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[Herald Interview] Align Partners CEO faces off against SM founder, Hybe
Markets
Feb 21, 2023
Activist fund singles out poor governance as sole reason for ‘undervalued’ Korean stocks
[Herald Interview] Na Tae-joo publishes 50th poetry collection
Books
Feb 20, 2023
Writing poetry is like a discovery, says the 77-year old poet who also collaborates with Hallyu stars
[Herald Interview] Yim Si-wan seeks balance between singing, acting
Film
Feb 20, 2023
Yim Si-wan’s latest thriller film, “Unlocked,” depicts the 34-year-old actor as psychopathic killer Jun-young, who hacks into Na-mi's (Chun Woo-hee) smartphone and later threatens to kill her. It’s hard to imagine the actor, who started out in entertainment as part of idol boy band ZE:A and usually exudes a prince charming image, as a ruthless villain. But Yim said it was not difficult to get into character. It is Yim’s second time playing the villain after &ld
[Herald Interview] Mongolian PM wants to use Busan as outlet for trade corridor
Foreign affairs
Feb 19, 2023
Oyun-Erdene calls for visa reciprocity, vows support for undocumented Mongolian residents in Korea
[Herald Interview] Tei now relishes performing old Beethoven
Culture
Feb 17, 2023
When Tei, a singer who is also pursuing an acting career in musicals, was offered the role of an aging Beethoven, his initial response was a firm "no." Tei was in his mid-30s at the time, and covetous of the younger Beethoven role in the show. He was eventually persuaded to take on the challenge of playing the older manifestation of the composer in “Ludwig: Beethoven the Piano” and he is now happy with the role and has grown to resonate with the role. “Up until the th
[Herald Interview] Musical actor Min Woo-hyuk shows emotional Ahn Jung-geun in 'Hero'
Culture
Feb 15, 2023
Min Woo-hyuk, a musical actor, had been working in small theater productions for three years before scoring his first major role, as Enjolras in "Les Miserables," staged in 2015. Around the same time, he saw "Hero" and immediately knew he would like to take on the role of Ahn Jung-geun, the historic independent activist who assassinated Hirobumi Ito, Japan’s first prime minister and the first Japanese resident-general in Korea, in Harbin, China, in 1909. The 39-year-o
[Herald Interview] Culture promotion agency to play more active, expanded role after pandemic
Culture
Feb 14, 2023
With the country moving further away from the pandemic, the Korean Culture and Information Service is going full steam ahead in its endeavor to catapult Korean culture this year further around the world. Kim Jang-ho, the head of the agency, is a veteran government official who joined the Culture Ministry in the mid-1990s when the government body realized the importance of culture and art as an industry and created a division called the Culture Industry Department. It was when the movie "Jur
[Herald Interview] Yoo Teo takes on rom-com leading role
Television
Feb 14, 2023
Overcoming shortcomings and challenges, ambitious multilingual actor dreams bigger
[Herald Interview] 'Incendiaries' author R.O. Kwon says loss of faith was healed by literature
Books
Feb 13, 2023
'The Incendiaries,' now available in Korea, is to be made into a drama series by company who made 'Pachinko'
[Newsmaker] [Herald Interview] ChatGPT shows limitations in East Asian languages, but not for long: linguist
Social affairs
Feb 13, 2023
Chatbots to bring major changes in the way Koreans learn English, says Oxford professor Jieun Kiaer
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Transport
Feb 13, 2023
Head of Polestar Korea voices confidence in Swedish EV SUV’s design and performance in heightened competition
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Industry
Feb 12, 2023
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[Herald Interview] July Jung consoles victims of society’s structural abuse with her films
Film
Feb 12, 2023
July Jung, who debuted with the 2014 feature film “A Girl at My Door,” has only released two films so far, but all both have been acclaimed at the Cannes Film Festival. Her second feature film in 9 years, “Next Sohee,” is a gut-wrenching drama which centers on a high school student, So-hee (Kim Si-eun), who is sent to a call center for a grueling internship. Later in the film, You-jin (Bae Doo-na), a detective, looks into the death of So-hee. The film, which been selected
[Herald Interview] For Korea's first world barista champion, failure was path to success
Food&Beverage
Feb 12, 2023
Jeon Joo-yeon’s path to becoming the first South Korean to win the World Barista Championship is a typical “passion leads to success” story. In 2008, then a social welfare major at a local college, she started a part-time job at a big coffee shop in her hometown of Busan. At first, she did not even touch coffee cups. She was part of the shop’s online sales team. Slowly but naturally, she gravitated toward making coffee. In 2009, she made up her mind to become a barista.
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Transport
Feb 9, 2023
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