So is a trade war upon us? President Donald Trump announced last week that the US would place $60 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese goods, but what does that mean for the future of world trade? This conflict seems more likely to remain a modest spat than to blossom into a slugfest.　First of all, China responded to Trump’s $60 billion in tariffs with a $3 billion tariff retaliation, one-twentieth of the initial amount. That’s a sign that China is seeking reconciliation rather than escalation. I

Management in Korea is a regular column written by the members of Egon Zehnder Seoul touching on various aspects of Korean enterprises and business leaders and offering management tips. -- Ed.Family is central to the idea of chaebol, which literally means “money clan.” Yet the fact that chaebol are family businesses has helped them resist adopting governance practices that have become standard in the developed world. Somehow, because they are family businesses, it does not seem realistic to hold

(유튜브 캡쳐)6살짜리 꼬마 아이의 ‘유치원 숙제’가 인터넷을 강타하고 있다.　이전 세대 유치원생들은 흔히 크레파스로 그린 그림이나 삐뚤삐뚤하게 쓴 글 등을 제출했다. 그러나 디지털 시대의 요즘 아이들은 다르다.　미국 내슈빌에 사는 6살배기 카덴 코츠는 이달 유치원 숙제로 ‘일일 기상캐스터 체험’을 했다.　한편 아이의 아버지 찰리 코츠는 아들의 숙제를 돕고자 열정적으로 촬영에 임했다.　강풍과 눈보라 등 각종 특수 효과를 적용해 재미를 더한 이 영상이 유튜브에서 폭발적인 반응을 얻고 있다. 　(khnews@heraldcorp.com)

한 개구리의 아랫배 사진이 화제가 되고 있다. 　지난주 동물 전문 채널 애니멀 플래닛의 인스타그램 계정(@animalplanet)에 올라온 사진이다. 　사진 속 개구리의 피부 표면은 녹색 빛을 띠고 있지만, 살가죽이 투명해 뱃속까지 훤히 보인다. 　사진에는 개구리 중심부를 관통하는 혈관부터 뱃속에 쌓인 장기들이 눈에 띈다.　해당 개구리는 유리개구리로, 중앙아메리카와 남아메리카에 걸쳐 분포하는 양서류이다. 　투명한 피부가 특징이며 작은 곤충들을 잡아먹으며 산다고 전해진다. 　(khnews@heraldcorp.com) (사진=인스타그램)

Last week, South Koreans saw the arrest of yet another former president as Lee Myung-bak was taken to jail on charges of graft. Lee won a landslide victory in December 2007 and served as president from 2008 to 2013. In the 1990s, Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo were jailed, and Park Geun-hye was jailed shortly after being removed from power a year ago.To date, no Korean president has left office without controversy. Before the restoration of democracy in 1987, presidents left office either through

If folktales are reflections of the society that produced them, then Korean folktales surely exhibit a plethora of Korean men’s chronic, incorrigible follies. Reading Korean folktales, one may wonder how Korean women -- far smarter and wiser -- could put up with such hopelessly pathetic but obstinate Korean men. In fact, Korean women have always had to endure all sorts of ordeals due to the incredible stupidity and stubbornness of their embarrassingly infantile partners. Numerous foreign invasio

(Hanwha Galleria)Hanwha Galleria officials on Tuesday paint a cherry blossom mural in Daerim-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, where Galleria Duty Free 63 is located. The company said 20 employees and six artists from Mullae Creative Village, an art village in Mullae-dong, worked together on the project. Galleria Duty Free 63 has been conducting its 63 Plan community outreach program since November 2015 to give back to the area. The 63 Plan includes projects targeting education, welfare and the envi

Nongshim, a leading Korean food and beverage company, ranked No. 4 among Korean brands that have contributed to promoting the country, the company said Tuesday.(Nongshim)In a survey conducted by the local brand value evaluation company Brandstock, Nongshim was listed as the No. 4 Korean brand, following Samsung Galaxy, Samsung QLED TV and Korean Air. Nongshim was the only food and beverage company among the top 10. “(The results of the survey) show that we have grown as a global brand that can b

모델 문가비가 자신의 S라인 몸매 비결은 “매일 2시간씩 하는 운동”이라고 밝혔다.　　문가비는 지난 26일 방송된 Olive 예능프로그램 ‘토크몬’에 출연해, 무용을 했던 14세 시절부터 꾸준히 두 시간씩 매일 운동하고 있다고 설명했다.　　문가비가 운동을 시작한 이유는 일자였던 허리를 잘록하게 다듬고 싶어서였다. 그렇게 시작한 옆구리 운동이 1년간 지속되자 허리 사이즈가 25인치에서 23인치가 됐다는 것이다.　　하루도 운동을 거르는 날이 없어, 장시간 비행기를 타야 하는 경우에는 화장실을 이용해 약간의 운동을 한다고 한다. 　 (사진='토크몬' 화면 캡쳐)　(khnews@heraldcorp.com)