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The Korea Herald (Korean: 코리아헤럴드) is a South Korean English-language daily newspaper founded in August 1953 and published in Seoul, South Korea.[1][2][3] The editorial staff is composed of Korean and international writers and editors, with additional news coverage drawn from international news agencies such as the Associated Press.
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Herald Media Inc. |
| Publisher | Jeon Chang-hyeop |
| Editor | Lee Joo-hee |
| Staff writers | 50 |
| Founded | August 1953 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Huam-ro 4-gil 10 Herald Square, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| Country | South Korea |
| Website | koreaherald.com |
The Korea Herald is operated by Herald Corporation. Herald Corporation also publishes The Herald Business, a Korean-language business daily, The Junior Herald, an English weekly for teens, The Campus Herald, a Korean-language weekly for university students. Herald Media is also active in the country's booming English as a foreign language sector, operating a chain of hagwon as well as an English village.
The Korea Herald is a member of the Asia News Network.[4][5]
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The Korean Republic
The Korea Herald was first published on August 13, 1953, as The Korean Republic.[6] It was a four-page, tabloid-sized, English-language daily.[1][6] In 1958, The Korean Republic published its fifth anniversary issue of 84 pages, the largest ever in Korea.[citation needed] On July 11, 1961, it increased its page sizes.[6] In February 1962, The Korean Republic published its first daily educational supplement and launched the Korean Republic English Institute (the Korea Herald Language Institute).[1] From February 1964, its weekly overseas edition had 12 tabloid-sized pages.[6]
The Korea Herald
In August 1965, The Korean Republic was renamed The Korea Herald.[1] In March 1970, it began publishing a tabloid-sized monthly magazine called Korean Frontier that it distributed to universities and libraries internationally. The magazine focused on promoting Korean culture. This magazine was converted to a weekly publication called Korean News Review in September 1972, and published on current affairs.[6] During the 1970s, the paper established branch offices abroad.[6] It had offices in New York City, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Sydney.[6] In March 1975, the newspaper introduced Korea's first computerized typesetting system.[1] In April 1982, the daily international edition of The Korea Herald was launched as an eight-page tabloid.[1]
Internet
In January 1997, the company published the official newspaper of the 18th Winter Universiad.[1] In 1997, Korea Telecom selected The Korea Herald as the official public database partner.[citation needed] The first Herald School, a franchised English education center for children, opened in 2000 as the Herald Academy Inc.[citation needed] In August of the same year, The Korea Herald began to publish 20 pages daily.[citation needed] According to The Guardian in 2002, The Korea Herald had a specialty in IT and business news.[7]
The Junior Herald
In 2004, Herald Media won the right to manage the Seoul English Village, an English language immersion school set up by the Seoul Metropolitan City government; the Pungnap Campus opened in December 2004 and similar ones opened in the following years.[1] In May 2004, The Junior Herald, an English-language newspaper for preteens, was launched.[1]
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