Quotation of the day

I would like to extend my hearty thanks to former President Kim Young-Sam. Who else but him (YS) could have made me laugh my head off at nothing whatsoever? (A manager with an Internet venture company on ex-President Kim who spoke on the radio on Monday for the first time since he left office to criticize some politicians using nasty language.)

The neighborhood is still steeped in oil 30 years after the U.S. military camp was closed. (Green Korea United on Monday during a press conference on the inaction of the government regarding the polluted soil and underground water near Munhaksan in Inchon.)

They must know that the public funds now being raised by the government to bail out troubled banks are not a godsend but hard money collected from poor taxpayers. (A netizen reader of donga.com on Monday commenting on the lax posture of some executives of big business dependent on government rescue funds.)

Our economy is exposed of late to a shock from external factors and we have to cope with the external factors for ourselves. (President Kim Dae-Jung during a cabinet session at the executive mansion Chong Wa Dae on Monday.)

The misuse and overuse of medicine ought to be prevented for that is the key element in the reform of the medical service; to separate prescription from the distribution of drugs, but remedial measures are being worked out to prevent additional inconveniences resulting from the separation. (Lee Hae-Chan, chief policymaker of the Democratic Party on Monday disclosing that exceptions to uniform enforcement of the medical reform are to be allowed for the elderly.)