As the spread of coronavirus infections slows, many countries are mitigating risk alerts. In Korea, 'social distance' has been alleviated to 'distancing in daily life', and in the UK, the risk level has been eased from 'Social distancing continues' to 'Gradual relaxation of restrictions'.​

However, because of these relaxed practices, the number of confirmed cases of infection continues to fluctuate again. There is also a WHO announcement that the number of confirmed cases in the world will soon exceed 10 million.

Development of vaccines and treatments is underway, but we cannot put everything on hold while waiting for results that are beyond our control. Now is the time to prepare for living a life with the coronavirus, as we do with food poisoning or the flu.

This month's Cover Story is ‘Relationship among Usage Tax Rate, Item Classification, and Post management’. Voice From the Field covers ’FTA Customs Support Measures Following the Spread of Covid-19’. Inside Vietnam discusses ‘Vietnam News in June’. Customs Trade Related Law Changes is seen in ‘Partial Revision of the Notice Regarding the Processing of Tax Payment’. Customs Case is ‘Disposition to Reject of the Declared Price and Impose Customs Duties Based on the Transaction Price of Similar Goods’.

It is said that my existence is determined not by my consciousness, but by the relationship with the myriad of things connected with me.* There are countless things connected to me, forming a network in my life. These connections may be with humans and with non-humans. As some networks are newly added and others are deleted, my network is always changing. My existence and my life change accordingly.

In order to live a certain life, we have to choose to become a certain type of person, and to become a certain type of person, we must build certain habits. How our life network will be structured is determined by the everyday habits we choose. It is said that 43% of daily actions are done by habits. It is also said that human beings are constructed with the habit of excellence as they are determined by repeated actions.

We have learned important habits since childhood; Eating healthy food, keeping table manners, brushing your teeth twice a day, going to bed early and getting up early, going outside and exercising, cleaning up our mess, sharing with others, and so on. These seemingly small acts have accumulated and made our lives.

However, a new variable has entered the network of our lives. It is a new existence that cannot be controlled by the habits we’ve previously learned and followed. Despite being non-human, it has a tremendous impact on our lives. It is said that infectious diseases like Covid-19 will be repeated every few years from now on. We have entered a world that has never been experienced before. Our values and lifestyles will also change accordingly.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!

If this has already happened, and if it cannot be avoided, we should take active measures against it. We need to recognize it as a part of our lives and seek ways to live together. We need to learn new lifestyles and establish new values. If we are given a sour lemon when we want to eat delicious fruit, instead of throwing away the lemon or waiting for other fruits, we can make delicious lemonade.

Bees make honey out of the water they drink, and snakes make poison out of the water they drink. We need to make sure that the water we drink, the infectious disease that has entered our network, is not poisonous, but rather sweet honey or delicious juice. We should start with faith and hope that it will happen someday, if not now.

We wish your network to be made more beautifully.

Thank you.

* So Young Chung(2018), Nikebooks

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▶ Where Is Grace Chang?

Lemonade

▶ Cover Story

Relationship among Usage Tax Rate, Item Classification,

and Post management

▶ FTA News

FTA Customs Support Measures Following the Spread of Covid-19

▶ Inside Vietnam

Vietnam News in June

▶ Customs Trade Related Law Changes

Partial Revision of the Notice Regarding the Processing of Tax Payment

▶ Customs Case

Disposition to Reject of the Declared Price and Impose Customs Duties

Based on the Transaction Price of Similar Goods

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