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[Herald Interview] ‘Saving a COVID-19 patient’s life takes teamwork’

HealthJul 13, 2020

Last month, a South Korean COVID-19 survivor underwent a double-lung transplant that ended up saving her life -- a procedure that is the first of its kind in the country and only the ninth worldwide ...
[Herald Interview] Former WeWork Korea general manager dives into proptech scene with platform Dongnae

MarketsJul 12, 2020

Looking for a home, whether to rent or own, is an extremely time-consuming and painstaking job in South Korea. House hunters have to jump from one real estate agency to another to find the right one...
[Herald Interview] Expanding Korea’s presence in global art world

Arts&DesignJul 11, 2020

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

MoneyJul 5, 2020

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

Diplomatic CircuitJul 2, 2020

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

MoneyJun 25, 2020

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

FilmJun 25, 2020

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

TransportJun 25, 2020

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 ...
[Herald Interview] ‘I wanted to do something’: Swedish nurse

DefenseJun 25, 2020

The center, the country’s first hospital to be designated to treat infectious disease, is now a major battlefield in South Korea’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The Swedish veteran said sh...
[Herald Interview] CHA head reveals ambition to promote Korean cultural heritage worldwide

CultureJun 24, 2020

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

IndustryJun 24, 2020

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

North KoreaJun 23, 2020

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 in 2018, that North Korea would dismantle its nuclear...
[Herald Interview] ‘Korea demonstrated global citizenship in times of COVID-19, but there’s room for improvement’: APCEIU chief

Social affairsJun 22, 2020

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...
[Herald Interview] Former combined forces No. 2 defends pact with N. Korea

North KoreaJun 22, 2020

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...
[Herald Interview] Spinning cord blood into stem cell therapies

IndustryJun 22, 2020

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...