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Jan 17, 2019 Film

[Herald Interview] Hip-hop film seeks to show realities of life in the Philippines

For Philippine director Treb Monteras II, hip-hop has always been about politics and social issues, and no situation is more pressing today for the country than that of de facto martial law under aut...

[Herald Interview] Englishmen in Seoul, London and all over YouTube

Here are two Englishmen who are even more famous in Korea than they are back home. To define them, one needs to add one more word to their nationality and get rid of the plural. They are not just Eng...

Jan 17, 2019
People
[Herald Interview] Audi Volkswagen steps up to support Korea’s Industry 4.0 drive

Determined to restore customer trust and committed to doing so by contributing to society, the head of the Korean arm of Audi Volkswagen said the automaker is on board with the South Korean governmen...

Jan 15, 2019
Automode
[Herald Interview] Imagining a bona fide global Korea

When Korea’s foremost civilian ambassador, Choi Jung-wha, walked along Paris’ Champs-Elysees Avenue last year, she was struck by familiar tunes sung in Korean. Young French people belted out K-pop b...

Jan 14, 2019
Diplomatic Circuit
[Herald Interview] Life beyond the lens

Lights, camera, action! There is always a sense of glamour in the fashion industry. Pricey labels, niche perfumes and expensive Champagne exude a certain “wow” factor. Here is fashion photographer H...

Jan 10, 2019
People
[Herald Interview] Rolls-Royce Motor CEO attributes record sales to Asia, Korea

Strong business growth in Asia was behind the record-breaking sales of British luxury carmaker Rolls-Royce last year, particularly in China and South Korea, its head said in an interview with The Kor...

Jan 10, 2019
Automode
[Herald Interview] Korean duo seeks to spread happiness through singing

YouTube is full of videos of cover songs, but not all amateur artists win over viewers. Coed duo Darlim&Hamabal however, was special from the start. When the two debuted on YouTube in December 2017, ...

Dec 31, 2018
Music
[Herald Interview] ‘Hungary can help inter-Korean ties, innovation with Central Europe’

Hungarian Ambassador to Korea Mozes Csoma is a fluent speaker of the Korean language and has written numerous books and papers on the country’s history and relations with Central European countries (...

Dec 31, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
[Herald Interview] How Imvely became South Korean women’s fashion and beauty icon

In just five years, a young and vibrant fashion brand has become a staple for young South Korean women. Im Ji-hyun, Imvely’s spokesperson and creative director, said it all started with a genuine in...

Dec 27, 2018
Industry
[Herald Interview] ‘Digging deeper into Korean Wave’

One summer night in 2016, David Kim and Danny Kim were drinking at a pub. Then college students, they were interning at an advertising company and music distribution company, respectively. Company li...

Dec 26, 2018
Music
[Herald Interview] 'Forgiveness key for South Korea to advance into the future'

John Linton has a list of titles that label him as “the first” in Korea. He was the first foreign national to pass Korea’s exam for medical practitioners in 1987, he was the first to introduce an amb...

Dec 20, 2018
Social affairs
[Herald Interview] Korea needs to change ways of reforming chaebol: FTC chief

It is easy to misread Kim Sang-jo, the chairman of the Fair Trade Commission, who is well known as an erudite economist and a passionate anti-chaebol activist. Ever since he was named to head the nat...

Dec 18, 2018
Industry
[Herald Interview] ‘Investing in Ukraine’s IT, agriculture offers high returns’

Andriy Parubiy, chairman of the Ukrainian parliament Verkhovna Rada, believes that interparliamentary exchanges can open up diverse channels of cooperation between countries. It is what translates t...

Dec 17, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
[Herald Interview] ‘I do not paint to be an artist, but to make clothes’

Though some might not instantly recognize the name Song Zio, the brand Songzio Homme will ring a bell right away for many in Korea, especially men who enjoy quality fashion. Fashion designer Song Zi...

Dec 13, 2018
Fashion
[Herald Interview] ‘I learned how to love my fate’: Sohee of Elris

One gets the impression that Sohee has got the competitive showbiz world all figured out. In middle school, the current Elris member learned that “acceptance” was key to coping with the whirlwind li...

Dec 10, 2018
Music

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