How successfully students of 6 Special High Schools and Meister High Schools get a job
Back in spring in 2009 I was still a journalist. I had a dinner with professionals from an IT solution firm which built online shopping malls for special high schools in Korea. Discussions and chats related to a special high school named 'Bubsung High School' were brought upon to these folks.
It is located in Yeonggwang-gun, Jeollanam-do where it boasts the largest production of dried yellow corvinas in Korea. Teachers and students of Bubsung High School, via online shopping mall called 'Bubsungmall', sold dried yellow corvinas and other local products nationwide.
How women in rural India turned courage into capital
1. Please share your thoughts on the talk. What are your ideas on key messages of the speaker about women in rural India?
2. How much are you familiar with inequality issues especially in less-developed areas in the world? Please share your opinions on discrimination and repression by gender, race, religion, social status and so on.
3. Can you imagine your (active) engagement with under privileged classes in less-developed regions? If chances are given, are you willing to involve yourself in to the lives of the poor such as women in rural India?
Are China and the US doomed to conflict?
1. Please share your thoughts on the talk. What are your ideas on key message of the speaker on the US-China relations?
2. The speaker asks whether the growing ambition of China will inevitably lead to conflict with other major powers spearheaded by the US. Are you for or against this question? And on what grounds?
3. The ongoing US-China trade war is a political and economical hot potato in the global community. How do you see the G2(Great2) conflict will be developed in the future?
How the iPhone reshaped Asian tech
1. Please share your thoughts on this week’s cover story.
2. What are the major performances Apple has shown ever since the launch of its first iPhone back in 2007?
3. How deep and wide Apple has changed the landscape of the Asian tech industry especially with its 10-year-run iconic smartphones?
4. Please summarize the diagram of Apple’s supply chain. What are the key features?
5. What worries and challenges are lying ahead of Apple and its suppliers now?
Emerging Asian economies race to build metros amid choking congestion
1. Please share your impression on this week’s cover story.
2. What has made the traffic condition in Southeast Asian megacities such as Manila and Jakarta so desperate?
3. According to the article, Ho Chi Minh City seems to try to benefit from the latecomer advantage. Please explain more in detail about latecomer advantage.
4. Which countries or which international bodies have been in the forefront of leading infrastructure investments in Southeast Asia?
5. If any, please let us know your own experience of being exposed to choking congestion in Southeast Asia.
