8. Why did Korea experience more and severer labor disputes in the late 1980s than earlier periods?
한국의 노동투쟁 및 파업의 시기는 정치적 불안의 시기와 일치하는 경향을 보인다. 특히 1980년대 후반의 격렬했던 노동투쟁은 1987년 당시 집권여당의 대통령 후보였던 노태우의 직선제 및 인권에 관한 공약이 기폭제가 되어
3. Agriculture
Finland's climate and soils make growing crops a particular challenge. The country lies between 60° and 70° north latitude - as far north as Alaska - and has severe winters and relatively short growing seasons that are sometimes interrupted by frosts. However, because the Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic Drift Current moderate the climate, Finland contains half of the world's
They are poor; but we cannot call them unfortunate
Even if you’re poor, you can still be happy
Interesting statistics about friendship
Ppl have avr. 30 ‘friends’, but have 8 ‘good friends’
Through out our lives, we make about four hundred friends, however, only 10% remains at the end
It’s because when the number exceeds 150, you can’t keep contact with everyone
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- to maintain such institutions
- to resist giving way to political passion or magical interventions
since 1980, Americans have worked more than Europeans?
Foreigners or Non-natives
There is a word Thai people use to refer to Westerners: “Farang.” This word alone only means “Westerner,” but it is usually associated with negative meanings. For example, “farang keenok” literally means “bird excrement westerner” and it really means a western foreigner who is not reliable or trustworthy. This word shows that some Thai people may be prej