Street vendors

     In Korea, the forced closing of all street vendors is still a contentious issue. I wasn’t interested in this issue because I thought that it did not have anything to do with me. However, while listening for this presentation, I came to realize that this is a kind of an important matter which affects me as a Korean consumer. Also, I am one of those people who often eats food from street vendors. As you know, the former mayor of Seoul, Oh Se-Hoon was a strong advocate of eliminating street venders. He thought that these shops ruined the appearance of the street, so getting rid of street vendors and beautifying the streets was the face of his campaign. So he ordered that all street vendors be shut down, by force if necessary. As a result the street vendors were all forced to close, but they demonstrated against his action.

     Some people insist that we can’t trust the sanitary conditions of these shops. They also insist taxes. However I believe it was wrong to close the street vendors down by force. These shops are a sole source of income for some people. Many people who run street vendors have no other means of support. It is part of Korean culture, too.

     Therefore, we should try to strike a happy medium between the needs of the street vendors and their opponents. One solution is that the government should make some kind of arrangement with the street vendors. For instance, the government would make street vendors legal again, cover their start up expenses, and in turn, the street vendors would pay taxes.

Hybrid cars going to be famous in the world.

In class, I heard about ‘hybrid cars’. I didn’t know anything about this car. This presentation was sensational and interesting to me. Many car companies have been trying to make this car and improve the performance of hybrid car. And drivers of hybrid car are increasing globally. Hybrid cars are innovative alternative of regular car. In reality, many people worried about high price oil and environment pollution. But hybrid car is eco-friendly and uses economical fuel. Therefore, we can save money for using better fuel, reduce pollution, and make the maintaining cost cheaper.

However, this great technology, hybrid cars have weaknesses, too. It doesn’t have enough power to speed up. Hybrid car’s battery life is too short to drive long way. The car’s weight is so light which threaten the safety. It can be blown by hitting another car. And the price of hybrid car is much expensive than regular one. In Korea, Hyundai and Kia produce hybrid car and tries to develop this technology. These companies contribute to the advancement of this technology and commercialization. Also, Hyundai offers a future plan which is ‘Hyundai Blue’ for improving the hybrid car. They try to make hybrid car popular.

Therefore, this technology would be perfect in the future. It will strengthen the strength and make up for the weakness. I am sure that the hybrid car’s technology will growing up rapidly and successfully deployed on a commercial scale.