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Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul dies at 85

Aug 12, 2018

LONDON (AP) -- V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose celebrated writing and brittle, provocative personality drew admiration and revulsion in equal measures, died Saturday at his Londo...
Novelist Choi In-hun, who delved into ideological conflicts of modern Korea, dies of cancer

Jul 23, 2018

Prominent novelist Choi In-hun, whose fiction delved into the ideological conflicts, existential angst and decadent politics in modern Korea, died of cancer on Monday. He was 82. He passed away at a...
[Herald Interview] When food connoisseur takes charge of hotel management

Jul 19, 2018

General Manager Kim Bum-soo defines himself as lifestyle content producer
[Herald Interview] ‘Culture, education critical in reaching out to the world’

Jul 15, 2018

Chief of National University of Modern Languages in Pakistan explains how language program turned Korea’s image around in his country
[Video] Housewives on YouTube: From cooking, home training to tech reviews

Jul 4, 2018

Housewife creators enjoy higher self-esteem through YouTube
Korea Herald’s multimedia section chief awarded at 3rd anniversary of FNA

Jul 3, 2018

An event to mark the third anniversary of the Foreign Language Newspapers Association of Korea took place at the Korea Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul, Tuesday, Reporters from the four English langua...
[Herald Interview] More than changing passport

Jun 29, 2018

First naturalized basketball player not of Korean descent strives to make lasting impact On Thursday, South Korean basketball fans saw something they hadn’t seen in years: their team dominating the ...
Government commends naturalized Korean proofreader for lifetime of service

Jun 27, 2018

Elizabeth G. Kraft, a naturalized Korean who worked as a proofreader for the government for the past 41 years, is retiring with one of the highest honors given to a civilian. The Ministry of Culture...
Communication professor to be laureled for bridging Korea, world

Jun 26, 2018

Choi Jung-wha, the president of the Corea Image Communication Institute, will receive the Yeongsan Diplomat Award on July 4 for her decadeslong efforts to promote Korea and its culture around the wor...
[Herald Interview] The magic in Ed Kwon’s air

Jun 24, 2018

Magician muses on ‘poetry of conjuring’
[Herald Interview] Violist with a big heart

Jun 15, 2018

Platinum-selling Richard Yongjae O’Neill talks about working with multicultural youths, performing contemporary works
Prize-winning children’s author Richard Peck dies at 84

May 25, 2018

NEW YORK -- Prize-winning children’s author Richard Peck, who drew upon his Illinois roots for such favorites as “A Long Way from Chicago” and “A Year Down Yonder,” has died. Peck died on Wednesday ...
Philip Roth, fearless and celebrated author, dies at 85

May 23, 2018

NEW YORK -- Philip Roth, the prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, death, assimilation and fate, from the comic madness of "Portnoy's Complaint" to the elegiac lyricism of "American Pa...
YouTube star says she was coerced to pose for pornographic photos

May 18, 2018

Seoul Mapo Police Station on Friday launched an investigation into allegation by a well-known YouTuber that she had been forced to pose for pornographic photos. The police questioned two women, YouT...
Christian leaders seek reformation for future

May 17, 2018

Christian leaders from around the world gathered in Seoul to talk about the future of Christianity. The Christian Leaders Fellowship held a press conference at Korea Press Center in the city on May ...