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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 Official
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
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The 1st "Korean Music
Contest for foreigners" is held. |
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| Mar. 1970
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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. |
| Oct. 1973
|
Korea Foreign Trade Association
("KFTA") acquires Sanup Kyongje Shinmun and
in preparation of 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.
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| 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
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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 newspater for Children, launches and becomes a sister company (discontinued in Dec.2002) |
| July
2000 |
The Herald Academy Inc. is established.
The Herald School, the franchised English language school 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. |
| Dec.
2002 |
Kalia Inc. acquires the Company.
Jungwook Hong assumes the position of CEO & Publisher. |
| Jan.
2003 |
The Company opens a branch
office in Shanghai, China. |
| Mar.
2003 |
The Company begins compiling
its history to mark the 50th anniversary of The Korea
Herald. |
| 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 The Korea Herald Premier Service. |
| July
2003 |
The Company acquires a majority
control of Herald Schools Inc. |
| July
2003 |
Herald Education Inc. is
established. |
| July
2003 |
Herald China Inc. is established. |
| July 2003 |
Rename the name of "The Herald Academy Inc." into "The Korea Herald English Language Research Center Inc. |
| May 2004 |
The Junior Herald, the newspaper for preteens, launches. |
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