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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.
Korean police have requested their French counterparts to enhance cooperation in investigating criminal activities on Telegram, a messaging app frequently used by deepfake criminals.
The amount of overdue wages paid instead by the Korean government for foreign workers has doubled in four years, according to government data revealed on Monday.
Korea will begin producing thin and lightweight plastic bottles for drinking water for the first time starting next Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Environment, Thursday.
Jeong Kwang-min, left, a research fellow at the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute, and Inspire Entertainment Resort President Chen Si, second from left, talk with other participants during a VIP session prior to The Korea Times Global Business Club at the Korea Press Center in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-sukHanatour ICT CEO Lee Jea-woo, left, and Mayfield Hotel CEO Kim Young-moon, center attend a VIP session prior to The Korea Times Global Business Club at the Korea Press Center in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-sukMasterConsult Services Managing Director Christopher Khoo delivers a keynote speech during The Korea Times Global Business Club at the Korea Press Center in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulFrom left, National Gambling Control Commission Chairman Shim O-taeg, Inspire Entertainment Resort President Chen Si, and Thai Ambassador Tanee Sangrat listen to a keynote speech during The Korea Times Global Business Club at the Korea Press Center in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Wo
Integrated resorts are becoming a popular trend in tourism across Asia and beyond. To stay competitive on the global stage, tourism industry leaders recommend that Korea develop its own unique style of integrated resorts, blending cultural content with resort facilities to position the country to succeed in the growing international market.
Korea is advised to establish a gambling regulatory organization to foster sustainable and healthy growth of integrated resorts that contain casinos, according to tourism experts, Wednesday.
ATLANTA – Incheon International Airport will replace Tokyo's Narita International Airport to become Delta Air Lines’ Asia hub, the airport operator said Saturday.
Seoul Metro has earned about 15 billion won ($11.4 million) in profit from selling the rights to subway station names, thereby allowing them to possess alternative names, over the past four years, according to the company Sunday.
ATLANTA — Incheon International Airport will become a hub for Asia's first direct flight to Salt Lake City, United States, operated by Delta Air Lines starting in June next year, the airport operator said Friday.
ATLANTA — Incheon International Airport has become the first and only airport in the world to receive the highest level of passenger experience accreditation for three consecutive years, the airport operator announced on Wednesday local time.