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LTI Korea recognizes prominent, aspiring Korean literature translators

Dec 10, 2018

Each year Literature Translation Institute of Korea recognizes translators who have worked on promoting Korean literature to international readers through quality translations. This year, Masuo Omur...
[Herald Interview] ‘Taekwondo to spearhead bringing peace to Korean peninsula’

Nov 22, 2018

Choue Chung-won, president of World Taekwondo, expresses confidence in ‘One world, one taekwondo’ A punch to the face. This seems to be all that separates taekwondo practice in South and North Korea...
SNU professor honored in Spain

Nov 7, 2018

A Seoul National University professor emeritus has been honored by the Spanish government for improving Spain’s international status through his newspaper column. Kim Seong-kon, a professor of Engli...
Korean SMEs get trade and investment tips for Ethiopia

Oct 25, 2018

Representatives of Korean small and midsized companies pose at the Social Cooperative of Korean Small and Medium Business Federation building in Seoul on Friday following a business meeting with Ethi...
KOREA-LAOS FRIENDSHIP

Oct 24, 2018

Members of the Korea-Laos Friendship Association - mostly politicians, government officials and academics from the two countries - pose for photographs ahead of their annual general meeting at a Seou...
[Newsmaker] Indian prime minister wins Seoul Peace Prize 2018

Oct 24, 2018

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 68, was chosen for the Seoul Peace Prize this year for his contributions to the growth of the Indian and global economies, crediting “Modinomics” for reducing soc...
Rotary Korea offers free heart surgery for 60 Mongolian infants

Sept 30, 2018

Some 60 Mongolian infants have received heart surgery operations free of charge over the past six years through a charity program funded by Rotary Korea, the organizers said. Korean medical professi...
[Herald Interview] Experiencing more than darkness

Sept 27, 2018

‘Social ventures an ideal that does not exist in reality’
Experts put heads together to tackle climate change at Peace BAR Festival 2018

Sept 19, 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 Kyun...
[Herald Interview] Comic book writer works to better represent women in comics

Aug 30, 2018

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 Asi...
[Video] Banzz eats his way to stardom

Aug 30, 2018

YouTube star talks about eating, staying grounded and being better
[Herald Interview] Cameroonian refugee reignites boxing dreams in Korea

Aug 23, 2018

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 th...
Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul dies at 85

Aug 12, 2018

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 Londo...
Novelist Choi In-hun, who delved into ideological conflicts of modern Korea, dies of cancer

Jul 23, 2018

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...
[Herald Interview] When food connoisseur takes charge of hotel management

Jul 19, 2018

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