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 series of brouhahas surrounding the KF-21 fighter jet joint development program with Indonesia has triggered calls to terminate Korea's partnership with the Southeast Asian nation. This comes in the wake of recent alleged attempts by Indonesian engineers to leak confidential data about the aircraft.
Wary of the potential return of former U.S. President Donald Trump to the White House this year, the defense ministries of South Korea and the United States signed a framework document on the Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG), a collaborative mechanism established between the two allies to discuss and coordinate nuclear policy, security, and defense.
The presidential office said Wednesday that there are currently no ongoing discussions regarding Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to Korea, denying a Japanese media report suggesting that President Yoon Suk Yeol might meet Kishida in Seoul next month.
Politicians have been spotted at theaters as they go to watch new documentary films on former Presidents Syngman Rhee and Kim Dae-jung, respectively, with some leveraging their movie reviews as part of their campaign messages in the lead-up to the April 10 elections.
A proposed bill aimed at cracking down on puppy mills, where dogs are often bred in cramped and unsanitary conditions for sale, has sparked mixed reactions from both animal rights activists and dog breeders.
President Yoon Suk Yeol's attempt to address the controversies surrounding his wife Kim Keon Hee's acceptance of a Christian Dior bag from a left-wing pastor has fallen short of the public's expectations, according to political observers, Thursday.
Patriots and Veterans Affairs Minister Kang Jung-ai said Wednesday she will carry out veterans-related policies without causing political conflicts.
Kim Eun-mee, president of Ewha Womans University, has been appointed as a goodwill ambassador of United Nations Women in recognition of her decades-long efforts to advance gender equality and women's empowerment.
A diplomatic rift between South Korea and Russia over North Korean issues has intensified over the weekend, overshadowing a rare visit by Russian Vice Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko to Seoul which was apparently intended to prevent bilateral relations from worsening further.
The number of newly recruited teachers for public elementary schools in Seoul this year hit a fresh low of 110 amid the nation's rapidly declining birthrate, according to data from the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, Friday.