Thursday, May 19, 2011

Week 11: Post your Blog Entries as Comments to my Main Post Each Week

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  2. 1.zhang yaning
    2.the discrimination of koreans from japaneses
    3.there was one time for the koreans being governed by japaneses,namely,the colony.so from the history pointview ,we can see that the japaneses maybe have the feeling of the superiority compared with koreans.untill now there is still some superiority over koreans which lead to the korean people living in japan who are concerning on this with changing their korean names into japanese names .if the koreans who are in japan with korean names,they will not be able to get the loan from the bank.these kind of situation should not exist in nowadays society which needs a equall status oto every country ,every race.there should be a equall way to live in the whole society.though there exist some laws to prevent discrimination like this from happening,their results are not very efficient.
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    4. with an interpreter in the middle. After talking about several matters, I asked about the systematic racial discrimination against Korean residents in Japan. I told them it was a disgrace to their ancestors and homelands for them to have to change their names to Japanese names in order for them to hold higher office in Japan. I pointed out that Norman Mineta and Bob Matsui were elected to the U.S. Congress with Japanese names and I had been elected with my Korean name. I emphasized that the issue with bank loans deserved investigation from the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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    5.http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2011/05/137_87349.html

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  3. 1.Ryu Kang Wook

    2.Different wages for irregular and regular workers

    3.Recently, it was reported that irregular workers in Korea are paid half the regulars’ wages for the similar amount of labor. Obviously, wages for part-time jobs and full-time jobs are different. However, it was suggested that the irregular workers were also “discriminated” against when it came to joining labor unions and subscribing to the national pension scheme. Both the irregular and regular workers are the members of labor unions because they all work in the same environment. It is clear that there has been a serious discrimination between irregular and regular workers as the irregular workers could not join the union of labor when the regular ones could join them. Irregular workers also have the rights to do the things that regular workers have. This kind of discrimination has to be removed in order to make a society fair and clean.
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    4.According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, a regular worker was paid an average of 14,388 won ($13.20) per hour as of June last year, compared to 8,236 won for irregular workers, meaning the latter receive a mere 57.2 percent of their regular counterparts’ wage. The gap was narrower among female workers and the more educated.
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    5.http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20110515000289

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  4. 1. Yin yashuo
    2. Is it a kind of Racism?
    3. Recently, I am curious about the Racism, marriage and the combination of these two things, I also found something very interesting.
    From the chatting with Korean friends I known that many young people don`t want to marry with the people who come from the different culture, especially whose skin color is different. If we don`t want to marry with the foreigners, the reason may be the communication and understanding exist some problems, or people coming from different background can not become closed easily. However, even some people can accept transnational marriage, they also don`t want to marry with colorful people. No matter we accept it or not, it is true that Asians, especially the Korean and Chinese don`t want to marry with black people. At the same time, they can be likely to accept the white people more that black ones. So I am wondering that can we say this is a kind of Racism? Can we call it the Racism in marriage?
    4. I made a survey among my friends, all of them are yellowed people and I also searched the Internet about this topic. Most people say that they are not racism and they don`t reject live together or make friends with them. However, from the deep heart, they also feel uncomfortable to live together with them. Can we say it is a kind of Racism?

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  5. 1. Suh Jin Hwang
    2. A Reward for Reproduction?
    3. The Korean Federation of Teachers’ Associations has named eight families that have produced a teacher for 3 generations as 'Noble Educators'. I wonder if we can consider this necessary. Why not give out rewards for other occupations as well? I can't understand why they would only consider teachers as noble. There are so many wonderful families out there who may not had teachers for 3 generations, but have been a great model that fits the right noble image. In addition, it might have been more easier for the second and third generation to become a teacher since they are more likely to obtain informal information, and have more beneficial network that can get them to the position they want.
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    4. How about calling a family with generations of teachers a “noble family of educators”? The Korean Federation of Teachers’ Associations has done just that. It is celebrating the 30th Teachers Appreciation Day by naming eight families “Noble Educators.” The new award honors families whose members have been teaching students for three generations.
    These families have a combined total of 100 years in education. It is a significantly long period of time, and these families exude dignity and pride as educators. From early on, the children were inspired by parents who devoted themselves to education, and they chose the same career path. Members of these families truly meant it when they said, “Teaching is the family business,” and “I want to be a teacher if I were born again.”
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    5. http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2936166

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  6. 1. Park Soo Min
    2. Discrimination in free subway use for foreigners
    3. This article is about foreigners who lived in Korea for long time but haven’t earn the right to take the subway free of charge as Korean senior citizens do. Some people who couldn’t receive the free subway use ran a wide array of businesses and even paid taxes. It doesn’t make sense that they cannot receive a senior subway pass and other senior welfare benefits because they are a permanent resident, not a Korean citizen. The government should make provisions and enact laws to stop discrimination to protect foreigner’s rights more definitively. At present there are no legal restrictions about racial discrimination about this. This should be changed.
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    4. Growing number of elderly foreigners with permanent residency hope the government will allow them to use the subway and other means of public transportation free of charge.
    According to government data, the number of foreign residents exceeded 1.2 million as of 2010, with the number of those aged over 60 reaching 75,000.
    The government has said it will make all efforts to abolish discrimination against foreign residents.
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    5. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/04/117_85083.html

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  7. 1. Nahm Youn ho
    2. Gender discrimination for Islam culture
    3. Saudi woman defies driving ban


    Naijla al-Hariri drove non-stop for four days in a protest against Saudi government's ban on women drivers.


    Najla al-Hariri, a housewife in her mid-30s, said she drove non-stop for four days in the streets of the Red Sea city of Jeddah "to defend her belief that Saudi women should be allowed to drive."

    Hariri said she was an experienced motorist as she had driven for five years in Egypt and another five years in Lebanon, while she could not drive in her own country.

    In addition to being banned from driving, Saudi women cannot travel without authorisation from their male guardians, and are also not allowed to vote in the municipal elections, the only public polls in the absolute monarchy.


    4. Islam culture has many Gender discriminations.For severe example, Female Genital Mutilation which is surgical procedure causes women’s death.Islam culture has been demanding some images of women expected daughters or wife to be meek and submissive. Driving is in line with this thinking abot women. Maybe most Saudi men has thought that driving women stand a chance of cheating or act of adultery. It is clearly obvious the prejudice is unfair for equal rights for both sexes, especially in law.


    Movie about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
    http://movie.naver.com/movie/bi/mi/basic.nhn?code=71550



    URL : .http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20110520000808

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  8. 1. Kang Kyung Min
    2. Still getting for their own right in the world.
    3. This article is against the ban on driving by woman in Saudi Arabia. According to this article, even now saudi woman cannot be allowed to drive in their country. I feel that the Saudi Arabia is one of the worst inequality country between man and woman. When I talk with Saudi friends or when I hear from friends about saudi guys, they really did and thought woman is just adjunct for man. Although this is parts of their culture, this culture should be got rid of so as to go to the democratic world for whole thing.
    4.Hariri said she was an experienced motorist as she had driven for five years in Egypt and another five years in Lebanon, while she could not drive in her own country. - After reading this sentence, I thought that even though there are some inequalities in most of the Arab countries, I consider that Arab countries have developed themselves aspect of human right, compared to before. I believe that these efforts will attract the more equality future.
    5.http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20110520000808

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  9. 1. Lim Ji Hyeok
    2. Centers help immigrant workers find jobs
    3. In these days immigrant workers get inequall teatment about working in Korea. By this reason it was big issue between immigrant workers and companies. To negotiate government planned to help immingrant workers by provide services and suopport like teaching skills and give imformations about jobs to help them to achieve 'Korea Dream'. I think this scheme is very suitable in this case. If immigrant workers get abilities and skills they can be compete with other workers and they would not be a lower social level any more. Of course it can jeopardaize Korean workers but it is not unfair plan because government just adjust the balance beween immigrant and domestic workers. Then immigrant workers' social inequallity will be relaxed. Also if they compete we can get better results. By these reasons i support goverment's decision.
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    4.The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday it will step up its efforts to help immigrant workers change their career or those who are jobless find a new job. The city is running seven support centers in Youngdeungpo, Geumcheon, Sungdong, Eunpyeong, Gangdong, Sungbuk and Yangcheon where the population of immigrant workers is relatively high.
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    5.http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp

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