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.
No refugee status again
Iranian refugee Kim Min-hyuk, right, speaks to reporters at the immigration office branch in Seoul, Thursday, after the office decided not to recognize his father, left, as a refugee, and just granted him humanitarian stay to take care of his minor son, who was given refugee status last year. The family said they will file an objection with the Ministry of Justice. / Korea Times photo by Hong In-ki
By Bahk Eun-ji