trees reach to maximum emission at about the
noon. Because of the higher temperature, the more emission amount of
Phytoncide by the air flows quickly. The emission of pine trees are just 2.71
ppb at 6 am, 6.9ppb at 6 pm but are 9.74ppb in the noon by the hour.
3. Go to the place where there are more needle-leaf trees than broadleaf trees.
Needle-leaf trees generate far more phytoncide than broad-leaf trees.
We suggest that you visit a mountain for being influenced by Phytoncide. Cypresses emitted the most amount of Phytoncide. Also nut pines and big
Because walking on a forest road is effective for aerobic exercise and cone pines among common needle-leaf trees in South Korea are excellent
enhancing physical and mental states.
phytoncide producers. Healthy negative ions are generated when passing
through needle-leaf trees.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
If you solve this puzzle, please bring it to the office of the Chung-Ang Herald by April 30th. We will award a culture gift certificate(10,000won)
to three people with the correct answer. We hope you participate a lot.
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Effective way to maximize the forest therapy!
1. Use the spring and summer
rather than fall. (unit: ml/100g)
As Phytoncide volume exported
by the forest is increased in spring,
it reaches a peak in summer where
temperatures are rising.
Phytoncide is excreted in January
or February. The emission of
Phytoncide is increased in May, and is
at maximum value in July or August.
The Phytoncide content of cypress
per 100g is 4.0ml in summer, is only
2.5ml in winter. So the season when summer starts in earnest is the best time
for scrolling through the forest .
Tree
Cypress
Korean fir
Cedar
Fir
Nut fine
Fine
Summer
5.5
4.8
4.0
3.3
2.1
1.3
Winter
5.2
3.9
3.6
2.9
1.6
1.7
4. Before departing to wood bathing, choose the place with the
valleys or lakes.
Phytoncide remains in the air longer since high humidity of water in the
valley makes Terpenes of phytoncide. Because negative ions that make the
body’s autonomic nervous system calm are mostly generated by water while
water molecules are oxidized by light, water molecules move actively and water
molecules are rubbed against the air. Accordingly, the most negative ions are
near valleys. Therefore we recommend that you go to a wood bathing place
with valleys or lakes if you want to feel the healing effects of forests.
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5. Stroll through the woods in sunny day.
Strolling through the woods is recommended when the wind is not
blowing. It is easy for phytoncide to be dispersed by blowing the wind. Rainy
days are not good either. Because phytoncide is washed away in the rain.
2. Don’t be cheated by pleasant 6. Hillside is better than on the top.
Since hillsides are less affected than the top or bottom of mountains
feeling of morning and evening.
T h e E m i s s i o n a m o u n t by the wind, those are good place to stroll through the woods. Phytoncide
of Phytoncide elevates up to generated on the top or bottom of mountains goes away by strong winds.
maximum at 6am and between 10
to 12 pm in the day. Most needle-
Good place to the forest therapy
Eokbul mountain Cypress Forest of Jangheung Chonnam
Hinokki trees, commonly known as raw material of Hinokki soup is a cypress tree. Eokbul mountain Forest of Usan-ri Jangheungeup purchased
12ha of 100ha by paying 5.2 billion won in last 2006. Finally, Jangheung Chonnam opened Cypress woodland in last July, 2009. And Healing forest
of 33ha scale will be completed till following 2012 by paying 4.5 billion won. Specially, Nude Echotopia Complex where both men and women in the
nude will be able to enjoy forest therapy is being made.
Saneum Natural Recreational Forest of Yangpyeong Gyeonggi
The Korea Forest Service has already managed as Healing Forest and will let it extended nationwide. As Established Saneum Natural Recreational
Forest is programmed to be switched over recreational forests for a long stay, facilities for a prolonged stay such as a red clay room, log cabin, shingle
house including traditional Han-Ok should be secured.
Other Sites more
Cypress forest of Chukryeong mountain warmly covering Chu Nam town in Geumgok seosammyeon Jangseong Chonnam has been widely known
Healing forest.
Cypress forest of Wolmyeong Park in Kunsan came to total 9m2 7 locations. As both anions of good quality occur in surrounding reservoirs and
Phytoncide from cypress trees are known to creating a synergic effect, there is no end to the throng of people who visit this place.
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Down
1. Through internship programs in domestic
2. As you read, most of people want to get help from
businesses or organizations, students can
________ institutes when they’re to adopt a child.
experience organizational culture and develop
3. It may be _______ to you, but active participation
______ skills to increase their employability.
5. The ________ budget for this enterprise is about
fifty thousand million, which is the largest scale
in field of performing art and is from center and
needs the culture for overcoming ‘the Spiral
Theory of Silence’.
4. As I studied to be a tax account, the field of finance
seemed very interesting to __.
local government expense and civil capital.
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Gossip
PUZZLE
By Ha Sang-ho Reporter
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Roll the House and Get the New House
Movie Kung Fu Panda 2
Before reading this article, please imagine something round. Is there anyone who comes up with a house?
Almost all houses have angles except this house made by German university students. The structure of this house
is like a big drum, which makes it possible to roll and arrange the interior. When you see the interior, furniture
like desk, chair, sofa, bed and so on are located on a ‘round wall,’ which you cannot use at the same time. An
outstanding feature of this house is that if you step in the middle of house to roll and then there appears a new
interior view! This characteristic maximizes the efficiency of accommodation making this house best suited for
living alone economically. In addition, thanks to this notable and distinctive exterior, this house can be utilized as a
advertisement board, which can present you with some extra income!
May is right after the end of midterm exams and is the ‘Month of the Family.’ It’s such a nice time to have
cheerful and enjoyable experiences with family and teachers, as well as friends. ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ is an animation,
action and comedy. In addition, the main character, Po, is so cute and Jack Black, one of the most familiar actors to
Korean, plays the voice of Po. So ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ is best suited to any range of age and gender.
The Moon: future Photovoltaic System
Play I will marry in May
The Japanese construction company, Shimizu, suggested an amazing project amid the increasing importance
of green energy. The main idea is to make the moon as a solar power plant. Though the possibility of realization
is low, this project receives high attention for its astounding idea and greatness of imagination. To put it concretely,
Shimizu thinks they will construct a gigantic and ring-style solar panel structure, which is about 400km long,
surrounding the equator of the moon. Moreover, they devise that this power plant will be run by robots and the
resources required for construction will be mined from the moon. Meanwhile, the way to transmit the electric
energy to the earth is controversial. Shimizu plans to use lasers or a microwave to transfer energy while some
groups of scientists argue that this beam could cause disaster on the earth.
Synopsis
This play is about 3 best friends who scramble for 38,250,000won. The main characters are Sae-yon (a math
teacher), Jung-eun (a sexual novelist), Jie-hye (jobless). They plan to save 100,000 won every month and give all the
money to the person who will marry first. After 10 years from their promise, they get together without expecting
one of them to be married. The accumulated money is 38,250,000 and Sae-yon suggests that they use it for
investing. At that moment, Jie-hye confesses that on June first, she’ll marry a man who she met a week ago and she
asks for all the money based on the promise! Sae-yon and Jung-eun cannot allow this situation and cannot give up
38,250,000won, so there comes a secret promise between them. They rush to marry and whoever does so earlier
than Jie-hye, they promise to share the money with. Who will be the winner of 38,250,000won?
Synopsis
In Kung Fu Panda 2, Po is now living his dream as the dragon warrior, protecting the valley of peace alongside
his friends and fellow Kung Fu Masters. But Po’s new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a
formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy Kung Fu. Po must
look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins; only then will he be able to unlock the strength
he needs to succeed.
(Source & more information: official web site - www.kungfupanda.com)
Information
■Time : Mon-day off Tue-5pm Wed~Fri-8pm Sat-3pm, 6pm.
■Location : Dong-sung Art Center (near the Hae-hwa station, line no.4)
■Inquiry : 02-766-6007
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The Ancestor of Mobile Phone in 1964
[Book] Autobiography of president Roh
The mobile phone evolved faster and faster as time went by. The latest form of it is a ‘smart phone,’ which
is more like a computer rather than a phone. On the other hand, what is the earliest form or the ancestor of the
mobile phone? The answer is the MOBILE phone that is in the photo. This photo is revealed by ‘Pew Research
Center’ (a think-tank group) and indicates the first form of mobile phone. It looks like a phone that is not different
from a normal phone except ‘MOBILE.’ Although this MOBILE phone was so big and heavy that it was carried
by a car (not by people) and had low energy efficiency, up to the late 1970s, it was popular enough to be used by
nearly 1,500,000 people. In the 1960s, this phone was an amazing and astounding invention that the ‘advanced
mobile phone technology’ of AT&T was applied. The core technology of it was ‘high jacking’ a radio beam.
Bearing this news, it is possible to regard the newest cell phone technology that we have now as out-dated in 30
years.
May 18th is the national holyday for celebrating the Gwang-Ju Democracy Movement. At the beginning of
2011, in Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, and some other countries, there were movements for democracy. In
addition, based on SNS, this flow of democracy has been getting faster and spreading out throughout the world.
2011, especially May, is meaningful point of history of democracy. How about looking back to the democracy of
Korea by thinking of President Roh Mu-hyun who has been credited with developing the democracy of Korea?
This book is the autobiography of President Roh Mu-hyun compiled and published by Yu Si-min, who was
the minister of health and welfare. It is based on Roh’s writings, unpublished manuscripts, memos, interviews and
verbal records. It covers his birth to his demise with remarkable facts. This book pays attention to Ro’s humanity,
work as a human right activist, the realizations of his dream as president, and his frustrations.
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