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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.
Incheon International Airport, the country’s largest and busiest international air transport hub, expects to see a full-scale recovery in the number of air passengers to pre-pandemic levels next year, Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC) said, Wednesday.
About 680 tourists from the Philippines will visit Gangwon Province through four rounds of chartered flight packages connecting Manila and the eastern coastal city of Yangyang, the provincial government said, noting that the first group arrived on Monday.
The government's national telemedicine pilot is under pressure, as a growing number of medical professionals are boycotting the trial project due to safety concerns.
Crystal Williams, president of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in the United States, highlighted the pivotal role of critical thinking in arts education.
The bereaved families of the Itaewon tragedy urged lawmakers to pass a special act by the end of the year before the 21st National Assembly terminates in order to ascertain the truth behind the national tragedy that claimed 159 lives during the Halloween festivities of 2022.
Students who took the College Scholastic Aptitude Test (CSAT) last month line up with their families at COEX in Seoul, Thursday, to enter an academic fair offering information on recruitment and other considerations for college entry next year. Yonhap
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) has stepped up efforts to incubate and support the overseas expansion of local startups in the tourism industry by opening the Korea Tourism Startup Center (KTSC) in Japan.
INCHEON – Mohegan Inspire Entertainment Resort aims to become the largest entertainment resort in the country attracting 3.5 million annual visitors by leveraging the growing global popularity of K-pop and K-culture, the resort said, Wednesday.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced a lineup of 89 seasonal programs to be held in 12 parks across the capital between this month and February next year.
Tensions between doctors and the government over a plan to increase the medical school quota reached another level, Monday, as the doctors' group began an in-house vote on whether to hold another massive strike to protest the government’s plan.