To get someone to join something.

We will have to recruit over 100 people in order to complete this job.

To make something less serious or severe.

My doctor said that this medicine should help mitigate the symptoms I am experiencing.

To force someone to join the military, often through legal means.

It is common for countries to conscript young adults into the military when they are at war.

When a company or organization receives workers, goods, or services from a third party.

Outsourcing can be an effective way to cut costs when running a business.

Something that is unrealistic.

Your plan is very interesting, but I think it is completely impractical.

A system where people are ranked above or below each other in a rigid structure.

You’ll have to work many long nights if you want to go up in this company’s hierarchy.

1. Why did Sung Il-jong propose recruiting older men for military roles?

성일종은 왜 노인들을 군인으로 모집할 것을 제안했을까요?

2. How many people are currently serving in South Korea’s military?

현재 대한민국 군에는 몇 명이 복무하고 있나요?

3. What did Kim Dae-young say about recruiting older men into the military?

김대영은 나이든 남성의 군 입대에 대해 뭐라고 말했나요?

1. What do you think about Sung Il-jong’s proposal? Do you agree or disagree with it?

성일종 의원의 제안에 대해 어떻게 생각하시나요? 동의하시나요, 동의하지 않으시나요?

2. Have you served in the military before? If so, what did you think about it? If not, do you want to serve in the military?

군 복무를 한 적이 있나요? 그렇다면 군대에 대해 어떻게 생각하셨나요? 그렇지 않다면 군 복무를 원하시나요?

3. What do you think about conscription? Do you think that it is a good or bad thing?

징병제에 대해 어떻게 생각하시나요? 좋은 일이라고 생각하시나요, 나쁜 일이라고 생각하시나요?

4. When you are in your 50s or 60s, what do you want to do?

50~60대가 되면 무엇을 하고 싶으신가요?

5. Do you think that it is important for the South Korean government to spend a lot of money on the military? Why or why not?

한국 정부가 군대에 많은 돈을 쓰는 것이 중요하다고 생각하십니까? 왜 또는 왜 그렇지 않다고 생각하시나요?

6. What do you think about the age hierarchy in South Korea? How has it impacted you?

한국의 연령 위계에 대해 어떻게 생각하시나요? 어떤 영향을 받았나요?

7. Should some people be exempt from mandatory military service because of their achievements (ex: winning a gold medal at the Olympics)?

올림픽에서 금메달을 획득하는 등의 업적 때문에 의무 병역이 면제되는 사람도 있나요?

8. Are there any other ways to address South Korea's military personnel shortage?

9. Do you think that South Korea’s birth rate will eventually increase?

한국의 출산율이 결국 증가할 것이라고 생각하시나요?