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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Yoo Jae-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok team up in 'Whenever Possible'
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Aging population to drive down Korea's housing prices from 2040: experts
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[Herald Interview] Kumho and Kuhmo join hands to highlight young talents
Jet lag is part of the life of internationally renowned musicians these days. Vladimir Mendelssohn, a Romanian-born violist and composer now based in the Netherlands, is no exception. In Seoul for the three-day Kumho & Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Mendelssohn said he fell asleep at 9 a.m. for about an hour before leaving his hotel for the interview held Thursday morning at the Kumho Art Hall in downtown Seoul. Artistic director of the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival since 2005, Mendelssohn is used
PerformanceFeb. 9, 2017
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[Herald Interview] Suwon, a city for the citizens, by the citizens
Suwon, a city just south of Seoul, is known mostly for being home to the headquarters of the world’s No. 1 chipmaker Samsung Electronics and the UNESCO-designated Hwaseong Fortress. Its mayor now wants to make the city famous for something else: democracy. “I will work to make a government for the citizens, by the citizens,” said Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young in an interview with The Korea Herald. “What people demanded during the candlelight protests (against President Park Geun-hye) is to build a
PoliticsFeb. 9, 2017
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[Herald Interview] Mosaicoon out to revolutionize video marketing
We’ve all been there. Waiting to binge watch fun videos on YouTube, we’ve zoned out while enduring a painful 15-second commercial and clicked the “skip ad” button as soon as it appeared. What does this say about today’s digital consumers? It means a lot of people love to watch online videos that are interesting or relevant but they will shut off videos they dislike or have no interest in – which means most corporate advertisements on the web. Eyeing the rise of online video and relevant consumpt
TechnologyFeb. 1, 2017
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[Herald Interview] Garosu-gil properties expect 5% returns this year
Seoul’s commercial leasing market is highly likely to be affected by the expected US interest rate hikes and weakening of the Korean won this year. But Richard Hwang, managing director of Cushman & Wakefield Korea, a global consulting agency on real estate investment, is still optimistic about high returns of investments in Garosu-gil, southern Seoul, one of the most faddish commercial districts in the city. “While most Korean investors view investing in Garosu-gil as having come to an end, the
Jan. 22, 2017
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[Herald Interview] Jung Woo-sung, from idol to gentleman to man of convictions
To most Korean moviegoers and fellow actors, Jung Woo-sung is best known for his role in Kim Sung-su’s 1997 gangster film “Beat.” He plays a teenager who drops out of high school -- something Jung also did in real life, due to his family’s poverty and his desire to pursue an acting career -- and is forced into the world of gangsters. Jung is often referred to as “the celebrity’s celebrity” here. Many actors who debuted in later years, including Hyun Bin and Park Hae-jin, confessed to having idol
FilmJan. 19, 2017
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[HERALD INTERVIEW] ‘US-China clash could reset inter-Korean ties’
With US President-elect Donald Trump amplifying his pugnacious rhetoric on China, foreign policy pundits have sounded their jitters about the fallout on the Korean Peninsula and North Korean nuclear impasse.While cooperation between the US and China has generally expanded diplomatic room for South Korea and vice versa, the coming clash of the two titans is “not necessarily a bad thing,” according to John Delury, associate professor at Yonsei University’s Graduate School of International Studies.
Foreign AffairsJan. 16, 2017
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[HERALD INTERVIEW] ‘Time to tap China’s explosive carbon market’
With global pressure mounting on South Korea to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it is now time for Korean companies to tap China’s emissions trading market, which will be 20 times bigger than the Korean one, a climate change expert said.Kim Sung-woo, regional head of KPMG’s climate change and sustainability in Asia Pacific, predicted Beijing would launch a nationwide emissions trading scheme in the second half of the year.“China’s seven provinces have already launched pilot markets and they wil
IndustryJan. 15, 2017
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[Herald Interview] Yoo Hae-jin still finds each film set ‘new’
The public perception of actor Yoo Hae-jin has changed over the years. In the early years of his career, he was regarded primarily as a comical sidekick before being recognized as a colorful supporting actor in Korean cinema. Last year, Yoo nabbed his first lead role after 24 years in show business. He starred in the action-comedy flick “Luck-Key” as an assassin-turned-struggling actor, and the film was a box office success here, selling over 6.5 million tickets and marking a breakthrough for Yo
FilmJan. 15, 2017
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[HERALD INTERVIEW] Polaroid Swing expresses the world in movement
Since the moment the camera lens landed on the smartphone, users have been busy snapping the world around them. The market for new ways to capture photographs and make adjustments to them has exploded further with the rise of Instagram and selfies. Despite the saturated market, two former business consultants from London saw a chance to “re-imagine” photographs through a new app called Polaroid Swing. Intrigued by the app’s new take on photography, Polaroid came on board as a shareholding partne
TechnologyJan. 15, 2017
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[Herald Interview] The infectious joy of ‘Weightlifting Fairy’ Lee Sung-kyoung
When Lee Sung-kyoung put on a few kilograms for her role as a weightlifting trainee, she was “a little depressed” to find patches of dry skin and stretch marks throughout her body. “The best way to put on weight was to eat late at night and go straight to bed,” said the model-turned-actress at an interview at a cafe in Hapjeong-dong, Seoul, Thursday. “My face would be puffy the next morning.”But the toll the extra weight posed on her health was forgotten once she began filming “Weightlifting Fai
TelevisionJan. 13, 2017
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[HERALD INTERVIEW] ‘Korea will be caught in crossfire of global trade’
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership will have far-reaching geostrategic implications, rather than substantially lowering trade barriers and rewriting economic rules, an influential economist has said. The RCEP is a proposed free trade agreement between the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the six states -- Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand -- with which ASEAN has existing free trade agreements.Professor Ahn Duk-geun of Seoul
Foreign AffairsJan. 9, 2017
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[Herald Interview] Lippert downplays Trump concerns on FTA
With the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump set for Jan. 20, economic tensions are high in South Korea, as the new administration might make revisions to the current Korea-US Free Trade Agreement. During his election campaign, Trump publically criticized the agreement, referring to it as “catastrophic” and “unfair” to the US, and claiming it took away jobs from Americans. However, US Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert said he remains positive about the future prospects of econo
Jan. 9, 2017
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[HERALD INTERVIEW] ‘Era of free banking is over’: Citibank
Brendan Carney, head of consumer banking at Citibank Korea, speaks during an interview with The Korea Herald at his office in central Seoul on Dec. 27. (Yoon Byung-chan/The Korea Herald)As banking becomes more mobile and branchless, it is also to bring a change in the way people perceive traditional banking services, and Citibank has introduced a new maintenance fee system to encourage consumers to adopt faster to the new trend, according to Brendan Carney, head of consumer banking of Citibank K
Jan. 8, 2017
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[HERALD INTERVIEW] Globalization, new economic drives keys to EXCO growth: CEO
In coping with the difficult business environment in the competitive meeting, incentive, travel, convention and exhibition industry, globalization cannot be emphasized more, said Kim Sang-wook, president and CEO of the Exhibition and Convention Center, also known as EXCO, the country’s first regional exhibition center located in Daegu, North Gyeongsang Province.“Starting from 2017, we will cooperate more with global event organizers to attract international events, while promoting the global adv
CompaniesDec. 26, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Air France-KLM combines European touch with comfort of home
Stefan Vanovermeir returned to South Korea this June as the new general manager for Air France-KLM in Korea, Japan and New Caledonia, 10 years after working in the country as Air France Korea’s commercial director.Many things have changed over the past decade, Vanovermeir said, but one thing has stayed the same -- Korea is intensely competitive and is the perfect place to try out new strategies through customers who are vocal about what they want.“Korean consumers are responsive, more demanding,
IndustryDec. 26, 2016
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[Herald Interview] ‘Investors will turn to logistics property for higher profits in 2017’
The office market in Seoul saw a boom this year with foreign investment behemoths buying up two landmark office buildings in Seoul -- the International Financial Center in Yeouido and Capital Tower in Gangnam. But in 2017, expected interest rate hikes and more fierce competition will drive foreign investors to look for riskier, but possibly more profitable, real estate assets such as logistics centers rather than offices, the head of Savills Korea said.Jeon Kyoung-don, president and CEO of the K
Dec. 25, 2016
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[HERALD INTERVIEW] ‘Foldable devices to be popularized by 2019’
Foldable devices could become popular by 2019, grabbing around 20 percent share of the Korean smartphone market, said an executive of Kolon Industries, a chemical arm of Kolon Group. Kolon Industries is currently the only company in the world that can mass produce colorless polyimide, a key technology for foldable devices as the flexible film can replace rigid glass sheets. It is reportedly supplying the materials to global tech firms including Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and BOE, althou
TechnologyDec. 22, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Kim Woo-bin and his scented characters
Kim Woo-bin is known for putting a lot of thought into his roles.In the past, he would make a list of 100 questions he wanted to ask his characters, imagining their stories. More recently, he’s taken to picking out fragrances that best suit his character, the 27-year-old actor told The Korea Herald at a cafe in northern Seoul on Monday.“When filming ‘Master,’ director Jo Eui-seok said he would know when I walked past him because of a distinctive scent,” said Kim, who was wearing a comfortable da
FilmDec. 20, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Dutch National Ballet principal to guest star in ‘The Nutcracker’
For many theater lovers, there is no greater holiday tradition than to spend an evening listening to the sounds of Tchaikovsky and watching battling toy soldiers. “The Nutcracker” season is upon us and kicking off the Christmas festivities is the Universal Ballet which is staging the all-time holiday classic ballet Dec. 16-31. The company is also celebrating the 30-year anniversary of its first performance of the more than a century-old repertoire in 1986. Joining the Universal’s annual perform
PerformanceDec. 20, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Pyeongtaek Port moving fast to foster new growth engines
Newly established shipping routes from Pyeongtaek Port are giving it a competitive edge as the gateway for Korea’s exports to Southeast Asia for local industries, the head of state-run Gyeonggi Pyeongtaek Port Corporation said. Gyeonggi Pyeongtaek Port Corporation CEO Choi Gwang-il (GPPC)“This year, (the company) has put efforts into expanding the cargo volume and seeking new businesses. It will now focus on turning the port into a vehicle-specialized port to become an automobile cluster, and o
IndustryDec. 19, 2016