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Economic Essay Contest

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[Grand Prize] Job-Seekers Need to Find Niche

[Grand Prize] Job-Seekers Need to Find Niche

Going to university just isn't what it used to be. With over one million youth unemployed in Korea today and counting, many university students are finding themselves pushed to the brink the moment they don their cap and gown at graduation. Unemployment rates have always been a thorn in the eye for everyone and things took a turn for the worse when the Lehman crisis took hold...

2009-10-29 23:23

[Runner-up Award] Flexible Labor Market Key to Solving Youth Unemployment

[Runner-up Award] Flexible Labor Market Key to Solving Youth Unemployment

South Korea is one of the most developed countries in the world. The country has endured the currency crisis and overcome many difficulties. Since the beginning of the 21st century, South Korea has been developing its knowledge industry with their human resources. Apparently, the next generation will rely on the knowledge industry rather than the manufacturing industry. Many ...

2009-10-29 23:20

[Commendation Award] State Incentives Needed for Less Desired Jobs

[Commendation Award] State Incentives Needed for Less Desired Jobs

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, a new trend seems to be spreading among many of my friends: they want to prolong their education by going to law school. We can deduce three reasons for this phenomenon. First is that in a time of uncertainty, youths are regressing toward a few professions that guarantee stability. Second is that companies simply aren't hiring enough ...

2009-10-29 23:16

[Commendation Award] Hospitality Crucial for Positive Nationalism

[Commendation Award] Hospitality Crucial for Positive Nationalism

Well into the realization of a fully-developed South Korean society, democracy and economy, the country's brand image continues to lag behind these and other related indicators. One of the four original Asian Tigers that experienced rapid modernization and economic development in the wake of Japan's post-World War II recovery and rise, South Korean development has been tradit...

2009-10-29 23:13

[Commendation Award] Environment Sustainability to Symbolize Korea

[Commendation Award] Environment Sustainability to Symbolize Korea

I arrived in Seoul three weeks ago on a sunny afternoon, tired from a seven-and-a-half hour flight from Dubai. I had been told that the buddy program at Seoul National University, where I was about to study at for the next semester, was not able to provide me with a pick-up service. I therefore had to figure out how to arrive at my one-room apartment in Shilim-dong myself. Ho...

2009-10-29 23:08

Six Winners of Fifth Economic Essay Contest Picked

The Korea Times is pleased to announce the six winners of the 5th English Economic Essay Contest.

2009-10-20 11:45

[Grand Prize] English Is Gateway to New Economy, Culture, Soft Power

[Grand Prize] English Is Gateway to New Economy, Culture, Soft Power

The importance of English in Korea is definitely on the rise ― there is no doubt about that. For Korea, which lacks in natural resources and is hugely dependent on foreign investment and trade, English is essential since it is what connects us to the world.

2008-10-31 21:00

Message From Screening Committee

In January when the announcement of the 4th English Economic Essay Contest for university students was made, few imagined that the global economy would be in such trouble as it faces today. The Korea Times is quite honored to have picked the title on ways to reduce risks in the globalized financial market for this year's competition in the category for foreign students.

2008-10-31 20:58

[Foreign Grand Prize] Leadership Key for Risk Management

[Foreign Grand Prize] Leadership Key for Risk Management

From the window on the Pyongui line, I caught my first glimpse of Pyongyang, and my first thought was how different this place was from Seoul. Even the train ride here was a far cry from the KTX I took from the APEC summit in Busan.

2008-10-31 20:56

[Runner-Up] Proficient English Is a Must to Achieve Advanced Economy

$15 billion. That's the GDP of Chad, a central African nation. It is also the amount that South Korean households spend a year on private education. A cursory glance at the ``hagwon'' districts in Korea confirms that English instruction is at the heart of this private education fervor.

2008-10-31 20:54

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