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Sun, July 12, 2020 | 20:08

[INTERVIEW] 'Korea's population outlook makes immigration talk inevitable'

[INTERVIEW] 'Korea's population outlook makes immigration talk inevitable'

GWACHEON - Without the inflow of foreign workers, Korea is already shrinking. After deaths outnumbered births for the first time in November 2019, the gap has widened since. A chronically low birthrate, which hit an all-time low of 0.92 that year, suggests that the trend is only going to accelerate and that the country will face massive labor shortages in the decades to come ...

Jung Min-ho | 2020-07-08 10:29

Korea's pro wrestlers get back into ring

Korea's pro wrestlers get back into ring

COVID-19 has affected everyone's lives, even pro wrestlers. In the U.S., World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) was declared an “essential service” and allowed to continue operating. Although the move was controversial, it goes to show we can't face the pandemic without mental - and physical - stimulation.

2020-07-07 17:53

More expats have their voices heard in Korea

More expats have their voices heard in Korea

Khalilzade Nihat, an Azerbaijan national and Seoul resident, is a member of a committee run by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, in which foreign residents discuss policies relating to them and make recommendations. At an upcoming meeting slated for July 17, Nihat is planning to recommend that the Ministry of Justice run a public campaign promoting the acceptance of foreign ...

Kim Se-jeong | 2020-07-07 17:18

Foreign tourists to Korea stay shorter, spend less in 2019: survey

Foreign tourists to Korea stay shorter, spend less in 2019: survey

Foreign tourists to South Korea stayed shorter and spent less money in 2019 than the previous year, a government survey showed Tuesday. International tourists stayed an average 6.7 days in South Korea last year, down 0.5 from the previous year, according to the survey of 16,000 tourist arrivals taken by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the state-run Korea Touri...

2020-07-07 10:39

[Holiday in North Korea] Dining at Pyongyang's best pizzeria

[Holiday in North Korea] Dining at Pyongyang's best pizzeria

South Korean pizza has come a long way over the last decade, but still the best pizza I've ever had in Korea was in Pyongyang in 2010.

2020-07-07 00:56

[EXCLUSIVE] Over 41,000 undocumented immigrants leaving Korea under amnesty program

[EXCLUSIVE] Over 41,000 undocumented immigrants leaving Korea under amnesty program

More than 41,000 undocumented foreign nationals living in Korea have left the country - or have promised to do so in the near future - over the past six months under a special amnesty program. Korea Immigration Service (KIS) Commissioner Cha Gyu-geun told The Korea Times in a recent interview that 41,176 foreign nationals staying here illegally - more than 10 percent of the e...

Jung Min-ho | 2020-07-01 15:00

[INTERVIEW] 'Korea's population outlook makes immigration talk inevitable'

[RAS Korea] The next generation of Korean scholars

[RAS Korea] The next generation of Korean scholars

Four outstanding Korean high school students were chosen, from among their peers, in Royal Asiatic Society (RAS) Korea's first-ever essay contest. These young people took a bold step and submitted essays on Korean history and culture ― in English. The judges were challenged to choose and rank the entries for prizes. The relevance of the topic, the essayists' development of th...

2020-06-30 18:49

Community builder award honors int'l center head

Community builder award honors int'l center head

Gwangju in southwestern Korea has no shortage of community spirit. An annual award for local community builders has been given to Shin Gyong-gu, a professor emeritus of Chonnam National University and director of the Gwangju International Center (GIC).

2020-06-30 17:52

Itaewon businesses promote positivity with challenge

Itaewon businesses promote positivity with challenge

Businesses in Itaewon are looking to move on from the “Itaewon Cluster” stigma and bring people back to the district that has become a virtual ghost town since early May. To do that, three local foreign owned businesses including The Flow Room, Sprout and Wasteupso decided to work together and host a month-long event called Inner-Outer Glow in July to not only bring some posi...

2020-06-23 18:10

[Korea Encounters] Discrimination, stifled protests, race riots in 1971

[Korea Encounters] Discrimination, stifled protests, race riots in 1971

Several Black Lives Matter rallies were held in Korea in the second weekend of June - taking place in Seoul and at U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, where a race riot took place in 1971.

2020-06-23 18:09

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