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 presidential office and the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) engaged in a blame game Monday, as the anti-corruption agency said it had never approved Defense Minister-turned-Ambassador to Australia Lee Jong-sup to leave the country as he is a key suspect in an investigation into the death of a Marine.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's young daughter has been referred to as a "great person of guidance," fueling speculation that she is her father's potential heir.
Less than half of South Korean students think unification with North Korea is necessary amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, a survey showed, Saturday.
The government is facing growing calls to be more active in resolving the issue of South Koreans abducted and detained by North Korea by addressing it at international forums and other high-level events.
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has defended former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup, who left hastily for Australia to take up his post as Seoul’s new ambassador to Canberra despite being a suspect in an investigation into the death of a Marine, adding that Lee’s appointment and departure won’t cause any disruptions to the judicial proceedings by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO).
Incheon Metropolitan City signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Shinhan Bank on Monday for a partnership to win the right to host the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in the western port city.
Rep. Ko Min-jung, who had resigned from the Supreme Council of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) to protest the party’s candidate nomination process, returned to the leadership committee on Monday, underscoring the party’s determination to resolve internal feuds.
More than half of women who sought help after experiencing violence said their offenders were either their spouses or intimate partners, according to a report, Friday.
The Ministry of Unification is set to help North Korean defectors become lawyers and doctors in South Korea as part of its efforts toward integrating them into South Korean society and helping them rebuild their lives.
The Reform Party, led by former People Power Party (PPP) Chairman Lee Jun-seok, and the Saemirae Party, headed by former Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) Chairman Lee Nak-yon, are struggling to impress voters due to lacking policy vision and weak fan bases, according to political watchers, Thursday.