• 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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  • East Asia

    Ban Ki-moon Speaks In Opening Of UN Climate Change Conference

    United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during the opening session of the high-level segment of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar, on Dec. 4, 2012. UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres speaks during the opening session of the high-level segment of the…

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  • East Asia

    Ko Un’s works published in three countries

    Prominent poet Ko Un’s works have been published in three countries with the support of the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI). The institute has supported the translations of 33 volumes by Ko in 14 languages so far. The newest translations are “First Person Sorrowful” published by Bloodaxe Books in…

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  • IT-Science

    Did Jobs steal?

    This is the first in a series of articles ahead of the Dec. 6 hearing on the Samsung-Apple patent legal battle to be presided over by U.S. Federal Judge Lucy Koh. ― ED. Apple started as a ferocious copycat but now it is an industrial leader, it calls everyone else…

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  • East Asia

    Honorable Judge Koh, it’s your call!

    Dec. 6 may mark watershed in Samsung-Apple patent battle U.S. Federal Judge Lucy Koh will hold a hearing on the patent dispute between Apple and Samsung Electronics on Dec. 6. She may rule on a $1.05 billion verdict by a jury for Apple. Her decision will most likely reflect a…

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  • Society

    Acceleration Of Polar Ice Melting Has Ice Scientists Worried

    This May 30, 2012 image provided by Ian Joughin shows an iceberg in or just outside the Ilulissat fjord, that likely calved from Jakobshavn Isbrae, the fastest glacier in west Greenland. Polar ice sheets are now melting three times faster than in the 1990s, but so far that’s added just…

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  • Psy says he would like to see Obama do ‘Gangnam Style’ move

    Korea’s pop sensation Psy said late Friday he would like to see Barack Obama do the “Gangnam Style” dance move when he meets the U.S. president at a Washington D.C. concert later this month. The 34-year-old singer and rapper, whose video of his song “Gangnam Style” became a YouTube megahit,…

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