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Bahk Eun-ji

Korea Times Politics & City Reporter

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.

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Working parents struggle as schools delay new semester

. Students read books at a classroom while attending an emergency care service at an elementary school in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Monday. YonhapBy Bahk Eun-jiWorking parents are struggling to find places to take care of their young children as the education ministry has ordered all kindergartens, elementary and secondary schools across the country to further delay the start of the new school year by two more weeks, as part of governmental measures to protect students from the COVID-19 outbreak.All kindergartens and elementary, middle and high schools will begin their new school year March 23, three weeks later than initially planned. Child care has become a problem for working parents here due to the postponed start of the school year. Cho Yoon-jung, 41, an office worker and mother of a nine-year-old son, said she had no choice but to inform her company that she would work from home for two weeks from next week. “My husband and I took it in turns to take leave this week to take care of my son, but it is not an option for us to do it for three weeks. My boss and colleagues loo

Mar 4, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
Working parents struggle as schools delay new semester
Society

College students unhappy with online lectures

Yonsei University campus in Seoul, where many students are usually crowded during the beginning of the new semester, remains virtually empty, Monday, due to the school's decision to delay the spring semester amid growing fears of the novel coronavirus infection on the campus. /Yonhap By Bahk Eun-jiMore than 80 percent of university students here are expressing concerns over the efficacy of online lectures they will be given following their schools' decision to keep campuses closed until March 22 amid the continued coronavirus outbreak, a survey showed Tuesday.The students also said that the colleges should refund part of their tuition for the spring semester if they are not offering classroom lectures until March 23, instead of March 2.The spring semester will begin March 9 at universities, a week later than usual, according to the Ministry of Education. However, under ministry guidelines, school officials said they will only provide online lectures for the followin

Mar 3, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
College students unhappy with online lectures
Society

Schools to delay spring semester for 2 more weeks

A pupil has her temperature taken by a teacher during an emergency care service at an elementary school in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Monday. The service has been implemented as a part of support for working parents as schools in the country have delayed the commencement of spring semester over concerns over the spread of COVID-19.By Bahk Eun-jiWith the snowballing numbers of COVID-19 infections here, all kindergartens, and elementary, middle and high schools have been ordered to delay their new school year by two more weeks, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said Monday. The education ministry had already ordered schools to postpone their new school year by a week. The spring semester will now begin March 23.The move comes amid growing concerns of the infectious disease spreading among young children who have more vulnerable immune systems. As another sharp increase in confirmed cases has been reported in Daegu, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak here, the city's education office ordered its 800 schools to delay the start of the new semester by an additional 2 weeks. The governmen

Mar 2, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
Schools to delay spring semester for 2 more weeks
Health

How COVID-19 affects daily lives of Koreans

Myeong-dong, a popular shopping district in Seoul for both Koreans and non-Koreans, remains virtually empty, Saturday, due to fears of community infections of the novel coronavirus. / YonhapBy Bahk Eun-jiThe soaring number of COVID-19 infections has drastically changed the daily lives of both Koreans and non-Koreans here, a survey showed Monday.The Corea Image Communication Institute (CICI) conducted an online survey for four days from Feb. 24, on changes to daily life due to the contagious virus outbreak. The survey found more people are tending to stay indoors to avoid using public facilities and staying away from public areas where many people gather. The survey involved 204 Koreans as well as 175 foreigners who have visited or are staying in Korea. When multiple answers were allowed, 78.29 percent of Koreans and 69.61 percent of foreigners said their working environment had changed the most after the outbreak of the epidemic. More attention to hygiene including wearing masks and using hand sanitizers followed with 68.14 percent of Koreans and 69.14 percent of foreigners. When ask

Mar 2, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
How COVID-19 affects daily lives of Koreans
Health

What to know about sleep apnea

A man wears a continuous positive airway pressure device while sleeping to treat sleep apnea. The device uses mild air pressure to keep the airways open during sleep. /GettyimagesbankBy Bahk Eun-jiJayden Hwang, a 34-year-old office worker in Seoul, recently found out why he always feels tired during the day, regardless of how much sleep he gets.He didn't know he had a sleep problem before his girlfriend told him that she was kept up all night due to his snoring. “My girlfriend said she could hardly get any sleep with me because of my loud snoring, and she said I even stopped breathing at times. She wants me to see a doctor to get some help because we're getting married soon,” Hwang said.Prof. Shin Won-chul, a pulmonologist at Gangdong Kyung Hee University Hospital, said sleep apnea often goes undiagnosed because people usually don't know the signs. He said patients should look for loud, chronic snoring, interrupted breathing and feeling tired during the daytime.“The symptoms can affect people's physical as well as mental health, but sleep apnea is definitely treatab

Mar 1, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
What to know about sleep apnea
Health

Coronavirus infections soar beyond 3,500 with 20 deaths

Medical workers collect a sample from a citizen in an automobile at a drive-thru clinic in Cheonan, 92 kilometers south of Seoul, Saturday, to test for the new coronavirus. /YonhapBy Bahk Eun-jiAfter the number of confirmed COVID-19 infections surged to nearly 4,000 Sunday, the government said it would revise virus-response measures to prioritize hospitalization of those with severe symptoms. Confirmed cases of COVID-19 here reached 3,736 with 20 reported fatalities as of 10 p.m., with the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) and Daegu City Government reporting 731 additional infections.Of the 731, more than 70 percent are linked to the Daegu branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus. The KCDC said that the latest fatalities involved those who had been waiting to be hospitalized, while the 18th was a male Daegu resident aged 83 who had also suffered a stroke and had hypertension.An 86-year-old woman, who had been in self-quarantine at her residence while waiting to be hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, was transferred to a hospital early Sunday but d

Mar 1, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
Coronavirus infections soar beyond 3,500 with 20 deaths
  • 45-day-old baby infected with coronavirus in S. Korea
  • Chinese student tests positive for coronavirus in South Korea
Politics

Remembering Korea's independence movement

A statue of a girl symbolizing Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese army during World War II sits near Wangshimni Station in Seoul, Sunday, the 101st March 1 Independence Movement Day. /Korea Times photo by Seo Jae-hoon

Mar 1, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
Remembering Korea's independence movement
Politics

Conservative pastor holds rally at his church despite intensifying criticisms

People take part in a rally hosted by Rev. Jun Kwang-hoon, head of the Christian Council of Korea, Sunday. Yonhap By Bahk Eun-jiA conservative civic group decided to hold a rally in a church instead of its usual massive outdoor rallies, Sunday, showing a complete lack of concern for warnings that mass gatherings would increase the fast spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak.The group said it hosted the anti-government rally at a church in Seoul, to mark the March 1 Independence Movement Day, while it had called off its weekly outdoor rally Saturday.The organization made the decision to “allay people's worries” over the spread of the virus. Jun has been leading the weekly rallies during weekends at Gwanghhwamun Plaza. Most participants of the rallies are senior citizens who are considered to have more vulnerable immune systems, so the group's mass gatherings had stoked serious concerns over the spread of COVID-19. Jun has been detained since Monday for breaking the

Mar 1, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
Conservative pastor holds rally at his church despite intensifying criticisms
Health

Drive-thru screening center

Quarantine officials conduct COVID-19 virus tests at a “drive-thru” screening center at Yeungnam University Medical Center in Daegu, Thursday, to assist in the prevention of human-to-human infections. /Yonhap

Feb 27, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
Drive-thru screening center
Society

International students start to exit Korea over coronavirus fears

Quarantine officials disinfect international students' bags and belongings when they enter Incheon International Airport Monday. /YonhapBy Bahk Eun-jiInternational students studying in Korea are starting to return to their home countries amid the soaring number of cases of coronavirus infection here, according to university officials Thursday.An officials at the Korea Development Institute School of Public Policy and Management (KDI School) said an international student in his 20s from Bangladesh, who entered the school this year, left for his home country Sunday. She said the student asked for leave of absence for the semester.The KDI School is a special graduate school affiliated with the KDI. Among the approximately 200 students, half of them are international students from developing countries. More than 2,000 international students have earned degrees from the school since it opened in 1997. The international students are invited to study at the school by the Korean government, which provides tuition fees, covers living expenses and provides housing for them in the form of a sch

Feb 27, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
International students start to exit Korea over coronavirus fears
  • Protestant churches urged to cancel Sunday worship
  • Ruling party, government fuel public's mistrust
  • Chinese students delay trips to Korea amid coronavirus worries
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