Travel & Food
Mondrian Seoul Itaewon launches Urban Wanderlust package
Mondrian Seoul Itaewon launched the Urban Wanderlust room package in collaboration with luxury fragrance brand Byredo for the winter season.
Dec 4, 2024
Lee Hyo-sik
Korea Times Finance Reporter
Lee Hyo-sik is Finance Desk editor at The Korea Times. He manages finance-related stories on macroeconomics, banks, stocks, bonds, crypto etc. He is passionate about covering what's happening in Korea's financial industry and explaining it to both Korean and non-Korean readers. You can reach him at leehs@koreatimes.co.kr. Your insights and feedbacks are always appreciated.
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Global Community
Sunfull Foundation chair hosts K-Respect campaign in Philippines
The Sunfull Foundation, chaired by Min Byoung-chul, hosted the K-Respect campaign at the University of Perpetual Help in Manila, Philippines, on Nov. 27, to raise awareness of mutual understanding and respect to counter prejudice and discrimination against multicultural communities.
Dec 3, 2024
Defense
Hanwha Aerospace Romania established to support security of Romania, NATO
Hanwha Aerospace Romania has pledged to give vital support for Romania’s military modernization and the reinforcement of NATO’s eastern flank in response to the ongoing security challenges and threats coming from the war in Ukraine.
Nov 21, 2024
Opinion
Korea needs foreign engineering, science students
Four years before the Korean TV drama “Winter Sonata” ignited the first Korean wave in Japan in 2002, this reporter went to Tohoku University in Sendai, northeastern Japan, as an exchange student to study environmental engineering.
Oct 23, 2024
Opinion
Too hot to sleep
September has brought some much-needed relief to all of us as the weather finally started to cool down.
Sep 4, 2024
Opinion
Promotion? No, thank you!
An acquaintance of mine — whom I have known for over a decade — said over a cup of coffee one afternoon that he does not want to be promoted to an executive position. The man, in his mid-50s, has been in the same job for nearly 25 years. He prefers to continue as a team leader or even be demoted to a team member if it means he can stay employed until he reaches the retirement age of 60.
Jul 3, 2024
Opinion
Leave Korea's falling birthrate alone
It has become the norm these days to hear that Korea’s birthrate has fallen to a new record low, month after month.
Apr 24, 2024
Companies
French ambassador visits Renault Korea's Busan plant
French Ambassador to Korea Philippe Bertoux, along with key officials from the embassy, visited Renault Korea's Busan plant, Friday, the carmaker said Sunday.
Feb 25, 2024
Companies
Musinsa brings K-fashion to Tokyo
Musinsa, Korea's largest online fashion shopping platform, hosted its second Tokyo showroom event from Feb. 13 to 16, featuring seven brands — Glowny, Kijun, Rockfish Weatherwear, Rest and Recreation, Standoil and Cost per kilo, company officials said Wednesday.
Feb 21, 2024
Opinion
'Korea discount' isn't going anywhere
As a retail investor who holds more than a dozen stocks of large-cap companies here, it's good to see the local stock markets have rallied over the past two weeks, fueled by President Yoon Suk Yeol's comments that the government will do more to resolve the decades-old "Korea discount."
Feb 7, 2024