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.
Preparing for Chuseok
Children dressed in hanbok make "songpyeon," traditional Korean half moon-shaped rice cakes specially made during Chuseok, at a community center in Seoul's Songpa District, Thursday. This year's Chuseok holiday falls on Sept. 17. Yonhap
By Lee Hae-rin