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Lee Myung Bak- A real ‘Bulldozer’

December 21, 2007 by Aishwarya 2 Comments

Lee Myung Bak- A real ‘Bulldozer’Lee Myung Bak is easily known by his nick name “Bulldozer,” he gained that figure in the era when South Korea made the remarkable appear nearly regular. Lee soared his triumph in the 17th presidential election in South Korea.

Two decades ago, when Lee owned Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. , the nation made a nonviolent changeover from an autocratic domination to democracy, hosted a productive Summer Olympics, and repeatedly racked upward yearly economical increase of eight per penny or much, creating Korea’s own economical miracle.

Lee stayed in a single room house in Seoul; his parents were working as street vendors. Lee worked hard to study in the college by peddling fruits and vegetables. In the year 1965, he joined the prestigious Hyundai Company. Later in 1977 he started his own largest Chaebol’s subsidiaries. Lee worked as mayor of Seoul since 2002 to 2006, during this period his direction was on stimulating financial glory days.

Lee’s victory led him to promise seven percent growth in economy. This doubles the per capita income up to $40,000 per year. Lee’s ambition plan for next 5 years is to make South Korea the 7th largest nation around the reality in economy, which is presently in 13th spot. Lee has a plan to cut down in the corporate tax by a third, to 10 percent. This will permit the investors in investing much, which leads to introduction in many jobs. Lee’s next focus is to bring down the unemployment rate. He has a plan to reduce the number of regulatory hoops which gives way to the Korean entrepreneurs in getting into the business. Lee is too concentrating on creating jobs by constructing large domestic canal which would link the country’s rivers.

Highlight of Lee’s triumph is packed by his international policies and South Korean strong relations with North Korea and also victorious meeting held in the month of October between current President Roh Moo Hyun and Kim Jong II.

Exactly 20 years after the best available and impartial election in the nation’s story, South Korea is now behaving like nothing if not an old democracy. Turnout in this election was just over 62% of the qualified electorate — downward abruptly from the 71% hat turned away to elect Roh Moo Hyun five years ago.

2007 election made South Koreans look that their nation has get then steady and too well-off. Nearly 40 percent of the electorate is downright bored with politics.

Source: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1696910,00.html

Filed Under: Korea, News, Who's Who

Cats that glow after Cloning

December 21, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Cats that glow after CloningThe process for cloning the cats has been around 6 complete years. The research squad reported the process saying picked skin cells from Turkish Angora female cats and used a virus to tuck the hereditary instructions for making crimson colorful protein. Then they added the gene-altered nuclei into eggs for cloning. The cloned embryos were implanted backwards into the giver cats, which effectively became the surrogate mothers for their own clones.

Korea Times reported that through Caesarian, four kittens came into light and accidentally one of it lost its living. There was powerful evidence that the rind of the kittens’ glowed under ultraviolet light and proved it to be gene-altered clones.

People with genetic disorders usually have to receive treatment throughout their lives that is very hard on them. If these results can help to make their lives easier, then it’s a wonderful thing.

These investigation results were away through the media and not from the formal reports. Ratification is required to place more fund in glowing reports. Incase the ceremonial reports confirms, it’s a measure ahead in the hereditary advancement.

Even if the cloning in cats get a regular use in laboratories, that cannot be tested on all the pets at home. Glow in the fish have been offered commercially for several years – but they’re yet unlawful in California and many countries, payable to concerns about genetically modified organisms.

Source: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/12/13/514602.aspx

Filed Under: Korea, News

How to Assist with the Oil Spill Disaster

December 13, 2007 by Paul Leave a Comment

I got this message from the US Embassy in Seoul today and thought it would be great to share it with you. If you’re interested in helping out. It’s cool to see that people are willing to lend a hand even though it was someone else’s fault.

The Korean government continues to confront a major challenge following the large oil spill off the coast of Taean County. So far more than 9,000 soldiers, policemen, and volunteers have been mobilized to mop up the oil and contain the environmental damage.

Members of the expatriate community who wish to contribute to the effort to combat the oil spill can do so in several ways:

1) Donations of goods: Authorities and volunteers need any of the following items you can donate:

— used winter clothing
— old towels or any other old cloth that can help absorb oil
— personal protective gear such as face masks, rain coats, rubber boots, and gloves.

To send donated goods, address them to:

The County Disaster Relief Center
96, Nammoon-ri, Taean-eup, Taean-gun, South Chungcheong Province
Tel: 041-670-2645 through 2653

2) Volunteering:

The Taean County Relief Center is receiving applications from individual volunteers or organizations via telephone (042-670-2645 through 2653) or through its website at www.taean.go.kr.

Applications should be made at least one day in advance so that the relief center can assign volunteers to the most-needed area.

Please note that volunteers are required to bring with them their own protective gear including raincoats, boots, and gloves. Please note also that there is no interpretation service available for foreigners, so a basic command of the Korean language is needed.

3) Donation of Money:

Donations of money to assist in the clean-up operation are being received by the South Choongcheong Provincial Government at the following account:

Nonghyup Bank, Account No.: 471-01-002107, held in the name of: The Governor of South Choongcheong Province.

The U.S. Embassy thanks you for considering these assistance measures.

Filed Under: Korea, News

Worth Investment in Korean School

December 9, 2007 by Aishwarya Leave a Comment

korean-school.jpgIn Korean schools, every conviction the principal says is followed with a version from an indigenous English-speaking instructor. The multilingual dawn assembly and English translations were introduced to play the demands of the parents.

It is not word that Korean parents are impassioned about English training. More than 10 trillion won ($10. 8 billion) is spent in Korea on personal English training. Many Koreans look uneasy and can’t talk a language of English when they play foreigners.

In the previous, parents sold their cows and soil in the countryside to train their children in Seoul so they could flee poverty. The age of globalization demands globalizes talents and speaking English way chance and ability. If national training is not enough, they will get to supplement it with personal direction.

People are switching over to foreign language high school as the regular high school in Korea is not compromising the requirement of fluency. Some parents have taken step in sending their children to abroad to provide them with good English.

Government has taken different steps to overtake foreign language schools in Korea but failed indeed. The competition is getting stronger and favoring foreign language schools. Parents and students have a strong belief in them that, foreign language will guarantee them in English language as well as foreign languages.

Korean government, this year has spent over 110 billion won in appointing the native English speaking teacher to all 3,467 school for elementary, middle and high schools. The best way to secure qualified teachers is to bring in Koreans born abroad.

Source: http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2883063
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Cram School- Test scandal

December 7, 2007 by Aishwarya 2 Comments

scandal.jpgCram Schools are the special schools to educate the students to give the entry exams of higher schools or universities. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education place across in a departure that the cram schools gave its students the questions that were to seem for the international word higher school admissions examine in Gyeonggi.

The police investigations had evidence that the cram school’s chairman was immediately involved in the examination scandal. The influence of this scandal caused leading cultural problems. Many of the students were damage since their admissions to international word higher schools were withdrawn.

Now the administration of the school must follow the law on private institutes. According to Gu Hyo-joong, manager of the training agency, the agency will cancel the school’s enrollment and will close it downward on Dec 7. This police are implemented in decree to penalize the chairman of the cram school. Establishment of another cram school by Gwak Yong-seok, 41, chairman of the Mokdong Jongro M School will be prohibited within a year’s moment.

Gwak distributed 200 copies of the leaked questions that he received from a teacher at the Gimpo Foreign Language High School on Oct 30, the same day the test was to be conducted. Due to this Gwak was detained.

The cram school had enrolled 62 students. Their admissions to Gimpo, Myongji and Anyang Foreign Language High school in Gyeonggi Province were cancelled.
The law also states that the cram school can reopen in the same building provided they register under a new name and led by a new chairman.

The educational office will inspect on false advertising, overcharging tuition and overall school management. They will also be inspecting on the irregularities in test preparation schools specializing in foreign language high schools. These were the measures taken to avoid any such scandals in future and ruin student’s career.

Source: http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2883004
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