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Celebrities join hands to bring hopeful messages amid COVID-19

Social affairsMar 26, 2020

Content creators and celebrities including football player Son Heung-min joined forces to bring positive messages amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Korea Multi-channel Network Association, said Thusrday. ...
Get the latest COVID-19 updates in English and Chinese from TBS eFM

Social affairsMar 10, 2020

South Korea’s English radio channel TBS eFM said on March 10 that it has launched a special daily COVID-19 program to help foreigners here remain updated about the outbreak. The radio station said i...
Former US ambassador hopes to get ready for reunification

North KoreaFeb 13, 2020

Christopher Hill, a former U.S. ambassador to South Korea and lead negotiator for the six-party nuclear talks, is a familiar face for Koreans south of the Demilitarized Zone. After finishing his care...
PyeongChang offers forum for peace once again

Social affairsFeb 9, 2020

During the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, South and North Korean athletes entered the opening ceremony together and formed a joint women’s hockey team, creating momentum that led to bilateral talks betwe...
Herald to host 49th English Speech Contest

Social affairsJan 29, 2020

Herald Corp., which publishes 67-year-old English-language newspaper The Korea Herald, will host the 49th Herald National English Speech Contest. The event is designed to foster creative and logical...
S. Korean parliamentary leader, Serbian president discuss investment issues

World NewsOct 15, 2019

South Korean parliamentary chief Moon Hee-sang had a meeting here Tuesday with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and discussed ways to strengthen cooperation between the nations, Moon‘s office said....
'Korea should use strengths in technology, intellectual property'

TechnologySept 6, 2019

Event organizers expressed their support for domestic and global startups and invited them to establish businesses here. “Seoul Metropolitan Government will provide opportunities for young people to...
[Exclusive] Samsung to launch out-folding smartphone ahead of Huawei: sources

TechnologyJun 27, 2019

Samsung Electronics plans to soon release a wide range of foldable smartphones, including one that folds outward, sources familiar with the matter told The Investor on Thursday. They said the out-fo...
[Herald Interview] The man behind Sister Carrie

IndustryMay 31, 2019

CarrieSoft, company behind kids’ YouTube star, set to go public Not many people know Theodore Dreiser’s 1900 novel “Sister Carrie” in South Korea. For kids here, “Carrie eonni” or Sister Carrie who ...
European nations pitch to attract Korean startups at EXIT Daejeon 2019

TechnologyMay 22, 2019

European countries pitched to attract South Korean startups during an event held at the Global Startup Festival Daejeon 2019 on Wednesday. During a sideline event called Startup Talk Concert with Fo...
[Herald Interview] Line pushes Thai startups to scale up

TechnologyMay 18, 2019

BANGKOK -- Thailand, an ASEAN country with a population of 69 million, is messenger platform Line’s second-largest market after Japan. In fact, 90 percent of the country’s mobile internet users are c...
[Herald Interview] ‘Time to nurture investment culture in S. Korea’: KVCA chairman

IndustryMay 7, 2019

South Korea’s venture capital industry finally appears to be headed toward a boom, after going through a rough patch during the dot.com bubble in the early 2000s and the global financial crisis that ...
CJ to shut down Bibigo in China by August

IndustryApr 24, 2019

CJ is shutting down its loss-making Korean restaurant chain Bibigo in China, with a plan to dissolve the unit by August this year, according to an industry source. The move is part of restructuring ...
K-pop star Park Yoo-chun tests positive for drugs

Social affairsApr 23, 2019

A hair drug test for K-pop singer and actor Park Yoo-chun has returned a positive result, according to police here. Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, which is investigating Park’s case, recei...
A look at what’s behind Smilegate RPG’s IPO push

TechnologyApr 10, 2019

For the first time since it was founded in 2002, South Korean game developer Smilegate is out to list an affiliate in a bid to diversify its portfolio. Smilegate is the developer of hugely popular s...