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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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US will take steps for three-way engagement on nuclear deterrence with S. Korea, Japan: Campbell
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[Herald Interview] Lumens to launch world’s first HD HUD using Micro-LED this year
Market interest toward Micro-LED panels has risen in recent years, following news of Apple working to develop the next-generation display. Micro-LED panels, which feature miniature light-emitting diode arrays with smaller, brighter modules and improved response speed, are also the next-generation target for Samsung and Facebook’s Oculus, but still remain rare in the market due to technical challenges. Samsung’s long-term LED partner Lumens is one of a handful of companies that are ready to comme
IndustryOct. 11, 2017
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[Herald Interview] P2P lending can help curb national debt with data: Lendit
The Korea Herald is publishing a series of interviews on promising startups in the fintech industry. This is the 2nd installment. -- Ed. To a peer-to-peer lending platform, a full-grown set of database plays a crucial role in providing individual lenders or investors higher return and lower risk, and borrowers with low interest rate loans, while at the same time, better assessing borrowers‘ debt serviceability. One of South Korea’s leading P2P lending platform operator Lendit appears to have ta
TechnologyOct. 10, 2017
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[Herald Interview] Latvian leader backs PyeongChang
RIGA, Latvia – Latvia will participate in next year’s PyeongChang Winter Olympics despite security concerns over North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction program, its president Raimonds Vejonis has confirmed. In an interview with Korean media, the leader also confirmed his official visit to South Korea in February, timed to coincide with the sports event. Latvian president Raimonds Vejonis (Yonhap)“I will be the first Latvian president to visit your country,” Vejonis told a group of Korean repo
Foreign AffairsOct. 9, 2017
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[Herald Interview] Bayer eyes Korea’s ‘deep tech’ startups for digital health care push
In the age of “digital health care,” high-tech wearables, cutting-edge medical devices and integrated apps combined with major breakthroughs in data computing and analytics capabilities are set to pave new frontiers in the health care sector. And in the global race to take over this emerging industry, South Korea’s innovative tech startups with an expertise in so-called “deep tech” involving complex engineering skills and software expertise could gain an upper hand, according to the founding chi
TechnologyOct. 8, 2017
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[Herald Interview] Why Park Hae-il is called a ‘blank sheet’
Directors have called Park Hae-il a “blank sheet,” an actor who absorbs and completely transforms through the roles bestowed upon him. With boyish features and a difficult-to-fathom aura about him, Korean film fans say he possesses a Janus-like charm, similar to the Roman god of duplicity – you can’t quite tell whether he embodies good or evil. Park says he’s familiar with the description. “Director Yim Soon-rye told me I was like a white canvas that could become any color, after filming ‘Waikik
FilmOct. 4, 2017
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[Herald Interview] ‘Germany, Korea shape globalization for sustainable future’
With the recent re-election of Angela Merkel as Germany’s chancellor, Germany and Korea are poised to continue their commitment to a rules-based international order prioritizing peace and security, multilateralism, democracy and liberal trade, the country’s top envoy to Korea told the Korea Herald, noting the two countries could spearhead the “fourth industrial revolution” together. Speaking ahead of the Day of German Unity on Tuesday, German Ambassador Stephan Auer stressed the two nations have
Diplomatic CircuitOct. 2, 2017
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[Herald Interview] China’s Ecovacs vows to provide Koreans with smaller, quieter robots
Like other fast-growing tech companies in China rapidly chasing and surpassing global leaders, Ecovacs of China is confident that it can provide robot vacuum cleaners that better suit households here than those by strong Korean competitors Samsung and LG.“According to our study, Samsung and LG products are bigger and louder than ours, which are more perfect for European and US households than Asian,” said David Qian, president of the international business unit at Ecovacs, expressing his confide
TechnologyOct. 1, 2017
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[Herald Interview] Imagining hanbok as everyday wear
Hanbok designer Damyeon Lee Hye-soon made headlines a few years ago when it became known that a restaurant at a five-star Seoul hotel had refused to let her in on grounds that her hanbok posed a danger to herself and fellow diners. Apparently, the restaurant was concerned that someone might trip over Lee’s skirt.That episode brought to light the prejudices that many Koreans harbor about hanbok and how poorly we treat our own traditional clothing. Hanbok designer Damyeon Lee Hye-soon speaks at h
Arts & DesignSept. 29, 2017
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[Herald Interview] Kim Yoon-seok on playing principled Joseon minister
Kim Yoon-seok’s criteria for choosing film projects is simple. “I pick the best scripts,” he said in an interview Tuesday at a cafe in Palpan-dong, Seoul. The acclaimed actor, known for his gloomy gravitas, has starred in films such as Na Hong-jin’s 2008 thriller “The Chaser.” French novelist Guillaume Musso proclaimed himself a fan of Kim, which is how Korean producers were able to obtain remake rights for Musso’s novel “Will You Be There?” The film, with Kim taking the lead role, opened in K
FilmSept. 27, 2017
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[Herald Interview] US deputy governor upholds S. Korea-US alliance, FTA
US President Donald Trump‘s use of personal communications channels to voice views on North Korea is a cause of concern, state of Washington Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib says. “I have had the privilege of being briefed by the Council on Foreign Relations and nobody that I know of in the diplomatic or foreign relations community believes it is helpful for President Trump to be using his personal communication channel in this fashion in resolving this conflict,” said Habib, who is a CFR member, while sitt
Foreign AffairsSept. 26, 2017
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[Herald Interview] ‘Seoul not as vulnerable as it seems’
For most South Koreans, war with North Korea is something unfathomable. Regardless of its outcome, they are convinced any armed conflict here would end with millions of casualties and the complete devastation of the South’s flourishing economy. Such worries are shaped by the notion that Seoul and its surrounding provinces, home to some 25 million Koreans and well within the range of the communist North’s artillery and ballistic missiles, would be reduced to ashes if attacked. Although Seoul
DefenseSept. 25, 2017
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[Herald Interview] Copenhagen to champion sustainable living at 2023 UIA architecture congress
With Copenhagen’s hosting of the International Union of Architects (UIA) congress in 2023, Danish cities will encapsulate and further facilitate worldwide efforts for sustainable development at the milepost event, said the country’s top envoy to Korea. Following a general assembly vote at the UIA World Architects’ Congress in Seoul on Sept. 9, Copenhagen beat out contenders Antalya, Baku, Kuala Lumpur and Lausanne to secure the candidacy of the conference, dubbed, the “Olympics of architecture.”
Diplomatic CircuitSept. 25, 2017
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[Herald Interview] AI to lead next innovation at Asia's top chat app: Line CTO
Six years ago, Line Corp. successfully edged out western rivals like Facebook and WeChat to rise as the dominant mobile messaging service chosen by major Asian markets including Japan, Thailand, Taiwan and Indonesia.And now, the Tokyo-based mobile messaging app operator is on track to achieve its broader vision of expanding into a full-fledged consumer platform by leveraging its strengths in localization and data-driven artificial intelligence technology.Line, touted as a rare case of a globaliz
TechnologySept. 24, 2017
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[Herald Interview] ‘The hands that raised candles should now hold books’
[Eye] Located smack in the middle of downtown Seoul, Sunhwadongcheon is an oasis offering respite from the hustle and bustle of life in a megalopolis.Finding it is not easy -- it is situated in a residential apartment complex and there are no easily discernable signs pointing to it. But once inside, you will appreciate the quiet of the book cafe, William Morris prints on display at the gallery space as well as the bookstore selling Hangilsa Publishing’s publications from over the years.It also a
CultureSept. 22, 2017
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[Herald Interview] Kakao seeks to go global with content distribution business: CEO
In South Korea, Kakao Corp. dominates the mobile scene. Since overtaking the country’s mobile messaging market with KakaoTalk, the company has leveraged the clout of its messenger app to provide a range of new mobile services ranging from games, web comics to payment, e-commerce and even taxi hailing. Despite its domestic glory, 7-year-old Kakao has continuously faced concerns and doubts over its growth potential as its messenger is confined to Korea with little presence in countries abroad. Tho
TechnologySept. 21, 2017
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[Herald Interview] Suprema seeks opportunity in mobile fingerprint scanner
These days, the key is to go mobile, meaning integrating technologies and solutions onto mobile devices often become the make or break factor in the fast-changing industries. The same goes for a Korean biometric tech firm, Suprema, which is the nation’s largest biometric access solution provider by sales specializing in fingerprint and facial recognition readers for home and businesses. Moving to capitalize on the growth potential of mobile biometrics by expanding its business in fingerprint sca
IndustrySept. 20, 2017
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[Herald Interview] Hacker-turned-CEO brings digital currency offline
The Korea Herald is publishing a series of interviews on promising startups in the fintech industry. This is the first installment. -- Ed. While cryptocurrency exchanges among those in their 40s and 50s deal with larger volumes, the older generation more often than not face inconveniences in trading their digital currencies.“Some traders often found themselves in trouble,” Kevin Cha, founder and chief executive of digital currency exchange Coinone, told The Korea Herald in an interview. The inte
Sept. 19, 2017
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[Herald Interview] ‘Samsung wants to bring idea of Silicon Valley project to Korea’
Two years on since Samsung Electronics opened its office building in Silicon Valley, the Korean tech giant has seen a dramatic change in their work style and it hopes to bring the idea to Korea, according to a partner at the US architecture firm NBBJ.NBBJ is a firm that designed Samsung’s US building and those of many other global tech firms, including Microsoft, Amazon, Tencent and Google. “Samsung’s Silicon Valley building is very progressive. (I think) They are learning a lot from the project
IndustrySept. 17, 2017
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[Herald Interview] Empathy without exploitation
Is it possible to create a work of art about a murder without any depiction of brutality? Is it possible to convey a female victim’s suffering without exploiting her body? These were the questions director Gina Kim posed to herself during the creation of her virtual reality film “Bloodless.”The work won the award for best virtual reality story at the recently concluded Venice International Film Festival. “Bloodless” is relatively bloodless. However, it is blood curdling, at an entirely different
FilmSept. 15, 2017
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[Herald Interview] ‘Forests are Korea’s largest resource’: minister
With Asia home to more than half of the world’s urban population, the depletion of natural resources, diminishing water quality, increased air pollution and adverse climate change effects are considered some of the biggest threats to humanity that experts are looking to combat amid growing urbanization across the continent. Therefore, Kim Jae-hyun, minster for the Korea Forest Service, is stressing the need for the government to use Korea’s vast greenery to improve the country&rsquo
EconomySept. 13, 2017