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.
60th anniversary of Trade Day
President Yoon Suk Yeol stands next to a Hyundai Pony Wagon with Lee Soo-il, left, a former Hyundai Motor Company official, at COEX in Seoul, Tuesday, before attending the 60th anniversary ceremony of Trade Day. The Pony is Korea's first independently developed and mass-produced car model released in 1975 that spearheaded the development of the Korean automobile industry. Courtesy of Presidential Office
By Lee Hae-rin