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.
An activist group in South Korea said Thursday it had floated around 10 large balloons toward North Korea, prompting some experts to question the effectiveness of anti-North Korea propaganda leaflets.
Women leaders and professionals in both the public and the private sectors gathered together to discuss how to transform the power of women’s voices into societal change at the Korea Times Forum, Wednesday.
Rep. Park Choong-kwon, a North Korean defector-turned-lawmaker of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), has introduced a bill proposing educational support for children of defectors born in third countries.
Former first lady Kim Jung-sook has stirred up a belated controversy over her visit to India in 2018. Following the recent release of former President Moon Jae-in’s memoir, in which he wrote about his wife’s solo trip to India, the ruling People Power Party (PPP) criticized Kim for spending 400 million won in public funds, including about 62 million won ($45,109) on in-flight meals and taking a trip to the Taj Mahal to fulfill her personal wishes with taxpayer money.
The National Security Council (NSC) decided Monday to suspend the 2018 inter-Korean military agreement in response to North Korea's sending of trash-filled balloons over the border.
The foreign ministers of Korea and Vietnam on Friday agreed to enhance cooperation in a wide range of areas, from security and defense to technology, trade and investment, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
The South Korean government is set to resume loudspeaker broadcasts along the inter-Korean border as a response to North Korea's recent releases of nearly 1,000 balloons carrying trash into the South. Seoul’s national security advisor warned Sunday of “measures that the North cannot withstand.”
North Korea has escalated tensions with South Korea through a series of provocations, including deploying balloons laden with trash, launching short-range ballistic missiles, and attempting GPS jamming.
Robert Gallucci, the chief negotiator during the 1994 North Korean nuclear crisis, said normalizing relations with North Korea should come before discussing denuclearization.
Global city leaders and experts met in Geneva, Tuesday, to discuss people-centered and climate-resilient urban development, highlighting the importance of aligning smart city initiatives with the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals, safeguarding human rights, enhancing social inclusion and advancing climate resilience strategies.