Lee Hae-rin is a City Desk reporter at The Korea Times, covering social issues, tourism and taekwondo. She is passionate about speaking up for the rights of minorities, including women, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities and animals as well as discovering the latest makgeolli trend in town. Feel free to reach her at lhr@koreatimes.co.kr.
Fu Bao's last week with Korean visitors
Fu Bao, the first Korea-born giant panda, chews bamboo before visitors at Everland amusement park in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Sunday. The beloved panda will go behind closed doors a week later to undergo medical assessments and quarantine procedures before being transported to China in early April. Yonhap
By Lee Hae-rin