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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.
Yeouido is a former island in the Han River that became connected to the capital’s southern side through a river redevelopment project decades ago.
Migrant advocacy groups from across the country urged the police to arrest and investigate a far-right political candidate who has been unlawfully targeting migrants and to protect the constitutional rights of foreign nationals, Wednesday.
Seoul City is set to ban demonstrations by religious groups and evict homeless people from Seoul Station Square, based on a new ordinance that took effect late last month.
A worker at a printing office in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, Monday, examines ballots that will be used in the April 10 general elections. Joint Press Corp.
The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) is leading in six closely contested constituencies, with less than two weeks to go before the April 10 general elections, according to a recent poll.
Former presidents of Korea have been taking contrasting approaches to their political appearances, with less than two weeks to go before the April 10 general elections. Former liberal President Moon Jae-in has been active in supporting opposition candidates, while two former conservative presidents — Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak — have remained relatively quiet.
Korea needs to improve the working conditions of domestic care workers and implant state-led initiatives to tackle future shortages of caregivers, instead of introducing foreign workers at below the legal minimum wage, labor experts said, Thursday.
On a rainy Monday night in March, nostalgic melodies of Japanese city pop played aloud outside a small pub in an old neighborhood near Seoul Station.
CHUNCHEON, Gangwon Province — Legoland Korea Resort will install a new attraction themed after Ninjago with a 20 billion won ($14.8 million) investment to attract a wider customer base to the country's first global theme park, the company said Wednesday.
Korea's dog meat industry representatives urged the top court to nullify the recent ban on dog meat trade and consumption in Seoul, Tuesday, arguing the special act is unconstitutional and infringes on people's basic rights.