webzine- Woman who offers happiness

Our society has very many places that need loving touch. Everyone knows that that we should help to get over dark reality in order to make dream and hope. But it is difficult to volunteer to help because they don't have time and money.
Here are women who help their neighbors even if they are not well off. We listened to how they came to provide happiness to their neighbors and warm hearted spirit for a long time.

Women are now in charge of fianacial decisions at home.

In order to prepare, you should know about the economy. In order to enjoy comfortable lifestyle in your long senior years, you should start preparing for it from your younger years.
You should manage your money in accordance with flow of your life. You should make your life more prosperous by having interest in financial structuring and not money investment technique.
Operational fund should be in accordance with life's events such as marriage fund, educational fund, retirement fund, housing fund and others into short/mid/long term to manage and plan the financial commodities.

Special Chusok Spent by New Family

Korean society that has already stepped into the path to multicultural society should recognize these people with various ethnic background as true members of the society and to take on the task of creating lively tradition with their voices in it.
We hope that tradition with life and seedling of happy Chusok where everyone shares with happiness will grow together with mature sense of multicultural citizenship.

Rediscovering the Value of Homemaking

First, it is about re-evaluation of homemaking. It should be recognized that homemaking is as important as earning money. In reality, household work should be fairly evaluated during indemnity proceedings and compensation claim made during divorce.
For your information, you can find out about household work time and its annual monetary compensation on the website of Korean Women's Development Institute.(http://www.kwdi.re.kr)
Secondly, all the members of the family should participate in homemaking. Work needed to be done around the house should not exclusively done by housewife. When household work becomes a job where all the members of the family participates cheerfully, true gender equality will be established where all of the family members can be happy.
Let us remember that 'when it is done alone, it is a labor but when it is done together, happiness ensues'.

My Life's Andante

As we shifted from analogue era to digital era, efficient use of time in accordance to this change has come to be most favored noble attribute. But on the other hand, there are many endeavors to carry out 'slowness' in their lives while challenging the speed in various places.
Praising slowness is not in praise of idleness but rather, its true value lies in peace of mind and creativity brought on by the relaxation and looking at one's life in a different light in calmness.
During this hot summer season when we tend to sprawl out, why don't we look back on our lives in peaceful place instead of having our vacation in busy and bustling summer resort?

My Own Mind Map

Every January, we enthusiastically make grand New Year’s resolutions but how many of us do actually go through with the plans until the end of the year? Most of us don’t even seem to remember what those plans were. Unlike many of the past years, why don’t we carefully design our plans so they will be fruitful at the end of the year? The mind maps created by women in Gyeonggi tell us how to make ‘New Years Resolution that Can’t Fail’.

Breaking the boundaries of Working Moms and Stay-at-home moms.

The media sometimes features stories of conflict between working moms and stay-at-home moms. The stories are usually about working moms and their kids being left out from the group when it comes to information on education or just simply socializing. It’s true that working moms are not able to participate in school functions due to their work but that doesn’t mean they care less. Many busy working moms try their best to make up for the time they’re not home with their kids.

Women with their heads up high and the ever-changing society.

Half of the people in this country are women but they were somewhat anonymous as they were better known as moms, sisters and wives. However, women with careers no longer make the news. Many women who were merely assisting men in the male-dominant society have taken over the important positions of the organizations. Let’s listen to the stories of women who have reached the top with passionate drive and progressive mindset.

The passage that WoORI had taken and the passage it’s going to take.

Webzine ‘WoORI’ marked its 100th issue. Since its launch in October 2000, the comprehensive information webzine for women, WoORI featured its 100th issue in April 2009. Currently WoORI is providing 44 new contents with 600 thousand visitors every month. In this special edition, we look at how WoORI has evolved and where it’s going.

A letter of hope to my wife.

There is a saying that men shed tears three times in their lives. Korean men can’t seem to express their feelings in words, nevertheless in tears. But the good news is that they’re changing. Some of these men have sent us letters filled with love and gratitude toward their wives. It’s never too late to write a letter to your loved one.

The reason why I love that flower.

May 14, there are many women on the street with a rose in one hand and their boyfriend’s hand in the other. It’s a Rose Day, a day to give roses to your loved one. We asked our readers to share their memories of unforgettable flowers in their lives.

Communication is power.

According to the recent survey by the Korea Employment Information Center, the ‘communication ability’ decides the pay level. Another research said 85% of successful people display high communication ability. One dictionary defines ‘communication’ as not blocked and flowing smoothly; messages have been delivered clearly without any misunderstanding. Are we truly communicating? What makes it so important?