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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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S. Korea, Japan could consider simplified entry agreement: Seoul official
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Doctor group's incoming head renews call for govt. to scrap medical school quota hike for dialogue
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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'The Roundup: Punishment' becomes fastest 2024 film to top 2 mln admissions
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[Music in drama] An ode to childhood trauma
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New chief named to anti-corruption body
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New head of doctors' association vows war in case of disadvantage to medical professors
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[Herald Interview] Smart city planning key for growth
Amid the prolonged global economic downturn, a global expert on sustainability notes that smart city development could be one of the key drivers for growth that countries should focus on. “Actually, there are three drivers for economic growth. One is increasing population, and the second is industrial productivity,” Roland Busch, a member of the managing board of Siemens, told The Korea Herald in a recent interview. Roland Busch, a member of the managing board of Siemens (Siemens Korea)Busch vis
Nov. 9, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Xuefei Yang wants her music to pull ‘Heartstrings’
Critically acclaimed Chinese classical guitarist Xuefei Yang wants her presence to become more known to Korean audiences with her latest album, “Heartstrings.” A big-time classical music icon across Asia and parts of Europe, Yang is considered one of the classical guitar world’s leading musicians, having been acclaimed as among the “most extraordinary instrumentalists in the world” and the “most impressive advocate for her instrument.” Yet, in Korea, the 38-year-old guitarist has yet to establi
PerformanceNov. 9, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Korea needs control tower to nurture global biotech giants: KBIO chief
Faced with aging populations coupled with longer life expectancies, major countries around the world have set health care as their foremost priority in policies as related costs and spending are expected to surge dramatically in the years to come.Driven by such needs, the world’s biotechnology market is geared for significant growth in the coming years. Meanwhile, South Korea must work swiftly to better nurture its own biotech sector, which holds immense potential to become an early leader in th
IndustryNov. 9, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Lee Chun-hee: Mutant movie shows hardships of being ordinary
“Collective Invention” is a movie about a fish man -- or more accurately, a man who turns half-fish after an experimental drug wreaks havoc on his body. Inspired by the eponymous painting by Belgian painter Rene Magritte and directed by Kwon Oh-kwang, who became the first Korean screenwriter to win the short film Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013 with “Safe,” the film is just as bizarre as it sounds.“When I was first handed the script, they told me, ‘It’s a story about a fish man.’
FilmNov. 4, 2015
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[Herald Interview] CrucialSoft eyes soaring global mobile authentication solution market
The rise of mobile payment in recent years requires device makers and software developers to have hack-proof solutions fitted in their products and services to ensure safe and convenient financial transactions.Pyun Baek-bum, chief executive of CrucialSoft, said that security solutions adopting the FIDO or Fast Identity Online standards, a set of authentication technologies aimed at enhancing interoperability of identification solutions in mobile devices, have a competitive edge over other authen
TechnologyNov. 4, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Sung Yu-ri finds comfort on camera
Singer-turned-actress Sung Yu-ri has been living in the limelight for half her life. The 34-year-old actress debuted in 1998 with girl group Fin.K.L, and debuted as a TV actress in 2002. Despite her long successful career, she says it’s only now she truly feels she‘s found her comfort zone as an actress.“I really didn’t have enough confidence in the past,” she said in an interview at a restaurant in Seoul. “I‘m sure there are points where I’m lacking even now, but I‘ve realized that the audience
FilmNov. 3, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Korean artist Yang Haegue holds first solo museum show in China
BEIJING -- Artist Yang Haegue is one of the most visible Korean artists in the international art scene nowadays. Her works were exhibited at major Western art institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Modern Museum in Sweden, Vienna Biennale and Lyon Biennale -- all within this year. She opened her first museum show in China on Oct. 30, bringing some 36 major works spanning from 1994 to the present, at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beiji
PerformanceNov. 2, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Expert calls for bottom-up approach to aid
As fragmentation and a lack of long-term vision continue to plague Korea’s aid system, the government should rethink its top-down approach and embrace different parts of society in its decision-making process, a leading scholar said. Sohn Hyuk-sang, a professor at Kyung Hee University’s Graduate School of Public Policy and Civic Engagement, stressed the need for across-the-board cooperation not only within government organizations, but also with businesses and civil society in carrying out a new
Foreign AffairsNov. 1, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Joo Won pursues endless change
Actor Joo Won is one of the hottest rising stars in Korea today, having built an impressive repertoire crossing the stage, TV and the silver screen.He is best known for his roles as a doctor suffering from autism in the drama “Good Doctor” and his current role across actress Kim Tae-hee in the drama “Yong-pal.”The Korea Herald sat down with the 28-year-old actor for an interview at a restaurant in Seoul to talk about his acting goals and his first thriller film, “Fatal Intuition.” Joo Won (Yonha
FilmNov. 1, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Photographer delivers ‘frame of hope’
With DSLR cameras in hand and eyes beaming with curiosity, about 20 students carefully listen to a teacher explain how they, too, can take good pictures. This otherwise common scene is made more special as the students are homeless and the teacher is Cho Sei-hon, among the top tier of photographers in Korea. This is part of Cho and Seoul City’s welfare program called “Himang Frame,” or frame of hope, seeking to help homeless members of society become more self-reliant by providing them with a ch
Social AffairsOct. 27, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Peanuts to hit theaters in 3-D this winter
Snoopy and the Charlie Brown gang from Charles Schulz’s timeless comic strip “Peanuts” are some of the most recognized characters in the world, which made it no small task to translate the four-panel strip into a feature-length 3-D movie. After running tests with various production agencies, the Schulz family, who still own the rights to the characters, decided to give that task to Blue Sky Studios -- a small but strong U.S. production company that created the “Ice Age” and “Rio” films. “(The fa
FilmOct. 26, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Bae Sung-woo leaps forward in 2015
At 43, Bae Sung-woo is no newbie to acting.He says he’s always been working since he graduated from college at 29 -- but it wasn’t until this year that he made his mark with the general public. Bae was the face of a distraught office worker driven to murder in the Cannes-invited “Office.” He played Woo-jin, the man who wakes up with a different appearance every morning in “The Beauty Inside.” He was the leader of an illicit international car dealership in the runaway hit “Veteran.” On Oct. 22, h
FilmOct. 25, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Click-B aims to solidify musical color
Seven-member boy band Click-B joined the ranks of g.o.d, Fly to the Sky and Buzz on Wednesday, becoming the next group from the first generation of K-pop stars to make a long-awaited comeback. Click-B debuted in 1999 during the height of the first wave of idol groups, which included H.O.T, Sechs Kies, Fin.K.L and S.E.S, and had enjoyed hits like “Undefeatable” and “Cowboy” before breaking apart to pursue other solo and smaller group projects. Their new two-track album “Reborn” would be the first
PerformanceOct. 21, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Royston Tan hopes to capture fading Singaporean moments
Singaporean director Royston Tan is known for several signature touches in his films, two of which are his love for items from the past and his use of color and music. For Tan, these touches serve as tools that help to preserve snapshots of Singaporean history.“In Singapore, we are changing too quickly,” Tan told The Korea Herald at the Busan International Film Festival, where his latest film “3688” made its international premiere.“Every 20 years, there’s a big, major change in our society. Ever
FilmOct. 13, 2015
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[Herald Interview] TV veteran Frankie Chen kicks down the door to film world
When she sat down to chat with The Korea Herald, Taiwanese producer and director Frankie Chen was glowing, coming straight from meeting thousands of festival attendees at an outdoor event at the Busan International Film Festival. Chen was amazed at the Korean audience’s enthusiasm for her film. In her nostalgic romance flick “Our Times,” two high school friends who each have a crush on a guy and girl dating each other work together to try and tear them apart -- only to end up falling in love wit
FilmOct. 13, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Wildland fire conference opens forum to youth
The sixth International Wildland Fire Conference, which opens Monday in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, will launch a youth program for university students to present their thesis, said the director general of the International Affairs Bureau at the Korea Forest Service.“We set up a thesis presentation platform to encourage undergraduates and graduate students studying fire to attend the conference, as well as present their thesis on fire-related legacies, local communities and a combined strateg
IndustryOct. 11, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Japan civil group vows to defend pacifist constitution
Public outcry persists in Japan against Tokyo’s recent legislation that expands the role of its military, and among them is a civic group led by a mom-turned-activist pushing to get a Nobel Peace Prize for those attempting to uphold the Japanese pacifist Constitution. Despite the latest setback, the campaign will remain undeterred in their promotion of peace as the single most important value of human kind, the 37-year-old activist said in an interview with The Korea Herald. Naomi Dakasu speaks
Foreign AffairsOct. 6, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Korea needs more advanced emergency medical devices: ZOLL
In South Korea, where a growing number of hospitals and emergency medical staff are recognizing the need to implement higher quality CPR, the defibrillation business is geared for new growth and development in the years to come. ZOLL Medical Corporation, a health care company under Asahi Kasei Group which develops and markets medical devices and software solutions that help emergency care, is eyeing Korea as a strategic market with great potential for business expansion, according to the firm’s
IndustryOct. 5, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Korea seeks more roles in wild-land fire control
The Korea Forest Service and Gangwon Province will jointly host the sixth International Wildland Fire Conference at Pyeongchang from Oct. 12 to 16.The international conference was established when old ways of fire prevention became insufficient to deal with the frequent and intense fires happening worldwide due to climate change, and awareness increased on the need to exchange academic information through international assistance.“It is the first time that this conference is held in Asia, and it
IndustrySept. 29, 2015
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[Herald Interview] 'Organic consumers have good diet habits’
Organic food is not necessarily healthier than its conventional counterpart in terms of positive ingredients, but its consumers have a healthier diet and are trained to eat better, according to the head of the world’s top organic food body. Gerold Rahmann, president of the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research“Organic is not about a product’s quality system but a process quality system,” said Gerold Rahmann, president of the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research,
IndustrySept. 24, 2015