Korea Times K-Culture Reporter
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 heat wave warning was issued for most parts of Korea, Wednesday, as searing heat kicked off after the end of a period of heavy rainfall, according to the weather agency, Wednesday.
Gongcha Korea's limited-edition key rings have been triggering a controversy over possible overconsumption and waste problems, as many people choose to purchase and dispose of dozens of drinks so they can obtain a character key ring, according to industry experts, Sunday.
Mayfield Hotel & Resort, located in western Seoul near Gimpo International Airport, offers a special summer package targeting families with children who enjoy short-form video content and K-pop dance.
A local court accepted a pastor’s request, Thursday, to suspend the Korean Methodist Church’s (KMC) decision to excommunicate him for blessing sexual minorities.
Korea will foster international conferences that represent each region as “Korean versions of the Davos Forum” to boost the regional economy and foster the MICE (meetings, incentive tours, conventions and exhibitions) industry, the government said Thursday.
Hanatour, Korea’s largest travel agency with over three decades of experience, is poised to lead the way in the evolving landscape of post-pandemic travel by defying traditional concepts of package tours and offering more tailored and novel travel content.
Seoul and the surrounding Gyeonggi Province were hit by a heavy downpour, Wednesday, with some regions receiving more than 100 millimeters of rain per hour, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA).
JEUNGPYEONG COUNTY, North Chungcheong Province – Arong, a seven-year-old mixed breed dog that lives in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, with her owner Lee Bo-young, was dressed in up a Buddhist robe and went into a temple in Jeungpyeong County for the first time in her life, last Friday.
Calls are growing for the government to harshly punish YouTubers who profit from malicious videos and the blackmailing of public figures, amid an escalating controversy over popular mukbang YouTuber Tzuyang, according to lawyers and scholars, Monday.
Despite the approach of “chobok,” the first of the three hottest days of summer known as "boknal," the once bustling streets of dog meat restaurants in Moran Market, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, remained deserted on Saturday.