Modified Interview Questions
Interviewee: Prof. Joong Bo
Brief Description: Professor of Politics and Economics at Y University in South Korea.
E-mail and phone call.
1. President Roh Moo-hyun stressed that the armistice on the Korean Peninsula should be converted into a peace regime once the North Korean nuclear investigation comes to an end. In fact, South Korean government spends a lot of money for national security per year against North Korea. Do you think the peace treaty is possible in the next regime?
2. Some political experts expect that there will be a summit talk between President Roh Moo-hyun and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il this year. Do you think this summit talk should be held in this regime or should be postponed to the next regime? Also, what should the next president do for the future relationship between South and North Korea?
3. According to the six-party agreement, North Korea agrees to do away with its suspected uranium-based nuclear weapons program. Is this believable announcement? If it is, what are the reasons why you think?
4. The population of the aged is growing very fast in these days. We need to use old people's labors at industry sectors. In connection to this, what should the next president do for welfare of the aged?
5. As far as I know, the economical growth rate in Korea is very slow compared with other East Asian countries such as China, Japan and Taiwan? What are the main problems to hinder the economic growth?
6. Due to the economic downturn, 20’s and 30’s worry about their future. What are the best ways to improve the unemployment problems happen especially on 20’s and 30’s who just graduated college?
7. What is your position on FTA (Free Trade Agreement) policies on rice between South Korea and United States? (This is an especially big issue that is talked among Korean farmers.)
8. The wealthiest 10 percent of Korean families own more than half of the country’s total household net assets. What can president do to reduce the huge gap between the wealthy and the poor?
9. What should president do to control the inflation in the real estate market especially happening on areas around the Seoul, capital of Korea?
10. How should any president respond to media criticism against his or her policies? What kind of relationship should the president have with them?
11. There are issues of dual citizenships holders of US and Korea especially among people who have not yet completed their military duties. Korean government still requires them to give up one of their citizenships. In this global village period, I think it is about time to admit dual citizenships in Korea. What is your opinion?
12. More than a half of Korean students studying abroad, especially Ph.D holders do not return to their country at this time. What are the problems and strategies to induce them to come back to Korea?
13. Government has not provided many jobs for engineering graduates for several years. What should the next president do to solve this problem?
Brief Description: Professor of Politics and Economics at Y University in South Korea.
E-mail and phone call.
1. President Roh Moo-hyun stressed that the armistice on the Korean Peninsula should be converted into a peace regime once the North Korean nuclear investigation comes to an end. In fact, South Korean government spends a lot of money for national security per year against North Korea. Do you think the peace treaty is possible in the next regime?
2. Some political experts expect that there will be a summit talk between President Roh Moo-hyun and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il this year. Do you think this summit talk should be held in this regime or should be postponed to the next regime? Also, what should the next president do for the future relationship between South and North Korea?
3. According to the six-party agreement, North Korea agrees to do away with its suspected uranium-based nuclear weapons program. Is this believable announcement? If it is, what are the reasons why you think?
4. The population of the aged is growing very fast in these days. We need to use old people's labors at industry sectors. In connection to this, what should the next president do for welfare of the aged?
5. As far as I know, the economical growth rate in Korea is very slow compared with other East Asian countries such as China, Japan and Taiwan? What are the main problems to hinder the economic growth?
6. Due to the economic downturn, 20’s and 30’s worry about their future. What are the best ways to improve the unemployment problems happen especially on 20’s and 30’s who just graduated college?
7. What is your position on FTA (Free Trade Agreement) policies on rice between South Korea and United States? (This is an especially big issue that is talked among Korean farmers.)
8. The wealthiest 10 percent of Korean families own more than half of the country’s total household net assets. What can president do to reduce the huge gap between the wealthy and the poor?
9. What should president do to control the inflation in the real estate market especially happening on areas around the Seoul, capital of Korea?
10. How should any president respond to media criticism against his or her policies? What kind of relationship should the president have with them?
11. There are issues of dual citizenships holders of US and Korea especially among people who have not yet completed their military duties. Korean government still requires them to give up one of their citizenships. In this global village period, I think it is about time to admit dual citizenships in Korea. What is your opinion?
12. More than a half of Korean students studying abroad, especially Ph.D holders do not return to their country at this time. What are the problems and strategies to induce them to come back to Korea?
13. Government has not provided many jobs for engineering graduates for several years. What should the next president do to solve this problem?
posted by djwoo at
12:44 PM
3 Comments:
The questions all make sense and will reflect the knowledge of the interviewee, but it seems that there is not a sepecific subtopic of the interview and there is not a logic flow on the questions you gonna ask.
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Anonymous, at 3:15 PM
All the questions good They are no opinion based questions?
The questions are jumbled up.their order can be altered.
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Dharanish, at 3:16 PM
I agree with Fangjia and Dharanish about the need for a more logical order and a clear unifying theme for the questions.
Numbers 8, 10, and 12 are far too broad--narrow them down considerably. Number 8 is incorrect; South Korea isn't in something as destructive as a "depression," and I'm not sure it's a "recession," either. Maybe "economic downturn"?
I'm not sure what #5 means.
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TonyCimasko, at 11:57 PM
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