Lee Hyo-jin covers the Bank of Korea, the banking industry and broader financial news. Her previous beats include foreign affairs, North Korea and general reporting on Korean society.
Taxi driver training course

Lee Jun-seok, center, chairperson of the conservative main opposition People Power Party, heads to an education center run by the Korea Transportation Safety Authority in Sangju, North Gyeongsang Province, Monday, the first day of his summer holiday, to attend a training course to become an owner-driver cabbie. He obtained a license to drive a taxi for a taxi company in 2019 in a move to better understand the hardships of taxi drivers and to listen to the opinions of passengers. He vowed to finish the course during his vacation which lasts through Friday. Yonhap
By Lee Hyo-jin