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East Asia
Chinese Writer Mo Yan Shows Medal After Receiving Nobel Literature Prize
Chinese writer and Nobel Prize in Literature winner Mo Yan (2nd L) and his wife Du Qinlan (1st L), Chinese Ambassador to Switzerland Lan Lijun (1st R) and his wife Gu langlin (2nd R) attend an evening reception after Mo received Nobel Prize in Literature from Sweden’s King Carl XVI…
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East Asia
Chinese Community In Athens Opens Christmas Charity Bazaar Annually
Chinese Ambassador to Greece Du Qiwen (3rd L) and Athens’ Deputy Mayor Fotis Provatas (3rd R) take a group photo with people in charge of some Chinese communities at a Christmas charity bazaar in central Athens, Greece, Dec. 10, 2012. The annual Chinese Community Christmas charity bazaar was hosted in…
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Psy performs ‘Gangnam Style’ in event attended by Obama
Korea’s Psy performed at a charity event attended by U.S. President Barack Obama as scheduled on Sunday, despite a controversy over the anti-American lyrics of his song several years ago. Psy, who has gained popularity worldwide, was among the “artist performers” in the “Christmas in Washington” concert, according to a…
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East Asia
Designing good education system is a quest for all governments
Education system is an important part of a country’s development. How to provide a proper education system fitting to young generation needs is hard to design. Indonesian government recently drafted a new curriculum for primary school and has gotten various feed-backs from its people. Indonesian Ministry of Education drafted a reform on…
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Politics
Italian Prime Minister Makes It Clear To Resign In Press Conference
File photo taken on May 11, 2012, shows Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti attends a press conference in Rome, Italy. Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Monti said on Dec. 8, 2012 he intended to resign, according to a statement from the president office. After a two-hour meeting with Italian President Giorgio…
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Economic growth leads China to worry about “Icarus paradox”
From wretched and mocked place to a great country; from the docile dragon of Asia to big brother of Asia; from a mocked country, mocked people, undermined and even forgotten super power to an incredible economic growing country. A place where about six hundred million people migrated from abject poverty…
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Society
Constitution paves way for Uzbek development
Vitali Fen, Uzbek ambassador to Korea, contributed the following article to The Korea Times on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the nation’s Constitution Day. — ED. It is my pleasure to address to the esteemed readers of The Korea Times on the occasion of 20th anniversary of the Constitution Day of Uzbekistan…
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Time to ask lawmakers stop playing games with ‘fiscal cliff’
Washington’s Democratic and Republican leaders seem strangely lacking in fright as they are a mere three weeks away from plunging America off the much-feared Fiscal Cliff. And we’ve finally figured out why. They figure they are merely heading toward a Fiscal Bungee Jump. They seem to believe that, yes, they’ll…
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World
Personal branding ― how to be more successful
Over the past 14 years of mentoring students, the number one question I have been asked has been in relation to how to position oneself when going for job interviews. The general misconception is that it would be a human resources management (HRM) exercise, which it is from the potential…
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How Gallup missed the mark ― again
On the eve of Election Day, the Gallup Poll indicated that Mitt Romney would become president. His margin of victory: one percentage point ― 49 percent Romney to 48 percent Obama. This projection was based on telephone interviews of 2,551 likely voters in all 50 states and the District of…
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