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Russian Instagram star gives Hallyu a hand
Angelina Danilova, a 21-year-old Instagram star from Russia, has become an unlikely ambassador of South Korean culture. Her journey promoting Korea abroad, which led her to receive an award along with the chairman of CJ group last Tuesday, began …
Jan 20,2018
‘No government policies can defeat the market forces’
From unstable domestic consumption and an overheated real estate market to small merchants affected by the minimum wage hike, the country’s economy faces different headwinds entering this year. The lower foreign currency exchange rate, which translat…
Jan 18,2018
Mother-of-pearl watches catch on
Kim Han-moi, CEO of local watchmaker Moi Watch, has been in the business for 10 years. Kim started the company in 2009, giving it his own name. He searched for a uniqueness he could bring to the market and decided to incorporate najeonchilgi, or trad…
Jan 13,2018
Trainer loves her dogs, even the ones that fail
A golden Labrador retriever was running on the grass at My Dog and Samsung, a school for guide dogs run by Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance in Yongin, Gyeonggi, on Dec. 26. “Joy, stay still,” commanded trainer Hong Ah-reum, 36. The 2-year-old dog…
Jan 13,2018
High schooler’s English studies end up producing a novel
The writer of a dystopian novel about a 23rd-century future where the elite rules the world and robots steal jobs from the poor is a month away from graduating high school. Lee Hanol, an 18-year-old senior at Daegu Hyehwa Girls’ High School, wrote…
Jan 13,2018
‘We may see progress in dialogue with Pyongyang’
Lee Jong-seok, former unification minister, is one of the country’s leading experts on North Korea. In 2007, he helped organize the inter-Korean summit meeting while serving as deputy head of the National Security Council under former President Roh M…
Jan 09,2018
Briton bikes from Busan to Seoul
The youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest, at age 19, recently cycled 325 miles up from Nakdong River in Busan to Mount Namsan in Seoul to mark the 70th anniversary of Korean independence. “The night before we left,” recounted James Hooper, “it …
Jan 06,2018
Firm links start-ups, traditional manufacturers
Interest in traditional manufacturing has been on a sharp decline for years. In an era when groundbreaking technology is being developed on a daily basis, it is no surprise that such an old industry may seem irrelevant to youngsters. Concerns amo…
Jan 06,2018
Ex-minister of communication named new head of IGM
Korea’s former communications minister and chief of mobile carrier LG U+, Lee Sang-chul, was named on Dec. 18 board chairman for the CEO-training institution the Institute of Global Management (IGM). As the head of major telecommunications compan…
Jan 06,2018
‘National Assembly is hurting Korea Inc.’s competitiveness’
“Korea’s only competitive edge over other nations is its speed [in developing and catching up with new industry trends]. But it is the country’s legislature that is undermining that edge now. It is utterly regrettable,” said the chairman of the Korea…
Jan 04,2018
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