Korea Times Finance Reporter
Hello, I am Jun Ji-hye, a reporter at The Korea Times. I primarily cover financial authorities and write articles on a wide range of topics related to finance and capital markets. If you have any information to share, feel free to email me at jjh@koreatimes.co.kr, and I will review it carefully. I am committed to always doing my best to communicate with readers through high-quality articles.
Main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) Chairman Rep. Lee Jae-myung will return to the National Assembly on Monday after a 35-day absence from party affairs.
President Yoon Suk Yeol made it clear, Thursday, that he will push ahead with a plan to raise the enrollment quota of medical schools to help stop or at least slow down deepening regional disparities in medical services and prepare for an aging society.
Urologist Yoon Ha-na, who is known for being the country’s first female physician specializing in urology, once again grabbed the headlines as she recently earned a fitness championship award.
One out of every three Korean adults was classified as obese as of last year. And the problem appears to be more serious among men in their 30s, as more than half of that group was classified as obese, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), Wednesday.
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT will provide not only challenges, but also opportunities in the labor market, Employment and Labor Minister Lee Jung-sik said, amid growing fears about AI taking over people's jobs.
The number of criminal offenders fleeing overseas over the past five years has been tallied at about 3,800, but only 1,740 have been brought back to Korea, according to a lawmaker, Tuesday.
The government is expected to face massive protests from doctors over its imminent plan to drastically increase the enrollment quota of medical schools to address a looming shortage of physicians in the country and a deepening regional disparity of medical resources.
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family faces growing uncertainties caused by a leadership vacuum, after Kim Haeng, who was nominated for the position of minister, withdrew her name from consideration.
A man in his 20s, who was hired by one of the world's major IT companies three years ago, quit his job last year.