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.
President-elect joins press photo exhibition
President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol, front row second from left, and National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seog, left, listen as an unidentified person, not seen in this photo, explains Korea Times photojournalist Shim Hyun-chul's award-winning photo, titled, “2021, Earthlings Buried Under Plastic,” during the opening ceremony of the 58th Korea Press Photo Exhibition at the Press Center in central Seoul, Monday. Courtesy of the Korea Press Photographers' Association
By Lee Hae-rin