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US dismisses N. Korea's conditional offer to dismantle nuclear site
Pompeo: US making progress it needs with North Korea
Trump announces names of identified Korean War remains
OECD cuts S. Korea's economic growth forecast to 2.7 pct. in 2018
S. Korean businesses expect Kaesong complex to reopen this year
Biz leaders glad to have seen NK up close
Moon calls for swift resumption of NK-US denuclearization talks
Standing on Paektusan, Moon expresses hope for tourism to iconic mountain
What to expect after third inter-Korean summit
Strong inter-Korean bond boosts Seoul’s role in denuclearization talks

Sept 19, 2018 People

Experts put heads together to tackle climate change at Peace BAR Festival 2018

A panel of experts including leading sea ice scientist Peter Wadhams gathered in Seoul on Tuesday to discuss the growing threat of climate change on the opening day of Peace BAR Festival 2018 at Kyung Hee University.The 37th Peace BAR Festival began in the run-up to the United Nations’ International Day of Peace on Friday, with peace and climate change set to take center stage during the event. Kicking off the three-day academic event, professor Wadhams, who is visiting Korea for the first time,

[Herald Interview] Comic book writer works to better represent women in comics

Amy Chu is a breath of fresh air in the comic book industry, especially in the US, where the industry is dominated by white men who have been reading comic books since they were young. Chu is an Asian-American woman who, before becoming a writer, had worked in very different fields. There was not a hint in her youth that might have signaled her life would be in comics. Amy Chu poses with her “Wonder Woman” comic book before an interview with The Korea Herald on Wednesday in central Seoul. (CICI

Aug 31, 2018
People
[Video] Banzz eats his way to stardom

YouTube star talks about eating, staying grounded and being better

Aug 31, 2018
People
[Herald Interview] Cameroonian refugee reignites boxing dreams in Korea

CHEONAN, South Chungcheong Province -- When Kil Tae-san was held at the immigration detention center in Korea in 2015, his desire to realize his dream of becoming a world champion boxer was one of the things that kept him going. “Boxing has always been my passion. Ever since I started in 2003 at the age of 16, my dream was to become a world champion,” said Kil, born Jean Durandal Etobil Etobilin in Cameroon and now living in Korea as a refugee. “I thought if I get out of here, when I become free

Aug 24, 2018
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Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul dies at 85

LONDON (AP) -- V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose celebrated writing and brittle, provocative personality drew admiration and revulsion in equal measures, died Saturday at his London home, his family said. He was 85.His wife, Nadira Naipaul, said he was “a giant in all that he achieved and he died surrounded by those he loved having lived a life which was full of wonderful creativity and endeavor.”Naipaul was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001 “for having united per

Aug 12, 2018
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Novelist Choi In-hun, who delved into ideological conflicts of modern Korea, dies of cancer

Prominent novelist Choi In-hun, whose fiction delved into the ideological conflicts, existential angst and decadent politics in modern Korea, died of cancer on Monday. He was 82. He passed away at a hospital in Goyang, just outside of Seoul, in the morning. He was diagnosed with colorectal cancer four months ago. Born in 1936 in Hoeryong, in what is now North Korea, Choi crossed into the South after the Korean War broke out in 1950. (Yonhap)Choi is best known for his 1960 novel "The Square," on

Jul 23, 2018
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[Herald Interview] When food connoisseur takes charge of hotel management

General Manager Kim Bum-soo defines himself as lifestyle content producer

Jul 20, 2018
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[Herald Interview] ‘Culture, education critical in reaching out to the world’

Chief of National University of Modern Languages in Pakistan explains how language program turned Korea’s image around in his country

Jul 16, 2018
People
[Video] Housewives on YouTube: From cooking, home training to tech reviews

Housewife creators enjoy higher self-esteem through YouTube

Jul 5, 2018
People
Korea Herald’s multimedia section chief awarded at 3rd anniversary of FNA

An event to mark the third anniversary of the Foreign Language Newspapers Association of Korea took place at the Korea Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul, Tuesday, Reporters from the four English language papers of Korea -- The Korea Herald, the Korea Times, the Joongang Daily and the Aju Business Daily -- gathered for the ceremony and the luncheon hosted by the association to celebrate the occasion. Outstanding reporters from each of the four papers were commended with a plaque. The Korea Herald’s

Jul 4, 2018
People
[Herald Interview] More than changing passport

First naturalized basketball player not of Korean descent strives to make lasting impact On Thursday, South Korean basketball fans saw something they hadn’t seen in years: their team dominating the paint against the towering Chinese national team.Ricardo Ratliffe, a recently naturalized Korean player, gave the Chinese twin towers of Wang Zhelin and Zhou Qi a run for their money as he scorched them for 25 points and 11 rebounds in an 82-74 victory in the third game of the FIBA Asian Qualifiers.Th

Jun 30, 2018
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Government commends naturalized Korean proofreader for lifetime of service

Elizabeth G. Kraft, a naturalized Korean who worked as a proofreader for the government for the past 41 years, is retiring with one of the highest honors given to a civilian.The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced Wednesday that it is presenting the Moran Medal, the second-highest Order of Civil Merit, to Kraft upon her retirement on Friday.Craft, an English proofreader currently working for the Korean Culture and Information Service, has been working for the Korean government sinc

Jun 28, 2018
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Communication professor to be laureled for bridging Korea, world

Choi Jung-wha, the president of the Corea Image Communication Institute, will receive the Yeongsan Diplomat Award on July 4 for her decadeslong efforts to promote Korea and its culture around the world.　The accolade, bestowed by the Seoul Forum organization, is annually conferred upon an individual who made superlative achievements to enhance the nation’s image and interests through public diplomacy. This year’s award ceremony will take place at the Plaza Hotel Seoul and gather opinion leaders f

Jun 27, 2018
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[Herald Interview] The magic in Ed Kwon’s air

Magician muses on ‘poetry of conjuring’

Jun 25, 2018
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[Herald Interview] Violist with a big heart

Platinum-selling Richard Yongjae O’Neill talks about working with multicultural youths, performing contemporary works

Jun 16, 2018
People

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