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.
Yellow dust grips nation
A woman walks on a trail on Mount Nam, Seoul, Monday, while the sky is covered with yellow dust. Korea had “very bad” levels of fine dust and ultrafine dust, with dust alerts being issued across the country, after a yellow dust storm originating from inland deserts in northern China blanketed the nation. Yonhap
By Bahk Eun-ji