Korea Times Digital Content Reporter
Kwak Yeon-soo is a digital editor at The Korea Times creating, editing and curating digital content for the newspaper’s website, mobile app and social media. She previously covered a diverse array of cultural, political and business topics.
North Korea continued its provocations targeting South Korea and the United States this month, diversifying its tactics beyond missile tests to include trash balloons and disruptive broadcasts.
Im Jong-seok, chief of staff to former President Moon Jae-in, is facing criticism over his remarks regarding the peaceful coexistence of the two Koreas.
The leadership of Han Dong-hoon, chairman of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), is being tested as he tries to resolve a standoff between the government and doctors.
Shim Woo-jung, Korea's new prosecutor general, faces an uphill battle handling various politically sensitive cases, including allegations against first lady Kim Keon Hee and former President Moon Jae-in, all while trying to restore public trust in the country’s scandal-ridden judicial system, according to political watchers, Wednesday.
The government has once again urged the medical community to engage in dialogue and participate in a consultative body to address the ongoing medical crisis, which stemmed from a dispute over the Yoon Suk Yeol administration’s plan to increase medical school quotas.
A four-way consultative body comprising major political parties, the government and doctors' groups is unlikely to be launched before the Chuseok holiday, according to politicians and doctors, Wednesday, as key stakeholders failed to find a breakthrough in the conflict over President Yoon Suk Yeol's medical reform plan.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s rare speech on Foundation Day was intended to present him as a “leader of the people” in response to devastating floods earlier this summer and bolster internal unity, analysts said, Tuesday.
The by-election for Seoul's education chief has turned into a political battleground, with candidates highlighting their political inclinations rather than education policies on the campaign trail to appeal to voters.
First lady Kim Keon Hee and her Japanese counterpart Yuko Kishida visited a leading K-pop entertainment company in Seoul on Friday to encourage Korean and Japanese trainees, according to the presidential office.
Rival parties continued to clash on Friday over a bill calling for a special counsel investigation into allegations involving first lady Kim Keon Hee, including claims of her alleged involvement in the candidate nomination process for the parliamentary elections.