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.
Deal between gov't, health workers' union
Na Soon-ja, left, president of the Korean Health and Medical Workers' Union, and Health Minister Kwon Deok-cheol pose after signing an agreement to improve medical workers' working conditions, at the Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation building in Seoul, early Thursday morning. As they reached an agreement, the union called off its strike slated to begin later in the day, and the government will come up with measures by October to support health workers at COVID-19 testing sites and hospitals who have suffered from burnout and fatigue due to a workforce shortage. Yonhap
By Bahk Eun-ji