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[Herald Interview] Vienna seeks to attract Korean start-ups

IndustryJun 11, 2014

The vice mayor of Vienna, Austria, said the city plans to support creative Korean start-ups seeking to set up businesses in the capital. “We now have a few Korean start-ups in Vienna, but I hope to ...
[Herald Interview] Creating a world of imagination

FilmJun 11, 2014

Creatures and characters from “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” come to life at an exhibition in Seoul. Some 300 other mythical creatures also have been on display at the Dongdaemun Design Pla...
[Herald Interview] Kicking an old habit

CultureJun 10, 2014

On March 23, the Cultural Heritage Administration held a ceremony to mark the 15th anniversary of its foundation. Instead of festive celebrations, the state-run body marked the occasion with a solemn...
[Herald Interview] Redesigning Korean tourism

TravelJun 9, 2014

Korea has promoted the country’s tourism under several slogans ― none of which survived long enough to make a lasting impression. The slogans, which sometimes cost millions of dollars to come up wit...
[Herald Interview] IOM leads anti-human trafficking drive

Foreign affairsJun 8, 2014

This is the eighth installment in a series of interviews with chiefs of United Nations offices in Korea. ― Ed. In late January, shock and disbelief swept through the country as two people with disab...
[Herald Interview] Doctor talks filmmaking, industrial medicine

HealthJun 5, 2014

It’s been almost three years since Dr. Song Yoon-hee released her first documentary, “White Jungle.” Dubbed the Korean version of “Sicko,” the low-budget film was an expos on Korea’s health care sys...
[Herald Interview] DHL puts faith in female, Asian talent

IndustryJun 4, 2014

DHL’s personnel chief Angela Titzrath. (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald) The logistics industry may be one of the most male-dominated sectors. But Deutsche Post DHL, the German-based logistics giant,...
[Herald Interview] A feline state of mind

TheaterJun 4, 2014

Even if you never saw “Cats,” you would probably recognize the musical if you saw the actors, with their facial paint, furry tails and unitards, or heard “Memory,” one of the most popular songs from ...
[Herald Interview] Why we should care about Chinese real estate prices

Jun 3, 2014

Let’s go back in time to the early 2000s and say you have $1 million to invest in either a fully developed or an emerging market. what would you choose? Many would opt for the emerging market, with ...
[Herald Interview] IP5 to boost global patent cooperation

TechnologyJun 3, 2014

An increase in global trade has created a borderless world and spurred competition, calling on businesses to develop and introduce technologies for a wide range of consumers with different tastes. A...
[Herald Interview] ‘Young mothers should be given chance to raise children’

Social affairsJun 2, 2014

Eva Yoo Ri Brussaard, president of the Single SuperMom Foundation, an organization in the Netherlands which she founded to support unwed mothers and their children, finds many parallels between the N...
[Herald Interview] ‘Cold War 2.0 would benefit North Korea’

North KoreaJun 1, 2014

JEJUDO ISLAND ― The reemergence of the Cold-War political structure amid the East-West standoff over the Ukraine crisis could benefit North Korea as it would put the isolated state under the protecti...
[Herald Interview] GM is here to stay, says firm’s Korea chief

TransportMay 29, 2014

BUSAN ― GM will not leave South Korea, according to the carmaker’s president Sergio Rocha. “I can reassure you that GM is here to stay,” Rocha said on Thursday on the sidelines of the Busan Internat...
[Herald Interview] ‘Education welfare is not a matter of choice’

NationalMay 28, 2014

Despite being one of the lesser-known candidates in the June 4 local elections, Cho Hi-yeon is no stranger to those familiar with Korea’s social movements. The sociology professor spent his early day...
[Herald Interview] Juice it up!

IndustryMay 28, 2014

In 2005, 40-year-old Aussie Joseph Mervyn Cross decided to consume nothing but vegetable juice for two months. At the time, he weighed almost 145 kilograms and suffered from an autoimmune disease th...