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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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[HERALD INTERVIEW] Murayama urges Abe to offer written apologies to sex slavery victims
With many wartime sex slavery victims staunchly resisting the recent settlement with Seoul, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should write a letter to each of them to deliver his sincere atonement and expedite the deal’s execution, a former Japanese leader told The Korea Herald. Tomiichi Murayama, who offered a watershed apology in 1995 for the country’s sexual enslavement of Korean women and other atrocities, said he “welcomes” Abe’s acknowledgement of the government’s responsibility and apolo
Foreign AffairsMay 22, 2016
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[Herald Interview] 'Spa Night' director opens up about gay experience
JEONJU, North Jeolla Province -- Director Andrew Ahn came to Korea to spark a conversation. His film, “Spa Night,” depicts David, a second-generation Korean-American working with his parents at their Korean restaurant. When the restaurant closes, David surreptitiously works at a Korean spa -- instead of studying to enter university -- to help the family. There he notices for the first time the spa’s role in secretive homosexual hookups, just as he begins considering his own identity. “I hope th
FilmMay 19, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Christine Cho’s vegan classics come alive in new cookbook
Herald Corp.’s organic food developer Organica has released a new cookbook featuring 40 vegan and raw food recipes penned by its head chef Christine Cho. “When I came (to Organica) last June, we started the blog Christine’s Vegan Kitchen. The recipes started to grow, and we thought we wanted to share them in a book form,” Cho told The Korea Herald in an interview on Wednesday. According to Cho, “Organica Vegan Kitchen” is a guide for Koreans who want to pursue a healthy vegan diet, but do not kn
IndustryMay 19, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Uncovering Korea's overlooked modern history
Park Chan-kyong thinks it’s a shame that most Koreans are forgetting crucial parts of their modern history -- the Korean War and the subsequent division -- and live as if such historical facts don’t impact their lives. “I went to college in 1984. It was a time when students were more often seen in democracy protests on the streets than in classrooms. Political issues made up 80-90 percent of our generation’s life. From our younger days, we had been exposed to the nationwide anticommunist propag
PerformanceMay 17, 2016
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[Herald Interview] How Greenpeace was born
According to documentary filmmaker Jerry Rothwell, the now global environmental organization Greenpeace originally started out with “a few hippies on a boat.” “It began with a small group of Canadian activists who set out on a fishing boat in 1971,” the British filmmaker told The Korea Herald in an interview last Tuesday in Seoul. The activists were trying to stop then American president Richard Nixon from conducting a nuclear test in Alaska. Though their attempts were seen as foolhardy, the
FilmMay 15, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Uijeongbu Music Theater Fest to open with tales of ‘The War’
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I, the Chekhov International Theatre Festival unveiled in 2014 the dramatic Russian play “The War,” which pays homage to the devastation caused by combat. The play premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival and has since toured to countries including Russia, Poland, Romania, France and Portugal. Now gearing up for its Asia debut, “The War” is set to open this year’s 15th annual Uijeongbu Music Theatre Festival with performances on May 12
PerformanceMay 12, 2016
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[Herald Interview] ‘English-language media is like face of Korea to world’
The first thing Paul Shin, a veteran English-language journalist, asked during an interview in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, Monday was, “What desk do you work at?” “The culture desk did not take up a big part of English-language newspapers back in my day,” he said upon hearing the response. “International audiences were more interested in the authoritarian regime,” said Shin, 76, referring to the period of the Park Chung-hee administration in the 1960s and ’70s. Now, stories on Korean culture, ranging
PeopleApril 27, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Crystal accessories in digital age
Earlier this month, the crystal brand Swarovski launched a wearable activity-tracking device that women might actually consider wearing. The device had a sparkling faceted crystal the size of a coin, which can be inserted into a crystal-studded bracelet, sport band or necklace. Embedded within the crystal is software that monitors your activities during the day and tracks your sleep pattern at night. “Our mission has been to beautify smart devices,” said Robert Buchbauer, CEO of Consumer Goods
Arts & DesignApril 19, 2016
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[HERALD INTERVIEW] ‘Political solution key to global humanitarian crises’
Amid the exacerbating global humanitarian crises, the world must devise a sound political solution to relieve the suffering of fellow citizens, a United Nations World Food Program officer said.“Humanitarian needs have exploded over the years which have made our work more difficult,” Rasmus Egendal, officer in charge of the agency’s government partnership division, told The Korea Herald on Monday. “We have to generate more resources to meet those needs, which are growing faster than the internati
Foreign AffairsApril 15, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Korean whiskey market hungover
Whiskey consumption in Korea has always been tied to a very specific culture: drink-till-you-drop parties among businessmen who enjoy coupling the expensive drink with women in smoky underground bars.As that culture waned, so did whiskey sales. Its consumption in Korea has been falling by roughly three percent each year for the past five years, according to industry statistics. Golden Blue regional sales director Kim Ji-yeon speaks to The Korea Herald at the Golden Blue headquarters in Seoul.
IndustryApril 14, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Julia Moon striving for greater inclusion with Universal Ballet
Hailed as one of the first Korean ballerinas to achieve widespread international fame, Julia Moon is seeking to expand the global network of Universal Ballet and make it more “universal.” One of the founding members of the Universal Ballet -- among the top ballet companies in the country, rivaling the Korean National Ballet -- Moon has been its general director for the past decade, since retiring as principal dancer. Now in its 32nd year, the director says the company is ready to branch out mo
PerformanceApril 13, 2016
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[HERALD INTERVIEW] 'Industries of the future require endeavors across disciplines'
Research institutes should provide opportunities to complement traditional department-based structures with multidisciplinary institutes to better tackle societal challenges amid the rapid growth of new-generation industries and various global challenges, said a president of one of France’s most prestigious science-oriented public institution. Jacques Biot, the president of Ecole Polytechnique“Mathematics and computer sciences tend to fertilize every other area, as research becomes increasingly
Social AffairsApril 12, 2016
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[HERALD INTERVIEW] 'State's role crucial for ecosystem of innovative entrepreneurship
The government’s support plays a crucial role in building an innovative entrepreneurship ecosystem in the science technology industry, said a head of Israel’s leading college and an expert in psychophysiology of sleep disorders.“The government’s support is essential to transforming the discovery driven from the basic science research into practically applied products, and thereby, boosting the innovative entrepreneurship,” Peretz Lavie, president of Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Isr
Social AffairsApril 12, 2016
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[Herald Interview] ‘Flexible employment crucial for Korea’ : ManpowerGroup
The Korean government’s push to create a more flexible labor market, which includes plans to ease employment regulations and expand the use of temporary workers, has been hotly debated in the country over the past few years. Despite controversy, President Park Geun-hye’s proposed labor reforms are aligned with the structural changes that labor markets around the world are now undertaking, according to the chief of U.S.-based global staffing agency ManpowerGroup. “We think that Korea’s proposed l
IndustryApril 11, 2016
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[Herald interview] Andrea Bocelli talks Seoul concert, new album
Andrea Bocelli, the internationally acclaimed blind Italian classical crossover tenor, is gearing up for a solo concert in Seoul next month -- his first in Korea in six years. “I am excited and happy to come back. The love your people have shown me is hard to forget,” said Bocelli in an e-mail interview with The Korea Herald. Best known for his repertoire of classic operatic arias and classical-inspired contemporary pieces, the 57-year-old Grammy nominee last year released his 15th solo album,
PerformanceApril 7, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Shaping Korean start-up scene
Since its launch a decade ago, Pangyo Techno Valley in Pangyo, Gyeonggi Province, has grown to become the largest venture hub in South Korea. It houses more than 1,000 companies in different industrial categories -- ranging from information technology to biotechnology -- and employs about 70,000 people, generating 70 trillion won ($60 billion) in combined revenues last year. This accounts for more than 20 percent of the entire gross domestic product of the largest province in Korea.
TechnologyApril 7, 2016
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[Herald Interview] CEO data crucial to transform companies
Every Monday morning, Park Ju-gun, co-chief executive of CEO Score, chairs a brainstorming session to discuss timely content about the corporate world and its executives, before pushing out related insights. CEO Score is a four-year-old venture firm whose main business is to mine and analyze data about the top 500 South Korean companies and chief executives.Park Ju-gun, co-chief executive of CEO ScoreFollowing this meeting on the first day of the week, the company prepares a press release based
BusinessApril 6, 2016
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[HERALD INTERVIEW] Balanced education helps liberal arts students thrive
Located east of downtown Los Angeles -- widely considered a liberal stronghold -- Claremont Mckenna College is often considered more conservative than its neighbors, given its middle-of-the road faculty members and prominent alumni including politicians from the Republican Party. But the CMC president Hiram Chodosh highlighted that “the balance” in the breakdown of its faculty, staff and students allows for a more effective liberal arts education for graduates in challenging various transformati
Social AffairsApril 4, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Supplements no magic bullets: Nutrilite strategist
With health becoming a priority for most people around the world, some turn to taking dietary supplements as a potential means to make up for their otherwise unhealthy eating habits and lifestyles. However, supplements are by no means a substitute for a balanced meal or physical activity as there are absolutely no shortcuts to health, according to Amway-based Nutrilite Health Institute’s technology strategist. “Supplements are not magic bullets. They are not miracles. They are merely products m
IndustryApril 3, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Caffe Bene seeks rebound with Korean-style ‘indulgence’
In mid-March, financially ailing coffee chain Caffe Bene secured a $13 million investment from an overseas partner with an interesting name: Hallyu Ventures.The company is a joint operation between Singaporean global food chain Food Empire and the Salim Group from Indonesia. It was named by Food Empire’s executive chairman Tan Wang Cheow himself. Food Empire executive chairman Tan Wang Cheow speaks to The Korea Herald at the InterContinental Seoul Coex. (Lee Sang-sub/The Korea Herald)The reason
IndustryMarch 31, 2016