Jul 11, 2020   Arts&Design

[Herald Interview] Expanding Korea’s presence in global art world

Do says this is good timing to present Korean experimental and media artists such as Park Hyun-ki and Kwak Duck-jun after dansaekhwa -- Korea’s art genre evolved in the late 1960s and the 1970s by ar...

Jul 5, 2020   Money

[Herald Interview] Investment guru sees opportunities in post-COVID era

In his first public letter in 10 years, South Korea’s value investment guru Chen Kang in March urged fund investors to remain unperturbed by the coronavirus uncertainties and search for where purchas...

Jul 2, 2020   Diplomatic Circuit

[Herald Interview] ‘Australian English as prestigious as American English’

In South Korea, known for its education fervor, the English widely taught at schools and private institutes is American English. Challenging the US dominance in the Korean English education market i...

Jun 25, 2020   Money

[Herald Interview] ‘Stock investing should be fun, not a battle’

What surprised John Lee, a former Wall Street fund manager who returned home six years ago, was the widespread perception among South Korean retail investors that real estate is a much safer option f...

Jun 25, 2020   Film

[Herald Interview] Lee Bong-geun moves pansori from stage to big screen

Lee, 37, said he started singing pansori in middle school at the recommendation of his father, a calligrapher. Born and raised in Namwon, South Jeolla Province, Lee explained that it is common in his...

Jun 25, 2020   Transport

[Herald Interview] COVID-19 to reshape logistics: DHL exec

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic outbreak around the world has had a profound impact on global supply chains and logistics. For example, the South Korean automotive, aviation and heavy industries that ...

Jun 24, 2020   Culture

[Herald Interview] CHA head reveals ambition to promote Korean cultural heritage worldwide

On the recent media report that the Korean government plans to ask UNESCO to remove Japan’s Hashima Island from its world heritage list, Chung confirmed that the CHA is not considering it. The issue...

Jun 24, 2020   Industry

[Herald Interview] ‘Lithium-ion batteries are approaching theoretical limits on energy density’

“By around early 2022, we anticipate samples to reach approximately 100 ampere hour in cell capacity. We are currently planning for full mass production by 2025,” the CEO said. The capacity of an ave...

Jun 23, 2020   North Korea

[Herald Interview] Former nuclear envoy raps Moon’s policy on N. Korea

Inter-Korean relations under the Moon Jae-in administration were never going to work, as they were built on a misguided belief, as worded by Moon himself in 2018, that North Korea would relinquish it...

Jun 22, 2020   Social affairs

[Herald Interview] ‘Korea demonstrated global citizenship in times of COVID-19, but there’s room for improvement’: APCEIU chief

South Korea has demonstrated leading global citizenship since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, but has also been reminded of its shortcomings on cultural diversity, said Lim Hyun-mook, the Dire...

Jun 22, 2020   North Korea

[Herald Interview] Former combined forces No. 2 defends 2018 military pact with North

Kim Byung-joo, former deputy commander of the ROK-US Combined Forces Command, said South Korea should manage military tensions to prevent them from getting out of control, while remaining on guard ag...

Jun 22, 2020   Industry

[Herald Interview] Spinning cord blood into stem cell therapies

Cartistem is a stem cell therapeutic agent for cartilage regeneration crafted from Medipost’s pool of research-purpose cord blood. Once surgically applied to the affected region, the drug has been s...

Jun 21, 2020   Foreign affairs

[Herald Interview] ‘Protest louder about Japan’s breaking of UNESCO promise’

Another diplomatic spat broke out between South Korea and Japan this month after the public opening of the Industrial Heritage Information Center in Tokyo. Contrary to what Japan said it would do, t...

Jun 21, 2020   Markets

[Herald Interview] Korea’s data economy drive strengthens amid pandemic

Pandemic and data industry The lingering pandemic has changed the way how people perceive the disclosure and use of private financial records. Despite existing debate on privacy, the governme...