Briefly discuss a current global issue, indicating why you consider it important and what you suggest should be done to deal with it.

592-word version: Georgetown Walsh School of Foreign Service
On June 20, 2008, ten thousand Korean farmers gathered in Seoul Square, holding aloft the rice that they harvested and waving banners of protests. Cows trucked in by the ranchers stood for hours blocking the roads leading to the square. One of those ten thousand farmers and ranchers was my uncle...