Northeast Asian Open 2005

[Seoulman]

Greetings to all,

Congratulations to Ewha 2 (Champion) and Tokyo (2nd)
for an outstanding tournament! All Elim participants
had only ONE prelim loss, and Tokyo was the top seed
as the only undefeated team. Northeast Asian debate is
rising fast and the teams in finals represent two the
best teams in Asia.

A special word of thanks to our brothers and sisters
from Japan, Thailand and the US who made the NEAO 2005
an outstanding display of community, cooperation and
debating. We hope to see more people from abroad next
year.

Full (round by round) results are available online:
http://debatekorea.blogspirit.com

--Dan Williams, Deputy Chief Adjudicator, NEAO 2005

Quarterfinals
Tokyo (Chihiro Nakagawa/Yoshihiro Kobayashi/Mihoko
Saito)
Defeated (3-0)
Ewha 5 (Youna Shin/Hyo Jeong Yee/Seollee Park)

Thammasat 1 (Afung/Rattana/Praewta)
Defeated (2-1)
Hanyang 1 (Kim Seung Ook/Cho Seung Min/Lee Jin Kyoung)

Ewha 2 (Reel Khalifa/Ji Eun Song/Wendie Kim)
Defeated (2-1)
Ewha 1 (Andrea Choi/Hea Eum Cho/Seung Yon Han)

HUFS 1 (Hwang, Eun Song/Yoo, Jun Hyung/Lee, Ja Hye)
Defeated (2-1)
Claremont (Allison Strother/Meredith Stechbart/Kari
Wohlschlegel)

Semifinals
Tokyo defeated Thammasat 1 (2-1)
Ewha 2 defeated HUFS 1 (3-0)

Finals
Ewha 2 defeated Tokyo (Gov) (4-3)
Motion for Finals: This House believes that Japan is a
better friend to Northeast Asia than America.


Rookie Champion
Kyung Hee Suwon 2 (Jin, Soon Ae/Jun Hani/ Jeon, Seung
Hee)
Defeated
KHU 1 (Shin, Ji Soo/Lee, Seul Bee/Lee, Sang Won)

Speaker Awards

1) Mihoko Saito (Tokyo)
2) Hwang, Eung Song (Hankuk University of Foreign
Studies)
3) Han Na Ko (Ewha 4)
4) Reel Khalifa (Ewha 2)
5) Ji Eun Song (Ewha 2)
6) Chihiro Nakagawa (Tokyo)
7) Ah Young Kim (Ewha 3)
8) Rattana Lao (Thammasat 1)
9) Meredith Stechbart (Claremont)
10) Praewta Sorasuchart (Thammasat 1)

Top Rookie Speaker
Geun Young Kim (Ewha 4)

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Motions
Round 1: Legalization Softballs

THW legalize drugs.
THW legalize euthanasia.
THW legalize the sex industry.

Round 2: Trade and Investment

THBT free trade is not fair trade.
THBT foreign ownership of domestic industries is a
good thing.
THBT farm subsidies do more harm than good.

Round 3: Education

THBT English should not be a criteria for admission
into Asian universities.
THBT it is inappropriate for teachers to have romantic
relationships with students.
THW make sex education mandatory in all public
schools.

Round 4: The United Nations

THW sanction Syria.
THW give Asia another permanent seat on the UN
Security Council.
THBT John Bolton is exactly what the United Nations
needs.

Round 5: Privacy

THBT the news media should not be forced to reveal its
sources.
THBT celebrities have the right to a private life.
THW sacrifice personal privacy to prevent terrorism.

Quarters: Murder and Mayhem

THBT Saddam Hussein deserves the death penalty.
THBT anything goes in war.
THB the government should increase regulations on
violence in the media.

Semis: Age

THW provide free public care for the elderly.
TH rejects age as a standard for voting.
THBT age is not equivalent to authority.


Finals: NE Asia
THW ban food imports from China.
THBT Japan is a better friend to Northeast Asia than
America.
THW standardize Asian history textbooks.



Dan Williams