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.
Rep. Kim Tae-nyeon, a five-term lawmaker of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), was elected as the president of the South Korea-China Parliamentarians’ Union.
First lady Kim Keon Hee was designated as a witness, Tuesday, for a public hearing on a petition demanding the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.
President Yoon Suk Yeol warned Russia against deepening military cooperation with North Korea, emphasizing that Moscow should adopt a "sensible" approach in choosing between the two Koreas based on its own interests, according to Reuters, Monday.
First lady Kim Keon Hee's Telegram message to former ruling People Power Party (PPP) interim leader Han Dong-hoon has been emerging as a hot-button issue in the party leadership race, reigniting a political blame game among the four main candidates.
The opposition-controlled National Assembly passed a contentious bill, Thursday, mandating a special counsel probe into allegations surrounding the death of a Marine despite fierce protests from the ruling party.
First lady Kim Keon Hee visited the site of a deadly car crash near Seoul City Hall on Wednesday evening, according to people at the scene.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently promoted Kim Jong-sun, the chairwoman of the Central Committee of the Socialist Women's Union of Korea (SWUK), as the head of the social organization department of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), which is seen as an unprecedented move, according to analysts.
A new geostrategic environment, anxiety over information penetration and the widening wealth gap between the two Koreas are the reasons behind North Korea's change of policy toward South Korea, a U.S. expert said, Tuesday.
Korea will create a deputy prime minister-level ministry tasked with tackling the low birthrate and aging population as the country faces a demographic crisis, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced Monday.