Quotations of the day

Korean soccer needs to learn from the beginning. (Donga.com netizen, comparing Korean and Japanese soccer during an open discussion held on the Internet Wednesday.)

Granting approval just before the office closes is tantamount to an act of fraud against the people. (The Kyongnam Environmental Association in a press interview on Wednesday, criticizing the Kyongam Provincial Government for approving a reclamation project in an area of Chunam, Changwon, that migratory birds frequent.)

Many people say that too much emphasis is being placed on on-line business, but because there are no clear distinctions between on-line and off-line businesses, this is the "Y2K of the consciousness." (Kolon Chairman Lee Woong-Yeul in a lecture on Wednesday, underlining the importance of change.)

We will try to make Vietnam a brother nation. (Lee Jong-Chul, head of the National Folk Museum, asserting in a Korean traditional fashion show at the Vietnamese folk museum Tuesday that of all nations in the world, Vietnam¡¯s culture is the most similar to Korea¡¯s.)