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 ruling People Power Party (PPP) picked Hwang Woo-yea, Monday, as its interim leader, tasked with shoring up the demoralized party in the wake of its election defeat earlier this month.
Presidential hopefuls face a growing dilemma about if and when to return to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s side as he currently faces a huge political setback after the ruling party's defeat in the general elections on April 10.
Rep. Lee Jae-myung, chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), has received a YouTube Gold Play Button after his online channel passed the 1 million subscribers mark, making him the first Korean politician to reach the milestone on the video-sharing platform.
People read books at an outdoor library in Seoul Plaza next to Seoul City Hall, Sunday. The event, organized by the city government, will continue until Nov. 10 at Seoul Plaza, Gwanghwamun Square and Cheonggye Stream. Yonhap
North Korea's latest tests of a "super-large" cruise missile warhead and a new anti-aircraft missile came in response to the South Korea-U.S. joint annual air exercise, analysts said Sunday.
Human rights groups called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to speak up for North Korean defectors at the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and submit a set of questions for the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) cycle, scheduled to take place in Vietnam on May 7, to address issues of both North Korean refugees and Vietnam War prisoners of war.
North Korea has demolished street lamps on land routes connecting the two Koreas, in what observers say is a signal to South Korea that its leader Kim Jong-un is serious about abandoning the goal of peaceful unification with the South.
Seoul is shrouded in yellow dust as seen from Cheong Wa Dae Observatory on Mount Bugak in central Seoul, Wednesday. Yellow dust from China spiked fine dust levels to “bad” across most parts of the country. Yonhap
President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing increased pressure from his party members to hold discussions with opposition leaders as public discontent grows over his unilateral approach to managing state affairs.
Team Korea athletes and officials, including Korean Sport and Olympic Committee President Lee Kee-heung, front row center, and Second Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Jang Mi-ran, front row third from left, pose to mark 100 days until the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris at Jincheon National Training Center in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, Wednesday. The Summer Games will kick off on July 26 and continue until Aug. 11. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul