The Korea Herald

Articles by Lim Jeong-yeo

LATEST NEWS

Dedicated cat owners behind Korean pet market’s W1.8tr output: report

Dedicated cat owners are behind the boom in South Korea’s pet care market, market research firm Euromonitor International announced Friday. The size of Korea’s pet care market is estimated to surpas...

April 26, 2019
Industry
Bringing Asia closer: ANN redefines vision, mission on 20th anniversary

The Asia News Network, an alliance of 24 media companies in 20 Asian nations, charted a new course for its future on the final day of its 20th anniversary board meeting Friday, at Lotte Hotel in Seou...

April 26, 2019
Industry
Asia News Network discusses past 20 years, future ahead

The Asia News Network, an alliance of 24 media companies across 20 Asian countries, had its board members gather Thursday at Lotte Hotel in Seoul to celebrate the group’s 20th anniversary and discuss...

April 25, 2019
Industry
Hugel submits new drug application in China

Botulinum toxin producer Hugel has submitted a new drug application in China for its product, the company announced Wednesday. Hugel is to become the first Korean company to enter the greater China ...

April 24, 2019
Industry
[팟캐스트] (297) 진주 방화 사건과 정신보건 / 장애인 보장구 산업의 미래

진행자: 임정요, Kevin Lee Selzer 1. Jinju arson-murder attack reveals shortcomings of Korea’s mental health care 기사요약: 진주 방화사건으로 5명이 숨지고 15명이 부상을 입었다. 이를 계기로 대한민국 정신보건 환경에 미흡한 부분을 돌아보게 된다. 아이튠즈(아이폰): h...

April 24, 2019
Podcast
Nexon Developers Conference 2019 kicks off

The three-day Nexon Developers Conference kicked off Wednesday at Nexon Korea’s headquarters in Pangyo Techno Valley, Gyeonggi Province. The NDC began in 2007 as an opportunity for Nexon Korea emplo...

April 24, 2019
Industry
[Herald Interview] Rethinking amputee status, prosthetics market in Korea

Why don’t we see amputees in professional fields of work in South Korea? Where do all the patients who have lost limbs in an accident, or to diabetes, disappear here? Kang Yeoun-seung, 52, a rehabili...

April 21, 2019
Industry
FTC to review game firms’ consumer regulations

South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Friday it will carry out an extensive review of the consumer regulations of game firms. The Fair Trade Commission has contacted 10 game companies here, includi...

April 19, 2019
Industry
Medytox to launch cosmetics brand in 2020

The South Korean botulinum toxin company Medytox will launch a cosmetics brand and enter the market in 2020, the company said Friday. Medytox said Friday that its subsidiary Medytox Korea had acquir...

April 19, 2019
Industry
TAITRA chairperson praises Korea’s 5G prowess, promotes Computex 2019

South Korea serves as the backbone of world’s 5G advancement, praised Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA)’s chairperson James. C. F. Huang, Thursday, at Lotte Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul. ...

April 18, 2019
Industry
Disney offered controlling stake of Nexon: report

The controlling stake in South Korea’s biggest game company Nexon may end up in the hands of Walt Disney Co., a report suggested Wednesday. The anticipated price for the stake to go on sale is 15 tr...

April 17, 2019
Industry
Downloads begin in Korea for Nexon’s high-end mobile RPG ‘Traha’

Downloads for Nexon’s new high-end mobile game, “Traha,” began Wednesday on Google Play and the App Store. Gamers can officially start playing Thursday, but Nexon decided to allow app downloads a da...

April 17, 2019
Industry
Bio Korea convention to kick off in Seoul

The annual Bio Korea International Convention 2019 opens on Wednesday at Coex in southern Seoul, gathering researchers, developers and biopharmaceutical firms to discuss next technologies and innov...

April 16, 2019
Industry
From pixels to the past: Games firm helps preserve Korean cultural heritage

In a match that may sound unusual at first, there is a gaming company in South Korea that has been consistently contributing to the country’s cultural heritage preserving organization. The Korean ar...

April 15, 2019
Industry
Riot Games, SKT forge alliance for ‘League of Legends’ contents

Riot Games Korea and SK Telecom on Thursday forged a strategic alliance to air the final match of League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) 2019 live on the latter’s platform Oksusu. The LCK Spring Fi...

April 11, 2019
Industry

The Korea Herald by Herald Corporation

Address : Huam-ro 4-gil 10, Yongsan-gu,Seoul, Korea
Online newspaper registration No : Seoul 아03711
Date of registration : 2015.04.28
Publisher. Editor : Kwon Chung-won
Juvenile Protection Manager : Yang Sung-jin
Tel : 02.727.0114