History
''The Korean Republic''
''The Korea Herald'' was first published on August 13, 1953, as ''The Korean Republic''. It was a four-page, tabloid-sized, English-language daily. In 1958, ''The Korean Republic'' published its fifth anniversary issue of 84 pages, the largest ever in Korea. On July 11, 1961, it increased its page sizes. In February 1962, ''The Korean Republic'' published its first daily educational supplement and launched the Korean Republic English Institute (the Korea Herald Language Institute). From February 1964, its weekly overseas edition had 12 tabloid-sized pages.''The Korea Herald''
In August 1965, ''The Korean Republic'' was renamed ''The Korea Herald''. 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. During the 1970s, the paper established branch offices abroad. It had offices inInternet
In January 1997, the company published the official newspaper of the 18th Winter Universiad. In 1997, Korea Telecom selected ''The Korea Herald'' as the official public database partner. The first Herald School, a franchised English education center for children, opened in 2000 as the Herald Academy Inc. In August of the same year, ''The Korea Herald'' began to publish 20 pages daily. According to The Guardian in 2002, ''The Korea Herald'' had a specialty in IT and business news.''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. In May 2004, ''The Junior Herald'', an English-language newspaper for preteens, was launched.See also
* List of newspapers * Media in South KoreaReferences
External links
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