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[TODAY] Seoul's Diplomatic Tasks Are Very Clear

This Time, Korea Is Steering Northeast Asia History and Must Arrange Roles for All the Players Let's paint a large picture of the environs of the Korean Peninsula. Northeast Asia is writhing in the throes of great transformation. It is readying itself to replace the oppressive mantle of the cold war with lighter clothing as a thaw sets in. Unless the Bush administration tears down the current framework of reconciliation, 2001 may become a yea…

Feb 08,2001
[NOTEBOOK] One Way to Reach Transparency

Reinforcing the Audit System Is Necessary to Prevent Falsification The foreign press is busy reporting the news about layoffs in American companies. Many outstanding companies, including America Online, the largest Internet service provider in the world , Chrysler, Amazon.com, Walt Disney Company and Lucent Technologies are at the center of the news. General Electric, the most prominent firm in the world, also reportedly is planning a mass la…

Feb 08,2001
The Truth About All That Is Not Real

There is one thing for which Korea ranks number one: making imitations of designer goods. These imitations are sold not only in Itaewon, but furthermore, they are being exported. When asked whether distinguishing between the genuine article and the imitation is possible a merchant replied no. When the police raid the counterfeiters, I secretly wish the manufacturers would not suffer inconveniences because imitations contribute to a more e…

Feb 06,2001
Political Tips From Good Marriages

They say nothing is as short-lived as a quarrel between husband and wife, but there is a certain line that you must never cross in order to maintain your marriage. You should never speak ill of your spouse''s parents, for instance, or abuse your spouse with personal invective under any circumstances unless you are prepared for a divorce. There is also a minimal level of norms that countries at war have to follow. It is an international tacit unde…

Feb 06,2001
We Should Learn From California

A stage 3 power emergency is declared in California any time that electricity reserves fall to less than 1.5 percent. In this situation, power districts can use rotating blackouts to save electricity. Since California was seen as a test case for power deregulation, restructuring seems on the surface to be the main cause of the problems. But power deregulation, which Korea has just started, was not the cause of California''s woes. On the cont…

Feb 05,2001
It Requires More Than Money and Words

At a New Year''s ceremony for scientists this year, President Kim Dae-jung announced an intention to strengthen state support for the development of information and communications technology, life science and nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is defined as the ability to fabricate molecular-scale devices and machinery featuring nanometer sizes and atomic precision. (A nanometer is one billionth of a meter.) The fundamental goal of nanotechnol…

Feb 05,2001
The Secret of Raising Children

There was a time when people said their top priority in saving money was to buy a home. However, such times seem to have ended. According to the article "Education Tops Housing as Savings Goal (IHT-JAI, Feb. 1, 2001), 20.1 percent of the survey participants told the commercial bank H&CB, the survey conductor, that their primary savings goal is their children''s education. In this annual survey of city households, 19.5 percent said they were …

Feb 05,2001
For the Young, It’s a War

Battles over education and private tutoring in both Japan and Korea have reached the level of war. In both countries, private tutoring is a common practice in preschool education. There is only one difference between the two countries: Private tutoring for pre- school children in Korea is mostly based on the com- petitive psychology of parents, an abstract cause; pre- school tutoring in Japan is focused on gifted children to prepare them for a to…

Feb 04,2001
The North Will Change at Its Own Pace

Immediately after German reunification, I made a bet with a fellow professor on when the Korean Peninsula would be reunit ed. He insisted that unification would be rapid, as in Germany. I strongly disagreed. At that time, he was on the presidential adviso ry committee and subscribed to the view of the thenpresident, who took pride in his i.Northern Policy,l, which he believed would contribute to the collapse of the North and bring about ultimate …

Feb 04,2001
In Education, a Title Is Not Enough

The government reorganized the Ministry of Education into the Ministry of Education and Human Resources and raised the status of its minister by appointing him to the additional office of deputy prime minister. This reorganiza tion has great significance in many ways and although it may be an afterthought, we welcome it. But there are great concerns on whether the objective of the reor ganization will be fully realized. First of all, these measur…

Feb 04,2001

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