Chung mentioned the Netherlands, whose citizens can speak an average of three or four languages and provides home to companies whose combined investments makes the land of daffodils and windmills the world's third largest destination for investors.
``It's no coincidence that Dutchmen are doing well on the international stage,'' Chung said, citing the country's low corporate taxes and individuals' readiness to accommodate foreign businesses.
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Obviously, he understands the difficulty in adopting English as an official language.
``We are different from Singapore or Ireland,'' he said, saying that they are desperate to attract foreign investment but Korea has a strong industrial base,'' he said.
``Years from now, we may look back on a lost chance with regret,'' he said.
Well, no, not "obviously." Clearly he doesn't understand that the primary obstacle to making English an official language is that practically nobody here can use it. Hell, you can't even make English the official language of an English classroom, and you've got English teachers who themselves believe English is a threat to Korean culture, and who are therefore reluctant to get to into it. Jesus Tapdancing Christ, what a moron.
The title is misleading, too; yes, English as an official language is "proposed" . . . by one guy. And, since we're here, can we please all do our best to help Koreans not use dumbass handles for their primary email addresses? "foolsdie"? Nice. Last year I did a write-up on a KT letter by a teacher who used the email address "fungus55." Well, at least they used easy-to-remember words rather than just writing out their names in Hangeul but with the English keyboard. Like, for example my name would be "qmfkdldjs" that way.
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