Many government thinks that economic progress is their most important goals, some people however thinks that other progress are equally important for a country. Discuss both view and give your opinion.

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Since the industrial revolution, human society adopted capitalism as a mainstream social system. Nowadays, we tend to value countries whether they are developed or not, based on their economic progress.
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, there are people discussing that other progresses are
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important as an economical one. South Korea will be a great example of
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issue since we developed the economy drastically. Each
Korean
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was barely earning one dollar a day back in the 1950s after we had the
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war. Through big projects
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as "Miracle of Han river", we could reach the current financial stability. Now South Korea is known as a country with highly developed technologies and unique culture. Without economic progress, we probably couldn't be recognised globally as we are now.
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, from the rapid development, there were
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side effects. Basically, each people were treated as a part of a factory, not a human being. Back
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, money was a priority for the South
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government. There was
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one young man, Jeon Tae-il. He was a factory worker who was concerned about his overworking young co-workers. He fought back against the toxic work environment. Eventually, he burnt himself from protesting. Like him, young men and women got hurt in the economic-centred system. The wound is still there. South
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society is still suffering from these issues.
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year, a 23-year-old woman died at a major bakery factory. She was exhausted from overworking. Still, lots of people believe money matters
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because that's how the government taught us. I believe that we should value other progresses equally with economic progress and stop valuing everything based on money. What we should aim for is our happiness and well-being, not the number on the paper.
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