内気(うちき)な性格(せいかく)を変(か)えたい。: 내성적인 성격을 바꾸고 싶어.

髪型(かみがた)、変(か)えたんだけど、どう?: 머리 바꿨는데, 어때?

予約日(よやくび)を変(か)える。: 예약일을 바꾸다.

Some strongly believe that a person’s grasp of academic theory is very necessary for him or her to become a qualified professional. For them, educational attainment is the most important factor in employment because of different reasons.

First, people need formal education to learn the proper knowledge and skills required in a certain field. The information that people get from formal education can equip them with the theoretical knowledge that they can apply as professionals. Usually, employers prefer those who have deeper theoretical knowledge because those people can do more for them.

Second, getting a higher educational attainment helps people become more mature and connected with a bigger world. As peoplepursue higher levels of education, they mingle with people who have more technical and practical knowledge. Through their academic pursuit, they can acquire the knowledge and skills they need for their chosen fields, and they can create a network or a support system that can help them improve once they become professionals. 

Lastly, the competition in the corporate world has become very fierce over the years. Gone are the days when employers merelyfocus on a person’s practical experiences and good character. Employers now look for the most educated people who can be part of their team, so people need to invest in education for them to have an edge over their competitors.

On the other hand, there are people who do not agree that one’s educational attainment should make a difference in seeking employment opportunities. They also say that a person’s educational attainment is not the most important factor in employment.

First, the theoretical knowledge that people learn from educational institutions would be useless if they do not know how to apply them in the real world. Instead of focusing on what school records show, employers should focus on people’s ability to work properly and their willingness to learn.

Second, the educational system has now become toocommercialized that even undeserving students can earn a degree even without having the skill set that employers need. Degree-granting has been commoditized, so it should not be the major basis for employment.

Lastly, a person’s high educational attainment does not automatically imply that he or she will become a good employee.Employers should focus on a person’s qualities, such as work ethic and social skills, that will put him or her above those who have the same technical and theoretical knowledge.

あの子(こ)、変(か)わってる。: 저 애, 특이해.

中学生(ちゅうがくせい)になってから、声(こえ)が男(おとこ)らしく変(か)わった。: 중학생이 되고 나서, 목소리가 남자답게 변했다.

昔(むかし)とスタイルが変(か)わったね。: 옛날이랑 스타일이 달라졌네.

The curtains came down on the regular season of this year’s Korea Baseball Organization on Sunday. With the playoff seed determined, some will be taking off their gloves and putting their bats aside for now, while others will see a little more time on the field this fall. The Doosan Bears, the defending Korean Series champions, had a particularly memorable season. Securing the pennant of the KBO regular season three weeks ago, the Bears cruised through the year with 93 wins, 50 losses and one draw, setting the single-season record for wins. At the fore of it all was the Bears’ Dustin Nippert. 

Nippert, a righty from the United States, was the winningest pitcher at this year’s KBO, leading the league with 22 wins and an earned run average (ERA) of 2.95, making him the only pitcher to hold more than 20 wins with an ERA under 3.00. Carding his 22nd win Saturday against the LG Twins, Nippert tied the record for the number of wins clinched by a foreign pitcher in a single season, which was set by Daniel Rios in 2007. As a leading pitcher for the Bears, Nippert is a favorite to take this year’s MVP award. Along with Nippert’s brilliant season, the Bears will automatically advance to this year’s Korean Series to take a crack at their second Series title. “We will give the fans a show to watch this fall,” said Kim Tae-hyeong, the Bears skipper, after the win on Saturday. “We would like to show our sincere gratitude to our fans. We will prepare ourselves thoroughly during the break for this year’s Korean Series.” After the Bears, the NC Dinos finished the season as runners-ups. In the fourth year of their existence, the Dinos may be a young team but the way they have handled themselves on the ground has been far from green. 

The Dinos finished this year with an 83-58-3 record, seven games ahead of the third-placed Nexen Heroes. In batting, Eric Thames, last year’s MVP, prompted the success of the Dinos once more with 40 homers, tied at first with Choi Jeong of the SK Wyverns. His slugging percentage, synonymous with power hitting, stood at .679, also first in the league. His runs batted in (RBI) came out to 121 by the end of the season, fourth in the league. As the first one to join the 40-40 club, a group of batters who have collected more than 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a single season, with 47 dingers and 40 stolen bases last season, Thames overwhelmingly claimed the MVP honor last year. But as impressive as his performance was at-bat this year, it is questionable whether Thames would once more be the recipient of the honor. The American slugger was caught driving under the influence in late September and the KBO suspended the 30-year-old for the remainder of the regular season as well as the first Dinos game of the playoffs. This late DUI case may put a damper on things in Thames’ shot for the MVP title. Despite the incident, as the runners-up, the Dinos will advance straight to the second round of the playoffs, taking on the winner of the previous rounds competed among the Heroes, LG Twins or KIA Tigers. 

The Heroes, despite losing some of their key players after last year including power hitter Park Byung-ho, who left the Heroes to join the Minnesota Twins of the Major League after reaching the climax of his career in the KBO by hitting 53 home runs and 146 RBIs for the season, have made it into the postseason once more. Finishing the season at 77-66-1, the Heroes will face the winner of the wild-card game between the Twins and the Tigers. The wild-card game between the Twins and the Tigers will start off this year’s postseason and ignite the baseball fever that only comes during the fall. With the Twins seeded higher than the Tigers, they will have an advantage going into the first wild-card game starting tomorrow. Not only do the Twins face the Tigers at home in Jamsil Baseball Stadium, but the Seoul-based team only needs one win to advance to the next round. For the Tigers, they have quite a hill ahead to climb as they are the dark horse of this year’s playoffs. Noesi Hector, a Dominican pitcher for the Tigers, will be starting for the team. Ranked third in the league in ERA with 3.40, Hector has been absent from the starting roster since Oct. 2, most likely trying to put his physical condition at its peak for the playoff game. The first game of the KBO playoffs between the Twins and the Tigers starts at 6:30 p.m. in Jamsil today.

ボールを避(さ)ける。: 공을 피하다.

別(わか)れた彼女(かのじょ)を避(さ)ける。: 헤어진 여자친구를 피하다.

雨(あめ)を避(さ)けて、お寺(てら)に寄(よ)った。: 비를 피해, 절에 들렀다.

A pilot episode is the tip of the spear of an up-and-coming TV series. Every new TV program needs a good pilot episode to succeed. Before a new series airs on television, a pilot is first created to gauge whether a particular concept for a series will be successful. 

The initial step for one to get an approval for a pilot is pitching his or idea to a studio or TV network executives. Once the idea is approved, the pilot script has to be created. This stage is crucial because it can lead to what is called the “development hell” in the entertainment industry where a concept remains in development without progressing to production. To avoid this, a lot of work is put starting from the conception of an idea to the production of a pilot.

Executives have several points to consider for the approval such as the relevance of the script with the pitch that they bought, the orientation of the script with respect to the image of the network or studio, the budget for the script, and many more. The job of scriptwriters gets more difficult when they have to bear in mind and strike a balance between two things at the same time: the points of considerations that executives have and the creative integrity of the idea.

Upon approval of the script, one must move on to putting together the creative elements of the pilot. He or she needs to pick the people for the team. During this time, choosing the actors, actresses, and the directors is a race. Once the cast is approved by the network, shooting begins, and it can take days to weeks depending on the show and the number of cameras used. 

During the shoot, networks can interfere with the production of the pilot to reduce the financial risks. This way, networks get a glimpseof how the concept will turn out without investing too much on the project. After shooting, the pilot undergoes editing before being released to the network for the final verdict.

A pilot episode is like a test episode that is used to sell a show or a series to a television network. Once a pilot episode is deemedcompelling, it usually serves as the first episode of the series. Pilot episodes that fail to convince television networks are usually never screened publicly. They are called “dead pilots.” However, even though pilot episodes may be successful initially, a series can get cancelled if their ratings suffer.

夜中(よなか)にベルが鳴(な)ってびっくりした。: 한밤중에 벨이 울려서 깜짝 놀랐다.

携帯(けいたい)、鳴(な)ってるよ。: 휴대폰, 울리고 있어.

雨(あめ)はいいけど、雷(かみなり)鳴(な)るのは嫌(いや)。: 비는 좋은데, 천둥 치는 건 싫어.

Samsung Electronics temporarily stopped producing its flagship Galaxy Note7 amid reports of new explosion cases involving the replaced gadgets, only 10 days after the nation’s top conglomerate resumed sales of the device in Korea, hoping to start afresh. The new explosion reports have also led two major mobile carriers in the United States, AT&T and T-Mobile, to suspend sales as well as exchanges of the troubled product during the weekend. “We are adjusting the supply amount of Galaxy Note7s that recently had burn damages in order to begin a closer investigation and improve quality,” Samsung Electronics said in a regulatory filing Monday evening. “We will repost the filing within one month once the details on the decision are finalized.” The Samsung Electronics spokesman made no further comment. 

Earlier in the day, a source affiliated to one of Samsung Electronics’ partnering companies said the production line in the Vietnam plant, which is responsible for the global shipment of the new gadgets, has been put to a stop. “Its production has temporarily stopped out of safety concerns for global consumers, not only in the U.S., but also in China and of course in Korea,” the source added. It continued, “Samsung Electronics is currently cooperating with the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards as well as U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and China’s regulatory authorities to investigate the cause of recent cases and, if necessary, Samsung Electronics is going to roll out additional measures.” At least eight explosions involving the replaced Galaxy Note7 were reported in global news outlets during the past few weeks, including one in the United States when passengers evacuated a Southwest Airlines flight before it took off on Oct. 5 due to a smoking Galaxy Note7. 

The CPSC is currently looking into the case, and the result of the investigation is expected to come out this week. Another case involves the new product flaming up inside the back pocket of a user in Taiwan on Oct. 8. AT&T, one of the biggest distributors of Samsung mobile phones, said they will no longer sell the new Galaxy Note7 nor exchange the old one with new ones. “Based on recent reports, we’re no longer exchanging new Note 7s at this time, pending further investigation of these reported incidents,” an AT&T spokesperson was quoted as saying in Bloomberg. Another major U.S. mobile carrier, T-Mobile, issued a statement on its website Sunday that they are “temporarily suspending all sales of the new Note7 and exchanges.” It also said, “We encourage customers to stop using and power down their recalled devices and return them to T-Mobile.” Whether the “supply adjustment” notice posted by Samsung Electronics means the smartphone manufacturer will go through a second recall or will completely discontinue the product is not yet known. But analysts believe the incident will cost the country’s top technology company millions of dollars to regain consumer trust and recover their damaged brand image. “If sales of Galaxy Note7s are suspended in the fourth quarter of the year,” analyst Peter Lee at NH Research Center said, “Samsung Electronics will have to deal with 700 billion won ($630.8 million) worth of lost opportunities.” 

The Suwon-based semiconductor company is already facing an estimate of over 2 trillion won worth of losses due to the unprecedented large-scale recall plan initiated on Sept. 2, encompassing 2.5 million Galaxy Note7 units already sold globally, which are installed with potentially explosive lithium batteries.

夕食(ゆうしょく)はすみましたか？: 저녁은 드셨나요,

夕食(ゆうしょく)の時間(じかん)です。: 저녁 식사 시간입니다.

今日(きょう)の夕食(ゆうしょく)はなんだろう。: 오늘 저녁은 뭘까.

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power in her visit to South Korea confirmed that Washington is committed to using all and any measures feasible against North Korea’s nuclear advancement and provocations, a likely sign that stronger and additional sanctions from the international community may be levied upon the North for its fifth nuclear test last month. 

“While the Security Council resolutions are one tool in our toolbox and a very important instrument of pressure,” Power said in a press conference in central Seoul on Sunday, “we are committed to using all the tools in our tool kit to address this serious threat, including the diplomatic pressure that we are mobilizing around the world to convince other nations to isolate the regime.” “We understand that this is not only a threat to the U.S. and to the Republic of Korea but to the very foundation of our international order,” she added. “We are determined to stand with you in addressing this threat. Our resolve is unwavering; our commitment is ironclad. We are by your side.” Earlier on Sunday, her second day in Korea, Power met with defectors at Hanawon in Anseong, Gyeonggi, where she also attended a church service with them. She is scheduled to visit the Nehemiah Korea Daum School, a school for defectors in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Monday. 

Government insiders said Power’s visit with the defectors could be seen as a message from the United States to highlight the North’s human rights abuses in pressing for additional sanctions on the regime. North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear test on Sept. 9, its strongest to date and second this year, on the 68th anniversary of North Korea’s founding as a state. Power’s visits also come one day before the North’s ruling Workers’ Party’s founding anniversary on Oct. 10, the date that experts and government suspect the North Korean regime may be panning another nuclear test or ballistic missile launch. Recent satellite photos suggested that North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site could be preparing a sixth nuclear test. Power’s interest in the human rights issues of North Korea also stems from her background. Prior to her post at the United Nations, Power served as special assistant to the president and senior director for multilateral affairs and human rights on the National Security Staff at the White House. Prior to this, Power taught at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, teaching courses ranging from U.S. foreign policy to human rights. After her visit to Hanawon, Power stopped by Panmunjom at the inter-Korean border, where she was accompanied by Lt. Gen. Thomas Vandal, chief of staff for U.S. Forces Korea, and Col. Lee Seung-joon, secretary of the UN Command Military Armistice Commission. 

According to government insiders, Power is scheduled to meet with Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo on Monday, where the parties are expected to hash out their plans in responding to the North’s provocations and also deliberate on additional sanctions on the regime.