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.
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
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
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.
The presidential office is struggling to find a new prime minister as potential candidates seem reluctant to take on the post following the election defeat of the ruling party.
Ruling party members are engaged in a blame game after the People Power Party suffered a big defeat in the April 10 general elections.
The number of spoiled ballots for 46 proportional representation races in the April 10 general elections reached a record high, according to the election watchdog, Monday.
Korea’s total official development assistance (ODA) increased in 2023 due to a rise in its contributions to multilateral organizations including the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, preliminary data by the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) showed Sunday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s last week meeting with China's No. 3 official Zhao Leji in Pyongyang suggests deepening bilateral relations, analysts said Sunday, raising speculation that Kim might be preparing for a potential meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this year.
Wednesday's general elections delivered mixed results to several political heavyweights who ran for district seats across the country.
With the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) projected to secure a majority of seats in the National Assembly in the general elections, Wednesday, its chairman Lee Jae-myung is highly likely to establish himself as the party's leading presidential candidate for the 2027 election.