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[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...
[Herald Interview] 6GAB: Six friends with something to prove

MusicMay 28, 2014

The determination in their eyes is undeniable as the six tight-knit school chums from Baekseok University in South Chungcheong Province talk about their mission to show the public that aspiring music...
[Herald Interview] Seoul education chief promises creative learning

NationalMay 27, 2014

Incumbent Seoul education superintendent Moon Yong-rin vowed to reform the the traditional emphasis on rote memorization, which stifles creative thinking, if he is reelected as the capital’s educatio...
[Herald Interview] Korea’s forest management know-how going global

May 27, 2014

A growing number of countries, particularly developing countries in Asia, are seeking to learn about Korea’s forest rehabilitation and forest management know-how. Korea has worked to green up its op...
[Herald Interview] Candidate promises to revamp Seoul’s ‘rusty’ education system

NationalMay 25, 2014

Koh Seung-duk has seemingly done it all. He was the first person to pass Korea’s state exams for law, public administration and diplomacy. Having spent three decades as a lawyer, while at the same t...
[Herald Interview] New transparency rules key to trust in investor-state settlements

Foreign affairsMay 25, 2014

This is the seventh installment in a series of interviews with chiefs of United Nations offices in Korea. ― Ed. With free trade emerging as a global norm for growth, new U.N. rules on transparency i...
[Herald Interview] Financial services broaden Mercedes appeal

TransportMay 25, 2014

Adi Ofek, managing director of Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Korea, had no hesitations on joining the Korean team in January. Among several options given to the then-chief risk officer of Daimler ...
[Herald Interview] What Korea can learn from Japan’s lost decade

May 22, 2014

South Korea can avoid possible economic risks by seeking to gradually transform its economy through structural reforms, rather than depending solely on monetary policies, according to a senior Japane...