2007년 10월 11일 목요일

The needs of Korean unification

During the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, Koreans surprised the world because the whole nation wore red T-shirts which is the Korean soccer team’s uniform in order to support the Korean soccer team’s uniform in order to support the Korean soccer team. Like this, Koreans like to unite into one. A reason why Koreans have these kinds of characteristic is that Korea is the only divided country in the world, due to the fact that the country is separated, people want more sincerely to unify the country and become one. In fact, Korea should be unified for the benefit of the Korean race and its merits domestically as well as internationally.

Koreans should not hand down a national tragedy and pain to their descendants. During the Korean war, many innocent people died by the war of one race. Moreover, killing each other with family members sometimes happened because one was drafted to the North by force whereas the other was drafted to the South. Like this, Koreans experienced the tragedy of the fratricidal war, the Korean War, and they have felt the sorrow of parting with their family. In addition, Koreans have a sense of unease about the war because the North and South armies are opposed to each other. That is to say, suffering and anxiety due to the division of the Korean peninsula should not continue any more.

The unification of Korea has a lot of merits domestically. If Korea were unified, the national defenses expenditure would be reduced heavily, and Korea could be developed by the technology of the South and cheap labor force of the North. Moreover, North Korea has abundant resources such as iron ore and coal, which would be very helpful to develop the country economically. As a result, Korea should be unified in order to develop the country domestically as well as internationally.

After the unification, Korea could be the leading country of the international society. Now, both countries are isolated by each other. However, by unification, Korea will have geopolitical merits; they can make inroads into another countries easily though the continent of China and Russia as well as the Pacific. Also, many multinational companies will invest Korea more and more because the danger of war will have disappeared. Thus, Korea should be unified because the unification brings a lot of international merits.

Now, it is time to take a optimistic view about the future. Korea has experienced hardship since it was separated into the North and South. However, the Korean race will unite into one, and the country will develop domestically and internationally. Finally, happiness will be brought by the unification of Korea.

2007년 8월 13일 월요일

The Euthanasia!! Should be allowed or not?

Recently, medical skills have improved a lot, but some of disease still can’t be cured. Some patients and their families suffer from a patient’s vegetative state. Therefore, should euthanasia be allowed or not? Ill people suffer serious pain, and to their family members it’s hard to watch that. Besides, the medical coasts are too high due to many people are interested in this euthanasia thing. However, opponents believe ill people might be revived later because some vegetative state people have come out of their comas. Opponents believe euthanasia is murder, so we shouldn’t do that. In addition, the law is very strong. They prohibit euthanasia, so if we do that it’s against the law. The most important thing is their thought that is in vegetative state, but unfortunately we can’t hear their voice because of that reason we should hear their families voice.

The Win-Win Strategy

There is a small African country, which is culturally rich but financially poor. A large multinational corporation wants to build a huge factory there. The Africans have the right to live more comfortably and better than before. If the company comes to their country, the standard of African’s living will be improved. Therefore, the company should build the factory in the country.

If the company comes to the country, they make several benefits. First, the company can make the country more energetic. They can give more places to work, so people will have jobs that make people more active. In addition, the company can make a lot of money, so they will have to pay taxes to the government, which will help the government is financial problem. Finally, the government will be able to do a lot of work with the money.

Second, Africans and Americans have their own cultures. They can see other culture’s strong points, and then they can make advantages for each other. Moreover, African countries have special and unique cultures that they can introduce to the Americans.

Finally, Africans can improve their standard of life. They might be poor, and not have enough money for their life. However, the multi-national company will give them more chances to work and earn money. Although the salary may not be enough for everything, their life will be better than now. Furthermore, if the American company comes to the African country, they will build many facilities like hospitals and the places which can also improve the standard of their life.

Consequently, the company will bring a lot of benefits for the country. Even though the company could bring some disadvantages like pollution, the government can put regulations on that. The company has to build a clean system for the factory; also, the government should give them some benefits like tax reductions in order to support a clean system. The multi-national company can give a lot of benefits to the African country if they cooperative. As a result, this cooperation will be a win-win strategy for both sides.

2007년 8월 4일 토요일

Women's intuition


Everyone says women have a good intuition more than men. Usually it’s true because women have special feelings when they do something important, but why they feel that? Is that really based on women’s intuition?
Some people said because of women’s sixth sense that happens are occurred, but not every woman feels like that. When they did something important, it depends on person, the characteristic of person decide who can feel that and who can’t feel that.
When women have to decide something important, they always think about their problems and worried about that. They want to make a best choice, so everyday they spend their time to think about their topics. Finally, women can get special feelings about their problems, usually, those feelings are correct.
Moreover, women observed about their surroundings. They always think if I make that choice what happens occur and how there effect to my life. Because of that reason, many people think women have a good intuition.
In conclusion, someone who has a good intuition is based on person’s characteristics not a women and men’s problem. If someone wants to have a good intuition they need to focus on what’s going on there. It means they have to see how things stand.

North and South Korea





Between North Korea and South Korea, there are many similarities as well as many differences because Korea is the only divide country in the world and over fifty years have passed since Korea was separated. If we think about language, politics and condition of the countries, we can know what is similar and different between the North and South. First, we are some race, so we speak the same language, Korean. However, South Koreans sometime use a word of foreign origin whereas North Koreans always use only Korean. Moreover, North Koreans use different accents from South Koreans. Second, both countries want to unify. North Koreans want to maintain communism or socialism. In contrast, South Koreans want to maintain democracy. In fact, this is the most difficult difference to unity. Third, North and South Korea put lots of attention into the military politics because we are maintaining a ceasefire. Indeed, North Korea spends most of the national finances for the military strength, so the condition of the country becomes worse and worse while South Korea is developing more and more. In conclusion, we are the same race and the same country, but the differences between the North and South are increasing gradually. Probably, these differences will make the unification of Korea difficult, so Korea should be unified before the differences between the North and South become worse to correct.

2007년 7월 29일 일요일

To understand spoken English and common expression


When I spoke English, I knew my words were something no common expression, so native speakers didn’t understand even though meaning was correct. I want to communicate in English clearly, effectively, and naturally. If I do that, I have to leearn common expression or slang. I usually went with my Canadian friend who is native speaker when he went to meet his friends. Then I was just listening their conversation, and I tried to understand, but I couldn’t. There were many slang and many words which I couldn’t understand. However, it becomes better and better to understand. Hearing conversation between native speakers is a good exercise to learn spoken English and common expression.

Recently, I often watched English movie. When I watched English movie, I tried to watch it without subtitle at first, but I couldn’t understand, it was so fast. Finally, I used English subtitle. However, I understood only approximately 60% of it because I didn’t know a lot of informal or slang expressions. I need to learn informal English, so I felt that I should watch TV more or talk with my native friends more.

Black tea or green tea- which is healthier?


Black tea is more oxidized than the green, oolong tea. Black tea is generally stronger flavor and contains more caffeine than the less oxidized tea.
Actually in China, black tea is known as red tea, not a black tea.


Until recently, tea research has focused on green tea. Green tea is loaded with the compound epigallocatechin gallate ,a powerful anti-oxidant. Since the fermentation process used to make black tea converts EGCg into other compounds, researchers assumed black tea had less health benefits than green tea. However, recent studies indicate the compounds contained in black tea do more than contribute to its dark color and distinctive flavor. They also provide health benefits originally attributed solely to green tea.


What are benfits about black tea?


Black tea has a lot of polyphenols, so it can make people younger than now, and black tea can protect our body from several diseases, like heart attack, immune system disease and several cancer. In addition, black tea can reduced risk of stroke because health benefits of foods contain high flavonoids which were obtained from fruits and vegetables, seventy percent came from black tea. Finally, black tea can help our diet. Black tea is low calories, and they offer essential nutrient like vitamins and essential amino acids.