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.
The number of elementary, middle and high school students claiming to have suffered school violence rose to a 10-year high in the latest annual survey, the Ministry of Education said, Thursday.
Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE) began a one-person protest on Wednesday to oppose the Seoul Metropolitan Council’s move to abolish a student rights ordinance that has been cited by some critics as one of the major factors infringing on teachers' rights.
The Australian subsidiary of Hanwha Aerospace has signed a $2.4 billion contract with the Australian government to export 129 Redback infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), the company and the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced Friday.
The Korea Times has selected 12 students, one teacher and one institution as winners of the 12th Korea Multicultural Youth Awards.
Wrapping up a yearlong investigation, the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) concluded, Thursday, that the former Moon Jae-in government did almost nothing to save a South Korean fisheries official who went missing and was killed later in North Korean waters near the western sea border in 2020.
President Yoon Suk Yeol nominated Kim Hong-il, who currently heads the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, as the chief of the Korea Communications Commission (KCC), Wednesday.
The International Graduate School (IGS) at Namseoul University has taken the lead in bringing innovative International Baccalaureate (IB) education programs into Korea by operating the International Baccalaureate Educator Certificate (IBEC) course.
The government-funded research institute raised the need to enhance the National Assembly's control over the finances of the national health insurance in preparation for a potential crisis that could be caused by the nation's low birth rates and aging society.
Tension between the ruling People Power Party (PPP) and the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) is deepening as the latter is pushing for special counsel probes into issues unfavorable to the ruling party and the government, including a stock manipulation case allegedly involving first lady Kim Keon Hee.
The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) has faced growing controversies over a series of gaffes made by its members, bringing a sense of crisis to the party leadership in the lead up to general elections, slated for April, when voters will elect new lawmakers.