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[OUTLOOK]Can we be the ‘Dutch of Asia’?

The Netherlands-style model for labor-management relation is being considered as a solution to the recent rampant strikes in South Korea. It is meaningful to study the Netherlands style that seeks solutions through dialogue and compromise instead of conflict and strife. However, what is the deeper meaning of “Netherlands-style”? The Netherlands faced a serious economic crisis in the 1970s. Due to the oil crisis, consumption fell and high inflat…

July 04,2003
[FORUM]A drab building and a bad aura

It is an ordinary-looking red brick building in the northeast United States. A rectangular three-story structure reminiscent of an elementary school, the building is as plain as its name, “Building 86.” A visitor’s eyes might hover dubiously on the memorial plaque on the wall but that would be enough to discover that the house breathes with an unpolished and long history. The plaque explains that Russian and Japanese delegates met in this buil…

July 04,2003
[FOUNTAIN]How to use summer vacation

Kim Dong-gyeom, who was a deputy manager of the Commercial Bank of Korea (now known as Woori Bank), was a workaholic. Mr. Kim, who worked at the bank’s Hyehwa-dong branch for nearly six years, rarely took a leave, and he often finished his lunch in less than 15 minutes. Mr. Kim, who attracted about 15 billion won ($12.5 million) of the 30 billion won deposited in the bank’s accounts, was highly esteemed by his colleagues at the Hyehwa-dong branc…

July 04,2003
[OUTLOOK]Today’s realities, future dramas

Watching the proliferation of strikes day by day, the cooling relations between North and South Korea due to the North Korean nuclear crisis and the hopeless party politics, it seems very hard for us to prepare for the future. The Joseon Dynasty may also have had difficulty in many aspects of planning for the future in the chaotic domestic and international situation a century ago. But historical facts show that decisions made at the turn of th…

July 04,2003
[NOTEBOOK]Confession and forgiveness

What is the greatest love of all? Perhaps it is a parent’s love of his children. However severely parents scold them, it is motivated by love, and even if they discipline them with a rod, it is also motivated by love. What is the secret of love? Perhaps, it is to forgive. If there is forgiveness, there will be no room for hatred. Why do parents forgive their children? Children are their bloodline. Parents regard their children as another “self,” …

July 03,2003
[FOUNTAIN]Spinning slowly in the wind

The leaders of the United States and the United Kingdom spent the last weekend of March at Camp David together, after the attack on Iraq had begun. The purpose of the meeting was to draw up plans for the postwar administration of Iraq. One figure who appeared frequently on television screens at the time was Alastair Campbell, 46, the chief press secretary of Prime Minister Tony Blair. He had a seat at every meeting the two leaders had with thei…

July 03,2003
[OUTLOOK]Keep the movie monster at bay

As a person whose job is making movies, I have enjoyed films ever since I was a child. The inexplicable attraction of European movies in the TV program “Movie of the Weekend” and the sentimental Korean movies were all great but the movies that I adored the most in my childhood were made in Hollywood. I do not think I felt a bigger thrill than when watching “The Great Escape” and “Papillon” -- I was a big fan of Steve McQueen -- and the Alfred H…

July 02,2003
[VIEWPOINT]Get rid of the greasy-faced ones

As soon as Choe Byung-yul was elected the new leader of the Grand National Party, a trial awaited him. Some reform-minded lawmakers within his party are ready to leave. Mr. Choe is asking them to stay, promising them that he will reform the party. In order for the Grand National Party to genuinely reform, I believe that he should let them go. Since the time of Chun Doo Hwan’s Democratic Justice Party, a predecessor of the Grand National Party, …

July 02,2003
[FOUNTAIN]Big shoes to be filled

He was a man of passion and spirit, with big, bright eyes, a cheerful voice and a bow tie. For younger Koreans, he may be an unfamiliar historical figure. But Yuseok Cho Byoung-ok (1894-1960), the leader of the Democratic Party, fought from 1956 to 1960 against the Liberal Party regime of then President Syngman Rhee. During the Japanese occupation, Cho Byoung-ok was imprisoned twice for five years for activities in the Gwangju Democratic Move…

July 02,2003
[OUTLOOK]We’re losing the technology race

The aversion of students to science and technology majors has become a serious issue. We should especially note that the scientific maturity of Germany and the affinity for science in Great Britain are products of longer-term promotional investments by governments in these fields. When our economy was in a difficult situation about 20 years ago, more students applied to the science and technology departments at colleges than to the humanities …

July 01,2003

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