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.
The government will implement measures aimed at restricting purchases of harmful products sold by foreign e-commerce websites in order to safeguard consumer health and safety, the Prime Minister’s Office announced, Thursday.
Opposition parties on Tuesday criticized President Yoon Suk Yeol’s reshuffle of prosecutors, accusing him of trying to hinder investigations into first lady Kim Keon Hee’s acceptance of a luxury handbag from a pastor and stock price manipulation.
Visitors take photos of Seoul's skyline from the Seoul Sky Observatory in southeastern Seoul, Monday, after the yellow dust that hit the nation the previous day, eased. Yonhap
Poppies are in full bloom on a farm in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Monday. Flower festivals will take place across the country in the next few weeks as spring comes into full bloom. Yonhap
The prosecution interrogated a Korean American pastor Monday regarding his gift of a luxury handbag to first lady Kim Keon Hee during their meeting in Seoul in September 2022, four months after President Yoon Suk Yeol's inauguration.
The political row over a special probe bill into a Marine's death has intensified, as the opposition bloc is pressuring President Yoon Suk Yeol to accept the Assembly-approved bill. Meanwhile, the ruling side has described the attempt as being "politically motivated."
South Korea's spy agency has asked the country's internet censorship body to block access to a North Korean propaganda song, citing national security concerns.
Kim Gunn, a first-term lawmaker-elect from the ruling People Power Party, emphasized the importance of the international community working together to unanimously condemn North Korea’s military provocations.
Ruling and opposition parties showed mixed responses, Thursday, to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s press conference marking his second year in office. This was Yoon’s first press conference since August 2022, when he marked his first 100 days in office.