Bahk Eun-ji has been with The Korea Times since 2012, building a career across multiple desks. She began at the Business Desk, where she conducted in-depth interviews with key figures in Korea's corporate world. Later, she moved to the Politics & City Desk, focusing on education policy and social affairs. She later served as team leader of the digital content team, leading curation efforts on the newspaper’s homepage and reshaping print stories for social media audiences to enhance digital reach. Now back on the Politics Desk, she covers the National Assembly and the Ministry of National Defense, with a renewed focus on political developments.
Virus resurgence
People stand in line to get COVID-19 tests at a makeshift testing center in front of Seoul Station, Wednesday, the day after Korea's daily new coronavirus cases rose to 731, the largest number in 97 days. Yonhap
By Bahk Eun-ji