Final Round of the 1st Market Economy Speech Contest

On January 18, 2023, the finals of the 1st Market Economy Speech Contest were held at Yeollim Hall of the Forest Vision Center. Although the weather was cold, the atmosphere at the venue was heated by the participants’ passion. The finalists vividly shared fresh insights on the importance of freedom and the market economy, which are needed throughout our society.

Out of the 36 teams that advanced to the finals, 12 participants received awards. We extend our encouragement and gratitude to everyone who took part, and we ask for your continued interest in the Center for Free Enterprise (CFE).

□ Date and Time: Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 1:30 p.m.

□ Venue: Yeollim Hall, Forest Vision Center

□ Award Winners:

[Grand Prize] - 2 winners

- Yeonsu Choi (National Pension Service, How Should It Be Reformed?)

- Hanmin Koo (The Yellow Envelope Act (Revised Labor Commission Act), a Deterioration of Labor Law That Ignores the Reality of Labor-Management Relations—Better to Leave It As It Is!)

[Excellence Award] - 4 winners

- Junghwan Park (A Mandatory Biweekly Holiday System for Large Discount Stores That Forces the Market to Rest Too?)

- Jieun Shim (Suggestions on the Conditions for Successful Government Regulatory Innovation for a Business-Friendly Country)

- Eunji Kim (Escaping the Galapagos of the Innovation Ecosystem: In the End, Regulatory Reform Is the Answer)

- Yonghee Kim (The Solution to Economic Growth Is Not Income-Led Growth but Minimizing Unemployment)

[Merit Award] - 6 winners

- Deukyoung Lee (The Normalization of the Abnormal)

- Pilseop Moon (Protecting Property Rights Is a Prerequisite for a Free Market Economy)

- Hyunsu Jeon (A Teacher Performance System That Revives Education and the Economy)

- Hyunwook Lee (Labor Unions Losing Sight of Their Essence and Their Inconvenient Strikes)

- Seunggeon Kim (I Want to Live in a “Centenarian Zone” Too)

- Sehee Lee (Why Labor Unions’ Inconvenient Strikes Are Not Justified)

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Original title: 제1회 시장경제 스피치대회 결선

Author: Center for Free Enterprise (CFE)

Date: 2023-01-18

Source: https://www.cfe.org/bbs/bbsDetail.php?cid=event&pn=6&idx=25292