my timesThe Korea Times
jjh

Jun Ji-hye

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.

Go to Email

Read more

Travel & Food

Gov't expands beneficiaries in vacation support program

By Jun Ji-hyeThe government has decided to expand beneficiaries in its vacation support program for workers at small or medium-sized companies in a bid to help boost the domestic tourism industry that has been hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak, officials said Friday. A poster for the vacation support program run by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Korea Tourism Organization / Courtesy of Korea Tourism OrganizationThe program run by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) is aimed at vitalizing domestic travel and improving a corporate culture regarding vacation of employees.The program calls on workers to pay 200,000 won ($163) in their vacation expenses, and companies and the government to grant 100,000 won to each of them. The government began to receive applications for the program, Tuesday, to collect an additional 40,000 beneficiaries. This will raise the total number to 120,000 this year, including the 80,000 that have been already selected.The KTO said the measure was to minimize adverse effects on the tourism i

Apr 22, 2020By Jun Ji-hye
Gov't expands beneficiaries in vacation support program
Health

DUI accidents up 24% amid pandemic

By Jun Ji-hyeThe number of traffic accidents and casualties caused by drunk driving nationwide has begun rising after police stopped breathalyzer tests in their crackdown on drunk drivers due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19, according to officials Monday. This has led police to develop a new contactless device to detect drunk driving without breathalyzing drivers.In a bid to improve the crackdown on drunk drivers, police began a week-long trial of the device, Monday, and will use it for random roadside sobriety tests nationwide.Police stopped using breathalyzers Jan. 28. and instead have selectively checked those suspected of drunk driving.As a result, drunk driving accidents and casualties have increased by 24.4 percent and 6.8 percent, respectively, during January-March from last year.Police said they have taken the increase seriously, considering that many people have been working from home and have been asked to refrain from drinking outside. The new device will be held about 30 centimeters away from drivers and measure their breath for five seconds, police said, noting t

Apr 20, 2020By Jun Ji-hye
DUI accidents up 24% amid pandemic
Travel & Food

Spring in Seoul: share pictures of beautiful scenery

Cherry trees bloom at Yunjung-no near the Han River, April 5. The Seoul Tourism Organization launched its “Seoul Now” event, calling on citizens to take pictures of Seoul's spring scenery from their windows and share them online as a means to give others stuck at home due to COVID-19 outbreak the chance to feel spring. Korea Times photo by Seo Jae-hoonBy Jun Ji-hyeThe Seoul Tourism Organization (STO) has launched its “Seoul Now” event, encouraging people to share photos or videos of the capital city's beautiful scenery during springtime through video-sharing platform TikTok.The event was designed to delight the eyes of people in and outside the country who have been forced to stay indoors during lockdown to help control the spread of the new coronavirus. The STO joined hands with TikTok, calling on users of the video-sharing social networking service to participate in the event to give those who have been unable to travel around Seoul a chance for vicarious satisfaction.The organization said the event is not asking people to go outside to take pictures or film

Apr 17, 2020By Jun Ji-hye
Spring in Seoul: share pictures of beautiful scenery
Companies

Korean Air to suffer first quarterly loss in 7 years

Korean Air planes stand at the parking ramp of Incheon International Airport, March 24, as air travel demand has declined sharply following the outbreak of COVID-19. / YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeKorean Air is projected to report an operating loss of over 200 billion won ($163 million) in the first quarter for the first time in seven years amid the global COVID-19 pandemic that has halted almost all international passenger flights, according to industry analysts Thursday.The national flag carrier suffered an operating loss of 19.6 billion won in 2013 due to the impact of the low yen and global economic stagnation at the time. But the firm has since consistently made a profit even last year when Asiana Airlines and most low-cost carriers suffered operating losses amid a nationwide boycott of trips to Japan in addition to fluctuating international oil prices and exchange rates.Hanwha Investment and Securities forecast that Korean Air may have suffered an operating loss of 207.4 billion won in the January-March period, while Daishin Securities estimated the loss at 248 billion won. Hi Investment

Apr 16, 2020By Jun Ji-hye
Korean Air to suffer first quarterly loss in 7 years
Health

Daegu has no new cases for 1st time in 52 days

Staffers at a hospital in Daegu clean a ward, Friday, after COVID-19 patients who had been hospitalized there were discharged from the hospital. The city that was once considered the local epicenter of the virus outbreak reported no new cases for the first time in 52 days. / YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeThe southern city of Daegu, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in Korea, saw no new cases for the first time since the city's first patient was reported, Feb. 18, according to health authorities Friday. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said the total number of patients in the city has remained at 6,807 for two days from Wednesday. After the confirmation of the city's first and the country's 31st patient, who was linked to the Daegu branch of Shincheonji Church of Jesus, massive infections occurred at the city, with the daily number of patients reaching its peak at 741 on Feb. 29.“A high level of social distancing for the last three weeks seems to have made results now,” Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip said in a briefing. “But it is premature to

Apr 10, 2020By Jun Ji-hye
Daegu has no new cases for 1st time in 52 days
Companies

Pilots have nowhere to go amid COVID-19 pandemic

A Korean Air pilot hands control sticks, while a co-pilot looks on. / Courtesy of Korean AirBy Jun Ji-hyeAirline pilots are suffering a bitter blow, with some of them having already lost their jobs, as air carriers have been rushing to cut manpower to reduce costs amid the global COVID-19 pandemic that has seen the cancellation of almost all international flights.Those who have spent a lot of money on studying and training to become pilots are also facing growing uncertainty about their future as airlines, which are focusing on workforce reductions to overcome deepening financial crises, have no plans to recruit new people for some time. Korean budget airline Eastar Jet, which halted all services March 24, notified 80 first-year and second-year co-pilots of the termination of their employment contracts, March 30. The company also plans to lay off 350 more employees, accounting for 20 percent of its entire workforce, by the end of next month.“Management and labor reached a consensus that manpower restructuring was an inevitable choice,” an Eastar Jet official said. Korean

Apr 8, 2020By Jun Ji-hye
Pilots have nowhere to go amid COVID-19 pandemic
Health

'Game is not over yet': public warned of lowering guard against COVID-19

Officials from Yeongdeungpo-gu Office hold signs near Yeouinaru Station in Seoul, Monday, calling for people to keep a distance of two meters from one another, while citizens walk along and view the cherry blossoms. YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeThe health authorities voiced concern Monday over a weakening in the public's participation in the government's social distancing campaign aimed at containing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, with outdoor crowds being seen frequently over the weekend.The government warned the public about lowering their guard against the coronavirus, noting that further mass infections in Seoul and the surrounding areas could lead to a more serious public health crisis similar to those seen in Europe and the United States. According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, there was a 20 percent increase in the movement of people going outside for leisure purposes Saturday and Sunday, compared to the end of February.The government has analyzed people's movements utilizing statistical information collected by SK Telecom's base stations. Many p

Apr 6, 2020By Jun Ji-hye
'Game is not over yet': public warned of lowering guard against COVID-19
  • Korea to share clinical data of COVID-19 patients
  • S. Korea reports fewer than 50 new cases for the first time since Feb. 29 peak
  • Korea deports Taiwanese woman for refusing to stay at quarantine facility
Health

Gov't faces growing calls to send more chartered flights

Passengers arriving at Incheon International Airport wait for buses arranged by the government to take them to designated facilities, Wednesday, as all arrivals from abroad are now subject to a two-week preventative quarantine regardless of their nationality or where they departed from amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulBy Jun Ji-hyeThe government is facing mounting calls from Korean nationals living in various countries overseas to send more chartered planes to return them to Korea after an increasing number of nations worldwide have sealed their borders and halted flights amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.Koreans staying in India, Singapore, Malaysia and Paraguay among other countries have filed petitions in recent days on a presidential office website, asking for the government-chartered evacuation flights.In one petition, posted Monday, a woman called for a chartered plane to be sent to India, saying her husband, who went on a business trip to Chennai, has been stuck in a hotel there after the Indian government placed the country under a stringe

Apr 1, 2020By Jun Ji-hye
Gov't faces growing calls to send more chartered flights
Health

Municipalities refuse entry to cancelled flower festival areas

Local residents pass by a famous cherry blossom festival spot in Changwon's Jinhae, South Gyeongsang Province, Sunday. Changwon City has set up fences there to control visitor access amid COVID-19 fears. / YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeLocal administrations and district offices governing villages and streets famous for spring flower festivals have taken stronger measures to ban visitors from entering the related areas as there are still people who are visiting to see the cherry blossoms in full bloom despite the cancellations amid COVID-19 fears, officials said Monday.Their actions to keep tourists, who ignore the pleas to refrain from visiting the regions in accordance with the government's social distancing guidelines, out of the areas include setting up fences and mobilizing police.The strong measures came as two Busan residents in their 60s were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, March 23, after going flower-viewing to Gurye, South Jeolla Province, March 18. Gurye County had already called off its annual Gurye Sansuyu Festival featuring Cornelian cherry flowers earlier this

Mar 30, 2020By Jun Ji-hye
Municipalities refuse entry to cancelled flower festival areas
Health

Gov't vows zero tolerance on quarantine rule violators

Quarantine officials spray disinfectant on a car in front of a hospital in Daegu, Friday, as a new cluster of COVID-19 infections emerged there. YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeThe central government and municipal administrations have pledged a zero-tolerance policy for those who do not comply with 14-day quarantine rules imposed in as part of efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, warning that violators would face criminal charges and possible compensation suits, officials said Friday.Any foreigners who leave their self-isolation venues without permission will face deportation, officials added.The government has made it mandatory for all Korean nationals and foreigners from Europe and the United States to self-isolate in their homes or quarantine facilities if they intend to stay more than 90 days here, even if they show no symptoms.The measure comes amid a continuous increase in the number of foreign-origin coronavirus cases amid the global pandemic. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) detected 91 additional cases, Thursday, bringing the total number to 9,332. Of the

Mar 27, 2020By Jun Ji-hye
Gov't vows zero tolerance on quarantine rule violators
previous page
157158159160161
next page

Top 5 stories

Korea Times
About Us
Introduction
History
Contact Us
Products & Services
Subscribe
E-paper
RSS Service
Content Sales
Site Map
Policy
Code of Ethics
Ombudsman
Privacy Policy
Youth Protection Policy
Terms of Service
Copyright Policy
Family Site
Hankookilbo
Dongwha Group
FacebookXYoutubeInstagram
CEO & Publisher: Oh Young-jinDigital News Email: webmaster@koreatimes.co.krTel: 02-724-2114Online newspaper registration No: 서울,아52844Date of registration: 2020.02.05Masthead: The Korea TimesCopyright © koreatimes.co.kr. All rights reserved.