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.
Korea rolls out bivalent COVID-19 boosters

A man receives a shot of Spikevax, an updated COVID-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron variant developed by Moderna at a clinic in Gangnam District, Seoul, Tuesday. Korea began inoculations, Tuesday, using the bivalent COVID-19 vaccines for people in high risk or other vulnerable groups. Yonhap
By Lee Hae-rin