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COMMUNITY 19FRIDAY

APRIL 10, 2009

By Christopher Dykas

Have you ever thought aboutstarting your own business inKorea? Well, whether you arean entrepreneur at heart, a for-mer business owner or simplylove Korea (but would love itmore if you were your own boss),the Seoul Global Center has anew program that will help turnyour goals into realities.

The Business EducationProgram for Foreigners wasconceived of this year a nd is cur-rently run by June Kim. Thepurpose of the program is totrain a nd motivate potential for-eign investors on Korean busi-ness practices, laws and oppor-tunities. The program will be of-fered in three parts: a businessbasics course, two specializedcourses and a series of finerskills courses.

The basics course will coverthe basic points you will need tocover when starting a businessin Seoul; these include how toevaluate business opportunitiesand making a business plan, in-formation on how to get a busi-ness license and taxation. Thispart of the course will take 25hours.

The specialized courses helppeople learn more about thespecifics of startin g a business ineither the food industry or inter-national trade. They will covertopics such as location analysis,taxation for the food service in-

dustry and customs regulationsand procedures for trade. Eachof these courses is 15 hours.

The finer skills series is an-other interesting aspect of theprogram. These are all individ-ual, 3-hour lectures that coversome of the finer points of doingbusiness in Korea includingglobal business etiquette, per-suasive presentation skills,leadership skills and the chang-ing consumer mar ket.

In the future, after this firstterm of courses, the programwill expand to include an ad-vanced course that will cover af-ter-establishment details suchas shop and customer manage-ment.

In order to cater to the sched-ules and needs of working indi-viduals, the course will be of-fered at night and on weekends.As with all of the services of theSGC, the business educationprogram is being offered free ofcharge. The application periodopened on April 2 and will lastthrough April 17. The course it-self will then begin on April 25and run through May 14 for itsopening term, then again fromSeptember through November.To apply for the program youwill need to fill out the applica-tion form available for downloadat http://global.seoul.kr

As well, throughout the dura-tion and upon completion of theprogram, participants are wel-come to take advantage of theone-stop business consulting,on-site consulting, and aftercarethat the Seoul Global Center.

For more information on theBusiness Education Programfor Foreigners, contact the SGCbusiness services consultantMs. June Kim at (02) 2075-4139, or jun ekim@sba.seoul.kr.Also, for business and generalconsulting, call our hotlinenumber at 1688-0120.

(cdykas @sba.seoul.k r)

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By Aaron Raisey

Last time we talked aboutsome creative options availablein Aperture Priority smallapertures for pictures witheverything in focus and largeapertures to be more selectivewith the subject of your focus.This week well explore anotherclick on your DSLRs dial Shutter Priority mode.

Q: What is the shu tter?A: The shutter is your cameras

eyelid. But unlike our eyelids,which remain open most of thetime, the cameras shutter is al-ways closed. Closed tha t is, u ntilwe push the shutter release but-

ton, which briefly opens the shut-ter allowing light to enter an d thecamera s film or sen sor to seeand record the photograph.

Q: What is Shutter Pri-ority mode?

A: In Shutter Priority mode,we control how long the shutterstays open by setting the amountof time it can remain so. In mostDSLRs this ranges from 30 sec-onds down to 1/4000 of a secondor faster. Of course t he longer theshutter stays open, the morelight enters the camera.

Q: So how does a fastershutter speed affect my pho-tography?

A: A faster shutter speed al-lows you to freeze action.Anything over about 1/250 or1/500 sec should be enough tosuccessfully capture everydaymotion like someone walking ora group of people. Sports photog-raphers use the fastest shutterspeeds available as much as1/8000 sec to freeze thoseamazing moments in t ime we seein newspapers or in magazines.

Q: If I leave the shutteropen longer, what happens?

A; You begin to see blurring ofmovement. The longer the shut-ter is open, the more motion iscaptured on the film or sensor,

and you get what is known asmotion blur on your image. Thiscan be used to great creative ef-fect. For example, try a shutterspeed of 1/30 to capture a water-fall at about the natural percep-tion of the huma n eye, or a speedof 1 sec to give the water a beau-tiful silky look. Pannin g is an-other technique that employsslower shutter speeds, a shutterspeed of about 1/2 to 1/15 whilefollowing a moving object such asa car or cyclist can give motionblur to the background, while thesubject remains quite sharp.

Q: Anything else I need toknow?

A: Yes, just as in AperturePriority where the camera com-pensates by setting the shutterspeed, when in Shutter Prioritythe camera automatically adjuststhe aperture to compensate foryour chosen shutter speed.Again, you ha ve a limited controlover t his by using exposure com-pensation or changing the ISOspeed. Also, while most peoplecan hold a camera reasonablysteady for speeds of about 1/100or faster, at speeds slower than

this camera shake is a factor. Avery steady hand becomes impor-tant . Consider using a tr ipod or amonopod for very slow speeds.

On a different subject, Ivehad some messages over thepast few weeks pointing outthat I only seem to refer toDSLR cameras. This is a fairaccusation, after all th ere are ofcourse other kids of camerasout there film SLRs,rangefinders and regular littlepoint and shoot cameras, for ex-ample.

However, this is a reasonableapproach because of the grow-ing popularity of DSLRs, espe-cially with those new to photog-raphy, and most principles andexamples I use are transferableto other kinds of cameras.Accepted, it is difficult (if notimpossible) to apply anAperture Priority approachwith a regular point & shoot,but the concept can perhapshelp you understand the art ofphotography a little more.Regardless of the kinds of cam-eras I most often refer to, themost important thing you cando to improve your photographyis to get out there and takemore pictures.

(raisey@hanm ail.net)

By Rob McGovern

V-day is everyday; it is a movementstarted by American playwright EveEnsler, of Vagina Monologue fame, totackle the Herculean task of bringingabout an end to violence against womenand girls all over the world. And the move-ment is very active in Korea, especiallyamong the expat population.

One of the ways the campaigners raisemoney is to stage annual benefit perfor-mances of E nslers play, The VaginaMonologues. The play isnt really a pla yat all; not in the traditional sense, any-way. It is a series of monologues deliv-ered by women dealing with subjects asvaried as childbirth to Bosnian rapecamps. Comfort women of Korea,China, Japan and elsewhere in Asia have been t he subject of a m onologue inthe past.

As part of V-Day 2009, The VaginaMonologues is being performed in threecities across Korea with dates throughoutApril.

Myongji University auditorium is thevenue for the Seoul production and wasdonated by the university, meaning pro-duction costs have been slashed, en-abling more money to go where it is need-ed.

Martina Jones is from Ohio and hasonly been in Korea for six months, buthas taken on the task of organizing theseperformances in Seoul. Mar tinasKorean teacher and immigration scholarat the university, Park Hwa-seo, hasbeen an invaluable resource for theSeoul team, helping to secure the venueand assisting when language barriersarise.

Jones was a part of The VaginaMonologues at the University ofCincinnati and when she recently learnedtha t a production wasn t scheduled forthis years V-Day campaign, she decided toproduce it herself.

In order to use the script, the showmust be done by the end of April, so I andthe V-Day team have had to hit t he

ground ru nning. Im happy to have foundtalented people who are passionate aboutthe cause and willing to work to make t heproduction a success. Thankfully lastyears organizer and some of the previousteam members have lent a helping hand,too, Jones explained.

Katy Carter of the United Kingdom isorganizing the Jinju production of TheVagina Monologues.

One of our performers, Donna Corns,participated in a production in Hiroshimaand suggested we do it h ere, Carter said.Having recently read news stories aboutthe plight of both Korean women and mi-grant women in Korea, we felt that V-Daywould be a great opportunity to raiseawareness.

It was easy here (to get people inter-ested). I work at Gyeongsang NationalUniversity, which employs about 40 for-eigners and so there were lots of womenready to get involved. Everyone had heardof V-Day and wanted to be involved insome way, whether it would be performingor organizing.

The money raised will go to thr ee sep-

arate charities all are based in Korea and a ll deal with womens issues.Jones is hopeful of raising around 5 mil-lion won for the Marriage ImmigrantsNetwork of the Seoul Korea ImmigrationService.

This organization helps to support mi-grant wives who often suffer great domes-tic and emotional violence along withmany social issues, she said.

Aside from going to the performances,donations can be made directly to theSeoul production at www.-firstgiving.com/vdayseoul2009 or to theV-Day campaign by going to their web-site, www.vday.org

The Jeonju production will donate theirproceeds to J eonbuk Womens AssociationUnited, an organization that works to endcrimes against women through actionssuch as organizing protests, interviewingvictims, developing educational programsin the school system, running a sheltergroup for victims of domestic violence andproviding a hotline for women in need ofhelp.

(robguv@gmail .com)

How tostart abusinessin Korea

In focus:Shutter priorityThe specializedcourses help

people learn more

about the specifics

of starting a busi-

ness in either the

food industry or

international trade.

They will cover

topics such aslocation analysis,

taxation for the

food service

industry and

customs regula-

tions and proce-

dures for trade.

JinjuBeneficiary: Jinju Womens ShelterDate:Saturday April 11Venue: Soundgarden, JinjuTicket prices: 10,000 won general,7,000won for studentsE-mail: jinjumomologues@yahoo.comPhone:010 3141 9602Tickets available at the door

SeoulBeneficiary: Marriage Migrants Networkof the Seoul Korea Immigration Serviceof the Ministry of JusticeDates:April 25 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.Venue: Myongji Auditorium, Myongji ArtsBuilding, Namgajwadong, Sudaemungu,SeoulTicket prices: 20,000 won for adults,

15,000 won for studentsWebsite: http://newsite.vday.orgPhone:010-5019-1167Tickets available from:vdayseoul@-gmail.com

JeonjuBeneficiary: JWAU Jeonbuk WomensAssociation UnitedDates: April 18 and 19Venue: Saturday at JRs Saloon,Sundays performances at To Be One,near Jeonbuk Universitys old gateTicket prices: 10,000 won in advance,15,000 won at the door.Website: http://jeonjumonologues.google-pages.comFacebook: Jeonju V-DAY Campaign,2009

Movement to help womenVAGINA MONOLOGUES

A faster shutter speed allows you to freeze ac-

tion. Anything over about 1/250 or 1/500 sec

should be enough to successfully capture

everyday motion like someone walking.

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