Korea Times Politics & City Reporter
Jung Da-hyun is a reporter at The Korea Times, covering social issues in Korea, including foreign residents, education, environment and politics. Driven by a deep interest in people’s stories, she focuses on investigative and feature reporting through direct interviews and field coverage. She received the Amnesty International Korea Media Award for her “Deepfake Crisis at Schools” series. Reach her at dahyun08@koreatimes.co.kr. Always open to hearing your stories.
Debate has been heating up over the government's immigration policies, including a plan to introduce a record number of foreign laborers, including construction workers and domestic workers, to tackle labor shortages caused by worsening demographic issues.
A decisive vote to determine the venue of World Expo 2030 through ballots cast by the representatives of 182 member states of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) is scheduled to take place Tuesday night.
The 2023 Seoul Big Data Forum is set to take place from Thursday to Friday and will focus on the concept of a sustainable future city through the exploration of solutions to urban challenges by using big data and cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI).
An exhibition spotlighting the 140-year history of diplomatic ties between Korea and the United Kingdom commenced on Nov. 15 in Seoul.
Korea has played a crucial role in tackling the climate crisis and humanitarian challenges faced by the world, with resources from both the public and private sectors, in collaboration with UNICEF and its Korean partners, according to Kitty van der Heijden, the deputy executive director of UNICEF.
Paper straw companies announced, Tuesday, that they have no choice but to cease operations, unless the government accepts their two proposed conditions: Maintaining the original plan to ban plastics after the pilot period and devising a damage compensation plan.
The government's administrative computer network system has been fully restored, after 56 hours of paralysis which caused massive inconveniences to public services across the country, according to the interior ministry. However, questions remain as to the fundamental reason for the system failure.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the World Health Organization will co-host the World Bio Summit 2023 in Seoul from Monday to Tuesday.
The government faced criticism over a system failure that crippled administrative computer networks and paralyzed both offline and online issuances of civil documents, causing massive disruptions to public services across the country.