Korea Times Finance Reporter
Lee Hyo-jin covers the Bank of Korea, the banking industry and broader financial news. Her previous beats include foreign affairs, North Korea and general reporting on Korean society.
A turbulent new chapter seems to have begun for the South Korea-U.S. alliance with Donald Trump's return to the White House, as he clinched victory in the U.S. presidential election.
South Korea hosted the Korea-Central Asia Cooperation Forum in Seoul, Monday, focusing on discussing the details of its "K-Silk Road Initiative" with five Central Asian countries, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Alumni of the U.S. Peace Corps and young Korean volunteers pose with PeKO, the mascot of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), at the agency's headquarters in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday. The American participants, who served as volunteers in Korea roughly 50 years ago, were visiting the country through the U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers Revisit Program organized by the Korean government. Courtesy of KOICA
South Korea and the United States vowed to cooperate in addressing the challenges posed by growing North Korea-Russia military cooperation, anticipating that North Korean troops in Russia’s Kursk Region may soon engage in combat against Ukraine in the coming days.
North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward the East Sea, Thursday, just hours after the defense ministers of both South Korea and the United States condemned Pyongyang's recent troop deployment to Russia.
Osstem Implant Chairman Choi Kyu-ok received the Korea-U.S. alliance Honors Award, Wednesday, recognized for his contributions to strengthening bilateral ties.
What does a family look like in today’s Korea? One might picture parents and children — perhaps one or two. But that is no longer the full story.
Inter-Korean tensions are escalating over propaganda leaflets, as North Korea threatened, Monday, to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to drop leaflets over Seoul. The North also reiterated its claim that the South Korean military recently sent leaflet-distributing drones into its territory.
A coalition of Protestant church organizations holds a mass worship rally near Seoul City Hall, Sunday. At the event, dubbed the "2 million union worship and great prayer meeting of the Korean churches," participants chanted slogans opposing homosexuality and the legislation of anti-discrimination laws. The rally caused significant traffic congestion as several roads were closed for the large-scale event. Yonhap
South Korean officials are set to meet with their NATO and U.S. counterparts later this week to discuss coordinated responses to North Korea’s deployment of troops in support of Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to government officials, Sunday.