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.
Donation for rare disease patients
Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) CEO Yoon Jong-won, front row left, poses with small firms' employees and their family members during a donation ceremony held at the bank's headquarters in central Seoul, Monday. The bank donated 500 million won ($415,000) for family members of small companies' employees who are suffering from rare diseases. / Courtesy of IBK
By Anna J. Park