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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.
Booking.com, a leading online travel platform, analyzed the travel behavior and types of Generation Z (those born in the 1990s and early 2010s) travelers and found that they actively use artificial intelligence (AI) technology and value cost-effectiveness.
Kim Kyu-jin, 33, and Kim Sae-yeon, 36, first met each other in January 2019 and wedded that year, twice — once in New York where tourists can register their marriages, and again in Seoul where they live and have relatives and friends.
Korea is witnessing a rise in discrimination against older adults, with many sports facilities and coffee shops implementing "no-seniors zone" policies that restrict access, despite the country's aging population.
Cruise tourism in Incheon, Korea's western port city that suffered a recession in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, is rapidly revitalizing, officials said, Friday.
Lawmakers criticized Adidas CEO Peter Kwak for answering their questions in English with an interpreter during a recent National Assembly audit despite his fluency in Korean.
Korea is facing growing problem of tax arrears by foreign nationalities as the number of international residents in the country increases, according to officials, Thursday.
Korea will start to include electric vehicles in the nation's driver’s license test next year at the earliest, the National Police Agency said Wednesday.
Seven out of 10 public servants in Korea with under five years of experience have considered quitting, according to a survey released Wednesday.
A four-way body consisting of the two main political parties, the government and doctors' representatives will likely launch next week, according to officials, Tuesday.
Seoul Cyber University signed a dual degree agreement with California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB), becoming the first online university in Korea to create a dual degree program that offers an international degree, officials said Tuesday.