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'Manners maketh man' as metaphor for free speech

"I could not enjoy your way of teaching. I think it would have been more effective to deliver intensive lectures, rather than asking students a lot of questions in class. Some other students had the same opinion as me.” So goes a piece of social media that one of the students who took my class last semester posted. In fact, I had no idea he had been critical of my teaching.

Times Forum | 2018-11-07 17:02

'Third way' in Asia-Pacific

In changing Asia-Pacific, there are two undeniable powerful narratives which have overshadowed most of the other developments in regional politics. They are the rise of “assertive China” and the emergence of a quadrilateral network between the U.S., Japan, Australia and India in the form of Indo-Pacific strategy.

Times Forum | 2018-11-04 17:54

Pakistan: Dammed if you do, damned if you don't

“India is shrinking the flow of water into Pakistan,” Pakistan's Chief Justice Saqib Nisar said on Saturday, renewing a ban on showing Indian TV shows and Bollywood films on Pakistani television. “They are trying to [obstruct the construction] of our dam and we cannot even close their [television] channels?”

Times Forum | 2018-10-30 17:22

How China uses anti-refugee sentiment

Chinese authorities are undertaking an extensive fake news campaign in Korea to persuade local authorities to deport Chinese members of the Church of Almighty God who have come here to escape religious persecution.

Times Forum | 2018-10-29 18:25

Base rate policy dilemma persists

On Oct. 18, the Bank of Korea (BOK) decided to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1.5 percent. Governor Lee Ju-yeol said the monetary policy board froze the base rate in order to support economic growth. He added the central bank needs to focus on financial stability until the next board meeting.

Times Forum | 2018-10-22 17:39

Easy run for Bolsonaro?

There is no doubt that a conservative upsurge has enveloped the drastically altered political landscape of Brazil which is facing the second round of a presidential contest Oct. 28.

Times Forum | 2018-10-21 17:36

Message to President Moon

When Moon Jae-in was elected as the 19th president of South Korea there were so many hopes among Koreans as well as the foreigners staying in Korea for study, jobs, business or permanent residents of foreign nationality. (Foreign residents account for around 3.5 percent of total population.)

Times Forum | 2018-10-19 17:35

Why 2018 is year for Korea, Dubai, UAE

Korea, the United Arab Emirates and the wider Gulf region in the Middle East represent strong, and growing, international trade and cultural exchange between the two global powerhouses.

Times Forum | 2018-10-17 17:38

Trump is not slowing down on Tehran

Apparently, both sides are tightening their belts for a long tiff. Donald Trump has two major concerns with regard to Iran; one, he wants to renegotiate the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, and two, he wants Tehran to keep itself from meddling in Yemen, Syria and Lebanon if it wants to avoid the excruciating specter of economic sanctions.

Times Forum | 2018-10-16 17:17

Impending calamity for the Kim regime

The latest meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) once again revealed the division on the sanctions against North Korea. Following North Korea's Sept. 6, 2017, nuclear test - their largest to date - the UNSC adopted Resolutions 2375 and 2397, which expanded bans on the export of coal, minerals, textiles and food products; restricted imports of oil, heavy machin...

Times Forum | 2018-10-15 17:23

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