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Lee Hae-rin is a City Desk reporter at The Korea Times, covering social issues, tourism and taekwondo. She is passionate about speaking up for the rights of minorities, including women, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities and animals as well as discovering the latest makgeolli trend in town. Feel free to reach her at lhr@koreatimes.co.kr.
Paradise Group announced Monday that it launched the "Paradise Lounge" on the first floor of Gimpo International Airport on Friday to provide integrated services for four Paradise casinos.
Yun, a 27-year-old Seoul-based job seeker who graduated from Seoul Women’s University, felt scared as she woke up on Monday and read the news on the possible hiring discrimination against graduates from women’s universities.
Korea is seeing a wave of university professors criticizing President Yoon Suk Yeol and calling for his resignation, with over 3,000 professors and researchers from 55 universities across the country participating in the joint declaration as of Friday.
Dongduk Women's University agreed to temporarily suspend its plan to convert into a coeducational institution after 10 days of student protests, according to the student council, Friday. However, the students will continue to occupy the main building until the co-ed conversion proposal is completely withdrawn.
Seoul City plans to launch Seoul Winter Festa 2024, a series of year-end festivals across the city, including a media art display and a bell-ringing event in the downtown area, city government officials said Thursday.
Korea's iconic pine trees are at risk of withering and dying due to the effects of climate change, according to a government study, Wednesday. This has raised growing concerns that the nation's symbolic tree could potentially disappear from the Korean Peninsula, marking a significant environmental loss.
Three people died apparently due to suffocation during vehicle testing at a Hyundai Motor plant in the southeastern city of Ulsan, according to police and officials, Tuesday.
Commuters in Seoul and surrounding areas will face delays as the labor union of Seoul Metro, the operator of subway lines 1 to 8, plans to stage a work-to-rule protest, Wednesday, demanding higher wages and additional hires.
The protests by students against Dongduk Women's University's possible transition to a co-educational institution have escalated into a wider gender conflict, spilling beyond the campus. According to students and officials on Monday, the protests have sparked an anti-feminist backlash.