Korean kids are too busy to play, while playgrounds are too safe, no fun, says playground designer Pyun

‘People become more sensitive to others’ difficulties when things are hard.’

Entrepreneurship, teamwork and global vision needed for Korean start-ups, says head of Google Campus Seoul

Naver’s head of service design defines brand as an experience, aims to move services across devices

Vania Heymann’s work may feature people swimming in the sky, but the music video director is rooted in reality

Ever since Levi’s first introduced denim jeans in the late 1800s, the denim industry has continued to grow regardless of the economic situation, according to Jung Jang-geun, a veteran financial investor based in Seoul. “As long as the population grows, it is impossible to see the denim industry slowing,” Jung said in an interview with The Korea Herald. “Denim jeans may be a fashion item in developed countries now, but they are still work wear for laborers in emerging countries.” Jung Jang-geun,

Frustration is now running deep in South Korea, with the scandal involving President Park Geun-hye and her longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil. Furthermore, uncertainties about the country’s diplomacy and economy are also rising after Republican Donald Trump’s upset win in the US presidential election. The unexpected developments at home and abroad are fueling public anxiety and discontent.However, for Tibetan monk Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, the biggest source of worry is less about the turbulent su

Artist cum environmentalist, Yoon devotes life to raising environmental awareness, fostering green designers

INCHEON -- Imagine two large windowless concrete buildings standing parallel to each other with a plaza between them. Stifling, mirthless, one might think. But not so for the two entertainment facilities being built as part of Paradise City, an integrated resort five minutes from Incheon Airport by monorail. Designed by Dutch architect Winy Maas of MVRVD, a firm co-founded in 1993 with Jacob Van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries, Paradise City’s Chromite and Sandbox, the club and entertainment building

A leading collector, dealer of antiquities opens Barakat Seoul, first of its kind in the city