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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.
People with umbrellas walk up the stairs at City Hall Station in Seoul, Monday, as the nation experienced unseasonably warm yet rainy weather. A heavy rain warning was issued in some areas of Gangwon Province, which is unprecedented in the month of December. Yonhap
A legislative move to ban the consumption of dog meat is losing steam as rival parties have yet to reach a consensus over the issue amid fierce opposition from dog meat traders.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government selected 15 foreign residents from 13 countries to be granted honorary citizenship in recognition of their significant contributions to the local community, the city government said Friday.
Korea plans to expand visa benefits for tour groups and introduce K-culture and "workcation" (work plus vacation) visas, aiming to attract 20 million foreign tourists and create $24.5 billion in tourism revenue next year, the government announced, Friday.
The much-heralded operations of the ruling People Power Party's (PPP) innovation committee, Thursday, came to an end earlier than planned, according to its chairman.
President Yoon Suk Yeol stands next to a Hyundai Pony Wagon with Lee Soo-il, left, a former Hyundai Motor Company official, at COEX in Seoul, Tuesday, before attending the 60th anniversary ceremony of Trade Day. The Pony is Korea's first independently developed and mass-produced car model released in 1975 that spearheaded the development of the Korean automobile industry. Courtesy of Presidential Office
North Korean hacking group Andariel has stolen around 1.2 terabytes of tech information by compromising dozens of South Korean defense companies and has transferred some 470 million won ($360,000) in bitcoin ransoms to North Korea, Seoul's police said, Monday.
A migrant workers' union and civic activists lambasted the Seoul High Court’s ruling, Friday, in favor of local companies underpaying foreign workers on commercial sea vessels. Describing the latest ruling as "racist," the union urged the Supreme Court to overrule the decision as Korea grows increasingly dependent on foreign laborers.
Just one month after their release, Oct. 24, five videos promoting tourism in Korea have attracted more than 225 million views in one month.
Hundreds of Korean dog meat farmers and traders from across the country gathered near the presidential office, Thursday, to make frantic last-ditch efforts against the government's plan to shut down their "cruel industry."