Anna Jiwon Park has been covering the politics at The Korea Times since the summer of 2024, when she joined the press pool for the Office of the President in Korea. Prior to that, she spent about five years reporting extensively on financial markets, regulatory authorities and the financial industry. She joined The Korea Times in 2019 after spending eight years as a broadcast journalist at Arirang TV, Korea’s leading global broadcaster, covering politics, defense and culture.
Blood donation campaign

Korea Investment & Securities CEO Jung Il-mun, left, donates blood alongside the company's union head Park Jong-bae in a Korea Red Cross blood donation bus located in front of the brokerage's headquarters on Yeouido, Thursday. The company's two-day blood donation campaign aims to help hospitals that have a shortage due to the coronavirus outbreak. / Courtesy of Korea Investment & Securities
By Anna J. Park