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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.
Forcing students to participate in in-class worship and choir competitions at a private Christian school violates religious freedom, a human rights center under the Seoul education office said on Sunday.
Korea is facing a critical shortage of staff to address the growing problem of deepfake sexual exploitation content.
On Friday, at 11:30 a.m., the door of a small izakaya (Japanese-style pub) named Keebo Edamame opened in the middle of a back alley in Namyeong-dong, Yongsan District, in central Seoul.
Following comedian Lee Jin-ho's confession to illegal online gambling, reports of such activities have nearly tripled over the past four years, according to government data released Wednesday.
Along a serene, narrow alley in central Seoul's Seochon neighborhood stands a small, red-bricked building with a bookstore about 10 square meters in size.
Following Han Kang's Nobel Prize for literature win last week and the resulting nationwide reading craze, Korea is witnessing a growing movement to restore funding aimed at promoting a culture of reading and supporting the publishing industry, according to officials, Monday.
The average water temperature in Korea's coastal waters has risen by 1.44 degrees Celsius over 56 years, twice the global average, while the water temperature in the East Sea has risen 1.9 degrees Celsius, causing pollock and squid to disappear.
Koreans are receiving an increasing number of mobile spam messages disguised as investment tips and online dating services.
Eleven Korean same-sex couples are set to file a lawsuit against Seoul district offices following the rejection of their marriage registrations, the plaintiffs and their lawyers said Thursday.
While civil service is losing popularity among young people here, calls are growing to eradicate their so-called "serving day" practice, in which lower-level civil servants are forced to take turns buying a meal for their superiors, according to lawmakers and citizens, Tuesday.