Whither North Korea?

SMU Assistant Professor Ilya Farber comments on North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and the future of the country.

Experts expect number of marriages to go up during economic downturn

SMU Associate Professor Norman Li says people tend to seek comfort and companionship during times of crisis, and this feeling tends to override even…

More entrepreneurs and entrepreneur-to-be during downturn

SMU alumnus Ken Koh has observed an increase in number of people signing up for entrepreneurship courses while SMU undergraduate Sam Yong Zhi is…

Unpaid internships: exploitation of free labour

Assistant Professor of Law Eugene Tan said an unpaid internship arrangement cannot be faulted on legal grounds if both the employer and the intern…

Is there good news in labour report? Experts divided

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) report paints a bleak picture of the job market in the first three months of this year. SMU Professor Hoon Hian Teck…

Promoting mutual appreciation and acceptance

SMU Assistant Professor of Law Eugene Tan was a panelist in the discussion on ?The Search for Humanity Amidst Insanity', an event organised by the…

Ringing success for telco in customer care

Respondents to the survey by the Singapore Management University's Institute of Service Excellence (ISES) were asked to rate telcos, on a scale of…

Experience learning Arabic language in the Middle East opens a window of opportunity

SMU undergraduate Zuraimi Naharudin shares about his interest in the Arabic language and how his learning experience in the Middle East helped him…

Town Council Management Report: Seeking public views before developing framework

In the establishment of a framework to assess town councils, political analyst [SMU Assistant Professor of Law] Eugene Tan hopes the government will…

Degrees of Separation

In an article examining the growing number of Indian students pursuing studies overseas, SMU undergraduate Vikrant Agarwal explains why he came to…