Travel & Food
Korea Beauty Festival offers K-beauty experiences to young trend-seekers
Lefan Yang, a 22-year-old student from China, came on a three-day trip to Seoul during the Spring Dragon Festival holidays with a group of friends.
Jun 14, 2024
Lee Hae-rin
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.
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Travel & Food
American inbound tourists surpass pre-pandemic record-high
Korea has received more inbound tourists from the United States, Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore during the first four months of 2024, compared to the pre-pandemic record-high from 2019, Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) data showed Thursday.
Jun 13, 2024
Travel & Food
KAC to use digital construction management for new Gadeok airport
The Korea Airports Corp. (KAC) will implement Building Information Modeling (BIM) for a new airport on Gadeok Island off the coast from Korea's southern port city of Busan, the company announced, Wednesday. The airport is slated to be completed by the end of 2029.
Jun 12, 2024
Environment & Animals
Beat the heat
Children play at a fountain in Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, Monday. Most regions in Korea, including Seoul, are forecast to see temperatures soar to a maximum of 30 degrees Celsius this week. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul
Jun 10, 2024
Society
'Water fasting' goes viral among teenagers despite health concerns
An 18-year-old student in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, surnamed Park, has been on a “water diet” for nearly a week. During this time, she has consumed nothing but water, salt and some nutritional supplements while fasting.
Jun 10, 2024
Environment & Animals
China to reveal beloved panda Fu Bao to public on June 12
Fu Bao, the beloved Korea-born giant panda, will meet the public on June 12 at the Wolong Shenshuping Base in China after going through over two months of quarantine, the National Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center announced, Sunday.
Jun 10, 2024
Society
YouTubers' unauthorized release of suspects' identities stirs controversy on vigilantism
A YouTuber’s unauthorized release of personal information about the suspects in a 2004 group sexual assault in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, is reigniting controversy over vigilantism here.
Jun 9, 2024
Society
Korea is gender equal in education, but not in family care, decision-making
Korea is almost gender equal in terms of education and health care, but the gender gap is significantly wide in family care and decision-making in the public sector, with women facing disadvantages in those areas, a government index showed, Friday.
Jun 7, 2024
Society
Korea University invites president of Botswana for special lecture
Korea University has invited the President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi, Wednesday for a special lecture on how to foster cooperation in higher education between Korea and the southern African nation.
Jun 7, 2024
Travel & Food
Korean low-cost carriers enhance pet travel services
Korea’s low-cost carriers (LCC) are expanding pet-friendly air travel services amid the growing popularity of pet tourism, with nearly 15 million, or almost a quarter of the entire population, being pet owners nationwide.
Jun 6, 2024