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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.
A deadly car crash near Seoul City Hall in July, which claimed nine lives, was caused by the driver's mistakes, not by a sudden unintended acceleration of the vehicle as contended by the driver, police said, Thursday.
Following Singapore's success with integrated resorts, Asian countries have been eager to develop similar mega entertainment complexes to attract visitors and stimulate economic growth.
The number of people going to emergency rooms due to heat-related illnesses has already reached 1,000 here this year, amid consecutive scorching-hot days, health authorities said, Wednesday.
Korea has seen a dramatic decline in the number of Thai tourists over the past seven months, amid ongoing complaints and anti-Korean sentiment related to Korea's electronic visa-waiver system, which frequently denies entry to travelers from Thailand.
Four major royal palaces and Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul received an increasing number of foreign visitors in the first half of 2024, government data showed, Monday.
Government data released Sunday showed that about one-fifth of workers at companies with 300 or more full-time employees in Korea are aged 55 or older, reflecting the nation's declining birthrate and aging population.
Korea is forecast to see its hottest summer on record as the Earth has just experienced its warmest day in recent history, the national weather agency said Sunday.
Korea has seen a sharp decline in the number of day care centers and a dramatic jump in the number of facilities for older adults amid a plummeting birthrate and aging population, government data showed, Thursday.
This summer in Paris, taekwondo sees its seventh Olympics, now as a more captivating and fairer sport with new sparring rules under landmark settings, according to the World Taekwondo (WT) president.
Signiel Seoul, the five-star landmark hotel in Korea's tallest building, Lotte Tower, was selected as one of the hotels to be included in "World's Best 100 Hotels" this year by the global travel magazine Travel + Leisure, the hotel said Wednesday.