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.
Ruling People Power Party (PPP) leadership hopefuls are intensifying their attacks on former interim leader Han Dong-hoon, who is leading the polls of the four-way race.
North Korea, Thursday, claimed to have successfully tested a multiple warhead missile, contradicting South Korea's assertion that the missile exploded midair. This has raised questions about the credibility of Pyongyang's claim.
South Korea is stepping up drills to enhance deterrence against North Korea's provocations as tensions escalate on the Korean Peninsula, conducting live-fire exercises on western border islands, Wednesday.
Students attending the International Summer Campus at Korea University learn cheerleading moves from the university’s cheerleading club at an orientation held at the Inchon Memorial Hall of Korea University in Seoul, Wednesday. About 2,000 international students from around 300 colleges in 50 countries registered for the summer campus program. Yonhap
Trash balloons and propaganda leaflets are escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula, prompting local governments and civic groups to call for the cessation of hostilities and military activities that provoke war.
People rest under beach parasols at Wangsan Beach on Incheon's Yeongjong Island, Sunday. Incheon began opening beaches to the public, Saturday. Yonhap
The “Moon of Seoul,” a moon-shaped tethered balloon, floats over Yeouido Park in Seoul, Sunday. The balloon ride takes up to 30 passengers at a time, allowing them to enjoy views of the city’s scenery at a 150-meter altitude for 15 minutes. Seoul plans to conduct test flights in July and begin service in August. Yonhap
Han Dong-hoon, the former interim leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), who has maintained a low profile since the party's defeat in the April 10 parliamentary elections, announced his bid for party leadership Sunday, pledging to seek to reestablish a horizontal party-government relationship.
South Korea strongly condemned a new treaty signed by North Korea and Russia, which involves providing mutual defense assistance “without delay” in the event of an attack on either nation, calling it a violation of U.N. Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, Thursday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un elevated their countries' bilateral relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership, Wednesday, which includes mutual assistance in the event of an attack on either nation.