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| Aug. 1953 |
The Korea Information Service Inc. ("KIS") is founded. |
| Aug. 1953 |
The Korean Republic, a 4-page tabloid English-language daily, is launched. |
| Oct. 1954 |
The 1st "English-language Speech Contest for Students" is held. |
| Oct. 1958 |
The Korean Republic publishes its 5th anniversary issue of 84 pages, the largest ever in Korea. |
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| Jan. 1962 |
The Korean Republic publishes the 1st daily educational supplement. |
| Feb. 1962 |
The Korean Republic English Institute (the Korea Herald Language Institute) is founded. |
| Jun. 1962 |
KIS begins to print The Gazette
for the Korean government. |
| Feb. 1964 |
News from Korea, a biweekly newsletter in Korean and Japanese languages, is launched. |
| Feb. 1964 |
Weekly, a 12-page weekly tabloid for overseas distribution, is launched. |
| Jun. 1964 |
KIS acquires Saenara Company, the publisher of Saenara Shinmun. |
| Aug. 1965 |
The Korean Republic is renamed The Korea Herald. |
| Sep. 1965 |
KIS sets up the Government Publication Center (handed over to Kyobo Book Center in 1981). |
| Mar. 1966 |
The 1st "Korean Oral Contest for Foreigners" is held. |
| Apr. 1968 |
The 1st "Korean Music Contest for foreigners" is held. |
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| Mar. 1970 |
Korean Frontier, a monthly news magazine, replaces Weekly. |
| Aug. 1972 |
Korean Frontier is changed to Korea Newsreview, a weekly news magazine. |
| Aug. 1973 |
The Korea Herald opens a
branch office in Los Angeles, U.S. |
| Oct. 1973 |
Korea Foreign Trade Association
("KFTA") acquires Sanup Kyongje Shinmun and
in preparation for launching The Naeway Business Journal. |
| Dec. 1973 |
KFTA founds The Naeway Business Journal Inc. and launches The Naeway Business Journal, an 8-page daily business newspaper. |
| Mar. 1975 |
The Korea Herald introduces Korea's 1st computerized typesetting system (CTS). |
| May 1977 |
Courier de la Corre, the first French-language weekly magazine in Korea, is launched. |
| Sept. 1978 |
KIS merges with The Naeway Business Journal Inc. |
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| Nov. 1980 |
The Naeway Business Journal ceases publication. The Company is renamed The Korea Herald Inc. |
| Apr. 1982 |
The daily international edition of The Korea Herald is launched as an 8-page tabloid. |
| Feb. 1984 |
The new headquarters at Hoehyeon-dong is dedicated. |
| Sep. 1986 |
The Company publishes the official English-language newsletter of the 10th Asian Games. |
| Mar. 1989 |
The Company is privatized and Dainong Group becomes the largest shareholder. |
| Apr. 1989 |
The Company is renamed The Korea Herald¡¤The Naeway Economic Daily Inc. |
| June 1989 |
The Naeway Business Journal is revived as The Naeway Economic Daily. |
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| Sep. 1990 |
The Company establishes Trading Business English Institute. |
| Sep. 1992 |
The Company publishes the official daily newsletter for Daejon Expo. |
| June 1993 |
The Naeway Economic Daily
becomes an evening-edition newspaper. |
| Aug. 1994 |
The Company publishes the official newspaper of the 21st Universal Postal Congress. |
| Sept. 1995 |
Herald Week, a bilingual tabloid weekly, is launched (discontinued in June 1998). |
| Sept. 1995 |
The Korea Herald launches its website (www.koreaherald.com). |
| Dec. 1996 |
The publishing process for The Korea Herald is computerized. |
| Jan. 1997 |
The Company publishes the official newspaper of the 18th Winter Universiad. |
| May 1997 |
The Company publishes the official newspaper of the 2nd East Asian Games in Pusan. |
| July 1997 |
Korea Telecom selects The Korea Herald as the official public database partner. |
| Sept. 1997 |
Shindongbang Corp. acquires
the Company. |
| Feb. 1999 |
The Korea Herald Translation Services is established. |
| Oct. 1999 |
The publishing process for The Naeway Economic Daily is computerized. |
| Dec. 1999 |
The Naeway Economic Daily launches its website (www.heraldbiz.com). |
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| Jan.
2000 |
Korea Now, a biweekly news
magazine, replaces Korea Newsreview. |
| June
2000 |
Kids Herald, the first English
newspaper for Children, is launched (discontinued in Dec.2002).
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| July
2000 |
Herald Academy Inc. is established.
The first Herald School, a franchised English education
center for children, opens. |
| Aug.
2000 |
The Korea Herald begins to
publish 20 pages daily. |
| Sep.
2001 |
The Company publishes the
official English-language newsletter of the 2002 World
Cup in Korea. |
| Sept.
2002 |
The Company publishes the
official English-language newsletter of the 14th Asian
Games in Pusan. |
| Jan.
2003 |
The Company opens a branch
office in Shanghai, China. |
| Mar.
2003 |
The Company begins compiling
its history to mark its 50th anniversary. |
| May
2003 |
The Naeway Economic Daily
is renamed The Herald Business and begins publishing 40
pages. |
| May
2003 |
The Korea Herald ¡¤ The Naeway
Economic Daily Inc. is renamed Herald Media Inc. |
| June
2003 |
Digital Herald Inc. is established
and launches Korea Herald Premier Service. |
| July
2003 |
The Company acquires a majority
control of Herald Academy Inc. |
| July
2003 |
Herald China Inc. is established. |
| April 2004 |
The Company wins the management right
over the Seoul English Village. |
| May 2004 |
The Junior Herald, an English-language
newspaper for preteens, is launched. |
| Aug. 2004 |
Gyeonggi, the official magazine of the
Government of Gyeonggi Province, is launched. |
| July. 2005 |
Korea Herald Business, USA edition of
The Herald Business, is launched in Los Angeles |
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