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.
Commemorating independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun
Kim Hwang-sik, a former Korean prime minister, lays a flower to honor anti-imperial Japan Korean independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun in a ceremony commemorating the 113th anniversary of his death, held in Jung District, Seoul, Friday. Ahn assassinated Ito Hirobumi, the first Japanese resident-general of Korea, at Harbin Station Oct. 26, 1909. Kim serves as chair of the Ahn Junggeun Memorial Association. Korea Times photo by Wang Tae-seog
By Lee Hyo-jin