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.
Coming home for Lunar New Year

Three family members sit separately on a train at Seoul Station as they travel to Daegu, Wednesday, a day before the Lunar New Year holidays. As part of social distancing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, passengers are allowed to sit only at window seats. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul
By Bahk Eun-ji