Herald Media Inc.

1950YEAR

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).