American film critic helps expose domestic cinema to world stageIn the late ’90s, Korean cinema was booming along with the country’s economy. And not just domestically, but in the United States too. Whilst studying Slavic Linguistics at Indiana University, Massachusetts-native Darcy Paquet was introduced to two popular films at the time by his Korean friends there: “Sopyonje” and “Our Twisted Her

Hyundai Elevator on Tuesday elected former Otis Elevator executive Han Sang-ho as chief executive.  Han Sang-hoHan, 55, will be serving as CEO alongside Hyun Jeong-eun, the Hyundai Group chairwoman. “To create a leading Korean company that also can be received as a global leader, I will be focusing on promoting ethical management, safety, quality control and securing the right talent,” the new CEO

The winners of the 56th the National Academy of Sciences Award (from left) Oh Saeng-keun, Suh Se-won, Lee Kil-seong and Song Jin-won (Yonhap News)Four scholars have been selected as winners for the 56th the National Academy of Sciences Award, the national research institution announced on Friday.Oh Saeng-keun, professor of French literature at Seoul National University has been selected for the hu

Park Mo-ran, an ethnic Korean Russian, won a Korean literature translation award last week.The 24-year-old student translated the novel “The Door of Morning” into Russian and was picked as one of the winners of a competition organized by the Korea Literature Translation Institute. Park Mo-ran (Yonhap News)Witten by Part Min-kyu, the book had formerly won prestigious Yi Sang Literary Award. The you

Theresa Rah (Yonhap News)Former journalist praised for presenting PyeongChang Olympic bidTheresa Rah, communications director of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games Bid Committee, has stepped into the limelight as her eloquent and touching presentation is credited with helping the city win the bid last week.As the world watched, the former journalist carried out the presentation of Korea’s decade-lo

Poet Ko Un speaks to reporter Claire Lee of The Korea Herald near Nowon Art Center in northern Seoul on Friday. (Park Hyun-koo/The Korea Herald)Highly acclaimed poet publishes his first collection of love poemsDressed in a sky blue blazer and wearing his signature glasses with black plastic frames, poet Ko Un could not hide his spontaneous, child-like nature on Friday afternoon. “Let’s do this int

Alfio Pozzoni at a workshop in Seoul last week. (Kim Myung-sub/The Korea Herald)Consultant at Benetton communication research center talks about iconic stores of future People receive so much input everyday that it is difficult to attract them with something, Alfio Pozzoni told The Korea Herald. “That is why we have to continuously make improvements in term of contents and surprises.” Pozzoni, Spe

 Poet Ko Un speaks to reporter Claire Lee of The Korea Herald near Nowon Art Center in northern Seoul on Friday. (Park Hyun-koo/The Korea Herald) Highly acclaimed  poet publishes his first collection of love poemsDressed in a sky blue blazer and wearing his signature glasses with black plastic frames, poet Ko Un could not hide his spontaneous, child-like nature on Friday afternoon. “Let’s do this

‘Safari capital’ pushes for sustainable tourism in pursuit of harmony of humans, terrain and wildlifeMAASAI MARA, Kenya ― A dozen safari cars stood bumper to bumper along a narrow dirt road on the vast savannah land. All engines were cut. Passengers held their breath. The only interruptions to the sudden silence were sounds of clicking camera shutters and calm sighs of admiration as a male lion em