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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.
Foreign travelers enjoy yutnori, a traditional Korean board game, during an event to mark the beginning of the Year of the Blue Dragon at Terminal 1 of Incheon International Airport, Thursday, a day before Korea's Lunar New Year holiday that runs until Monday. Joint Press Corp.
Some 2,500 pharmacies and hospitals will remain open during the Lunar New Year holiday — from Friday to Monday — to prevent a medical service vacuum, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Thursday.
The Munmak rest area on the Yeongdong Expressway has become the first in the country to introduce a robotic kitchen in the food court, replacing human chefs with robots, the Korea Expressway Corp. said, Wednesday.
A female Amur leopard will arrive in Korea from the United Kingdom, Thursday, in celebration of the 140th anniversary of bilateral ties between the two countries, Seoul Grand Park announced, Wednesday.
Korea is set to step up online and offline strategies to welcome Chinese tourists — particularly those on family vacations — as some 85,000 Chinese are expected to travel to Korea on the occasion of the Spring Festival holiday season that kicks off this week, according to the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), Tuesday.
Korea has decided to increase the budget for the mentorship program for students from multicultural families and those from a North Korean background to better support their needs including education, the government said Tuesday.
Local governments in Korea have expanded benefits for foreign nationals as part of efforts to attract them to live in their areas amid a population decline.
A 100-story landmark building will be built in central Seoul's Yongsan District, which will also feature a pedestrian bridge linking buildings at the 45th-floor level, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said, Monday.
Four hundred and sixty days ago, Lee Sung-ki lost his son, Dong-min, to the tragic crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon during a Halloween celebration.