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Mon, October 23, 2017 | 22:26

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Beijing, Seoul's different readings on Trump

As it was becoming clear that Donald Trump was going to win the U.S. presidential election, South Korea’s presidential office convened a National Security Council (NSC) meeting. South Korea usually does so when there is a North Korean provocation such as a nuclear device detonation. Even though the move was intended to assess the impact of the U.S. presidential election on So...

Times Forum | 2016-11-15 15:39

World Bank's advice on FDI policy

The World Bank is keen on the flow of FDI as it believes that this brings substantial benefits to bear on the world economy and particularly on the economies of developing countries. The benefits to the host country include easier access to world markets, transfer of capital, technology, and managerial skills. The World Bank was initially called the IBRD (the International Ba...

Times Forum | 2016-11-14 15:42

How to promote local retail sales

We all are interested in how well our retail businesses are doing in our community.

Times Forum | 2016-11-13 17:02

New brain drain in science

In December 2013, the Nobel laureate physicist Peter Higgs told The Guardian that if he were seeking a job in academia today, “I don’t think I would be regarded as productive enough.” Having published fewer than ten papers since his groundbreaking work in 1964, Higgs believes that no university would employ him nowadays.

Times Forum | 2016-11-06 16:50

United States: Wells poisoned

Donald Trump may not win the election next week - although he is at least going to come close - but even if he loses, the wells are poisoned. Either “Crooked Hillary” becomes president, and spends the next four years fighting off legal challenges and fearing assassination by some of Trump’s more deranged admirers. Or Trump becomes the 45th US president, and the United States becomes the world’s biggest and most dangerous loose cannon.

Times Forum | 2016-11-03 15:43

Endorsing the ballot selfie

If a millennial voter goes to the polls but isn't allowed to take a ballot selfie to document the moment on social media, did it really happen? More important, is democracy imperiled?

Times Forum | 2016-11-03 15:39

Mired in political mud

I was originally going to write this week about how the current U.S. presidential election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, which has been called the nastiest in American history, should be seen in a historical context.

Times Forum | 2016-11-02 16:40

Xi's 'strategic patience' with Kim Jong-un

Xi Jinping’s strategic patience of not meeting with Kim Jong-un for the last four years is a double-edged sword. While it gives the appearance of isolating North Korea, it also projects an image of a powerful leader not being able to manage a smaller country in its “backyard,” borrowing China’s own word. With American strategic patience with North Korea turning out to be negl...

Times Forum | 2016-11-01 17:38

It's Your Fault

As of late, the political class, in both developed and developing countries, is having a hard time of it.

Times Forum | 2016-11-01 17:26

Samsung's Challenger disaster

You know that that you’ve hit rock bottom when CNBC’s Jim Cramer, the famous TV personality who doles out investment advice, compares you to the shoe bomber. According to NBC news, “Cramer on Tuesday compared the Samsung devices to a shoe bomber and said he would be nervous to fly. 'Transportation Security Administration, please stop it,’ Cramer said on Squawk on the Street. ...

Times Forum | 2016-10-14 16:38

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