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Apr 16, 2019 Social affairs

[Herald Interview] 'Underage sex trafficking getting worse’

In March 2015, a 14-year-old girl was found dead lying on a bed in a motel in Gwanak-gu, southwestern Seoul. The victim was identified as a runaway teenager. Not long after leaving home in November ...

[Herald Interview] Boosting rental housing supply as solution to housing problem

Lee Heon-uk, the newly appointed CEO of the Gyeonggi Urban Innovation Corporation, has mapped out three management strategies: expanding the housing supply, creating better conditions for job creatio...

Apr 16, 2019
Social affairs
[Herald Interview] ‘Moon will do more for foreign investors’

Foreign firms in South Korea have often complained of being kept out of the loop when it comes to policy, including under the Moon administration, but recently the government has been moving to bridg...

Apr 16, 2019
Industry
[Herald Interview] Boosted by BTS and K-pop, Naver’s V Live challenges YouTube

As global K-pop fans flocked to YouTube last week to watch the new BTS video “Boy With Luv,” the band celebrated the release of its new album with a special event for loyal fans around the world. ...

Apr 15, 2019
Technology
[Herald Interview] The agent behind Korea's global literary growth

If you are living outside Korea and happened to have just finished your first volume of Korean fiction, the chances are that the book you’ve read was brought to you by literary agent Joseph Lee and h...

Apr 12, 2019
People
[Herald Interview] 'Fashion is about trends. Paul Smith is about individuality'

Though the beginning was small, things ended up much bigger than expected for fashion designer Paul Smith. It sometimes is still hard for the designer to believe what he has achieved. The celebrated...

Apr 8, 2019
Fashion
[Herald Interview] Freshcode hits home run in Korean food delivery scene

South Korea has long been a haven for food delivery. Most of the time, food is delivered to your doorstep within 30 minutes of placing an order. But professional food delivery businesses, such as Ba...

Apr 5, 2019
Technology
[Herald Interview] After Celine and Louis Vuitton, Korean-American designer ready to rock world with label Rokh

At the latest edition of Paris Fashion Week, a new name caught the eye of fashion industry insiders amid the dizzying list of top fashion houses. It was Rokh, based in London and led by Korean-Ameri...

Apr 2, 2019
Fashion
[Herald Interview] ‘Korea should open energy market to private firms for renewable goals’

South Korea needs to open its state-run energy sector to private companies to bring in more investment and competition and to better achieve the nation’s renewable energy goal, according to a UK-base...

Apr 1, 2019
Industry
[Herald Interview] SendBird looks to break up messenger monopoly

Real-time in-app digital messaging is increasingly becoming the norm. On-demand mobility app users can exchange text messages with drivers to get a ride to deliver food. While watching live-streamed...

Mar 28, 2019
Technology
[Herald Interview] Justice should be priority in setup of independent investigative body: lawmaker

Successive presidents and administrations over the past 20 years have failed to fulfill their pledges to establish an independent body with the power to investigate and indict high-ranking government...

Mar 27, 2019
Politics
[Herald Interview] ‘Biosimilars have no long-term prospect’

Korean conglomerates are diving in to the field of biotechnology one after another, but they have no long-term prospects if biosimilars are the only area they invest in, says Cho Joong-myung, a 71-ye...

Mar 27, 2019
Industry
[Herald Interview] Early English education a necessity: Daejeon education chief

As countries become ever more interconnected and globalized, English proficiency becomes a necessity if a nation and its people are to succeed on the global stage. Therefore early English education i...

Mar 24, 2019
Social affairs
[Herald Interview] Meet mastermind behind the original ‘Masked Singer’

Before Fox launched “The Masked Singer” in the US this year, many South Korean viewers enjoyed watching “King of Mask Singer,” a singing competition show where masked celebrities belted out songs in ...

Mar 22, 2019
Television
[Herald Interview] Blaming China doesn’t help combat fine dust: GGGI director

It has become a habit for many South Koreans to point to China as a thick haze of ultrafine dust descends and chokes the country, as well as to lash out at the Korean government for failing to settle...

Mar 20, 2019
Social affairs

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