Arirang TV Explores New Government Policies
By Kwon Mee-yoo
Staff Reporter
Arirang TV will air ``Korea's Great Second Take Off'' series to preview the policies of the incoming government of President-elect Lee Myung-bak this week at 10:30 p.m., from Monday to Friday.
Five experts in their respective fields will discuss, analyze and give forecasts for the next government and Joanne Lee, chairman of the Star Communications, will host the program.
Park Se-il, chairman of the Hansun Foundation for Freedom and Prosperity, will appear on Monday. His focus is on how Korea can be a developed country. Park says a more than $30,000 per capita GDP, is the benchmark of being an economically advanced country.
He gives examples of Brazil and Argentina, which did not successfully expand as developed countries due to vote-catching politics and excessive demands from a variety of interest groups. ``If a certain person or group pursues too much interest, the country cannot take off as a developed country,'' Park said.
He also asks Koreans to have communal freedom, which means respecting community values and other cultures while pursuing personal freedom.
The second guest, Na Seong-lin, is a professor at the College of Economics and Finance, Hanyang University.
Na points out that Lee's government should lift regulations on enterprises to keep pace with the globalization of world economics and finance.
The third show will cover the educational policies of the coming administration. Professor Park Jhung-soo of Department of Public Administration at Ewha Womans University will talk about the reform of education in Korea.
On Thursday, Lee Chung-min, a professor of Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University, will map out the diplomacy and globalization of Korea. He emphasizes ``There are a million foreigners living in Korea. Decades from now, their children will enter Korean universities. We have to admit that Korea is now a multiracial nation and we must accept these foreigners as a part of us,'' he said.
Lee Kark-bum, president of ITthinknet, an Information Technology (IT) strategy research institute, will talk about the next growth power of the country, soft power, and especially IT on Friday's show.
The show airs at 10:30 p.m. and rebroadcasts at 2:30 a.m., 6:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. the next day.
For more information, visit www.arirang.co.kr (in English).