Korean National Debating Championship 2007

Greetings!

Thank you everyone for supporting the tournament. Following is the results of the tournament and the motions.

The Final Round motion was: THBT the United States should cease supporting the Pervez Musharraf regime. HUFS was Government and Hanyang 1 was the Opposition.

The Final round was adjudicated by Sophie Lee (CA-DAE), Jongmin Choi (DCA-Korea), Wonpyo Hong (DCA-Chungang), Jisoo Shin (DCA-Kyunghee), Yehyun Kim (EDIS), Jungwhan Jung (Yonsei), and Seongah Lee (EDiS)

The decision was 6-1 split for Hanyang 1.

Best Speaker
Nurliana Kamaruddin (EDiS 1)

EFL Best Speaker
Jingzhi Ye (DAE 3)

Rookie Best Speaker
David Go (Handong 2)

Congratulations to everyone who have put much effort on the KNC 2007.

Following is the motions of KNC 2007.
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Round 1: Korean Society
THW abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality & Family. (¡°Yeo-seong
Bu¡±)
THBT commercial matchmaking businesses are detrimental to the Korean
society.
THBT hostages should be required to pay all costs associated with
their release.

Round 2: Ideologies
THBT socialism is beneficial for South America.
THBT Saudi Arabia should allow women into politics.
THBT the world should completely give up its effort to implant
democracy in the Middle East.

Round 3: The Human Body
THW ban human body exhibitions.
THW harvest organs from executed prisoners regardless of consent.
THW remove custody rights of parents who deny medical treatment to
their children on religious grounds.

Round 4: Universities
THW forbid political parties from having activities on university
campuses.
THBT publishing university rankings does more harm than good.
THW prohibit corporate franchises from establishing branches on
campus.

Round 5: Law and Justice
THW adopt a trial by jury for criminal cases.
THS direct election of Supreme Court judges.
THW hold parents responsible for the wrongdoings of juvenile
delinquents under the age of 14.


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Quarter-Final: Natives and Settlers
THW repeal all laws granting extra privileges for the Australian aborigines.
THBT only native languages, rather than European languages, should be the official language of African nations.
THBT governments should repeal land ownership rights of its native
ethnic groups.

Semi-Final: The Third World
THBT environmental problems of the Third World are a responsibility
of the First World.
THBT the First World nations should prohibit pharmaceutical
corporations from conducting medical experiments on humans in
Africa, regardless of consent.
THBT the British Museum should return its exhibit items to the
former colonial states from which they were taken.

Final: US and the World
THBT the United States should cease supporting the Pervez Musharraf
regime.
THBT the US should immediately lift all sanctions against Cuba.
THBT Spanish should be the second official language of the United
States.

Sophie Lee
Chief Adjudicator, KIDA National Championship 2007
President, Debate Association of Ewha
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