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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.
The Seoul Metropolitan Council abolished the Seoul Student Human Rights Ordinance 12 years after its enactment Friday, but the debate on whether it was the right decision continues.
YONGIN, Gyeonggi Province — Everland, Korea's largest theme park, greets springtime picnickers with the beauty of flora and fauna through its historic spring flower festivals.
Korean hip hop legends Tiger JK and Yoon Mi-rae received the 2024 Trailblazer Award of Achievement from the Korean American Community Foundation (KACF), their agency Feel Ghood Music said, Wednesday.
Seoul will transform into a "rivercity" by 2030, hosting over 10 million visitors on floating facilities for everyday use on the Han River, the city government said Wednesday.
Korea is seeing a growing number of abuse cases against children from migrant backgrounds, government data showed Monday.
A pedestrian walks by a climate clock set up at the National Assembly in Seoul, Monday, which marks the 54th Earth Day. The clock shows how much time is left before global warming causes the world's average temperature to go up by 1.5 degrees Celsius from pre-Industrial Revolution levels, a benchmark set by the United Nations. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul
Gimpo, west of Seoul in Gyeonggi Province, has proposed the central government mandate notifying parents of information regarding elementary school enrollment for their foreign national children in a bid to improve immigrants' lives here, according to the city government, Sunday.
A Korean Muslim YouTuber’s plan to build a mosque in the western port city of Incheon has been stopped in its tracks as a land purchase contract he signed has been canceled upon the request of the landowner amid a backlash from local residents.
A Chinese dissident, who recently fled to Korea seeking asylum, failed to obtain refugee status after a local immigration office declined to review his application, citing that he did not meet the standards for asylum seekers.
Korean megahit occult thriller “Exhuma” is under fire for animal abuse allegations as a local animal advocacy group recently discovered the production used live animals and animal carcasses in the movie.