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Mon, September 25, 2023 | 05:22

[ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL] Korea urged to adopt open immigration policy

ANNIVERSARY SPECIALKorea urged to adopt open immigration policy

For decades, Korea was a country that sent its people abroad, creating a Korean diaspora of nearly 7 million scattered across the globe. But the nation began accepting immigrants in the 1980s in line with its economic progress. In 2020, they're often seen in restaurants and shops serving at tables or washing dishes. Near university campuses, convenience store counters are sta...

2020-11-01 13:54

'Vlog ads of int'l marriage brokers violate human rights of foreign women'

'Vlog ads of int'l marriage brokers violate human rights of foreign women'

A video posted on YouTube titled “Meeting my oppa for the first time” with more than 600,000 views features a Korean man arriving at the airport in Ho Chi Minh City being welcomed by a young Vietnamese woman. “Oppa” means older brother in Korean and is a popular term of affection that women use for older men.

2020-10-30 16:30

[ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL] Source of insight into Korea for more than 2 decades: Canadian envoy

ANNIVERSARY SPECIALSource of insight into Korea for more than 2 decades: Canadian envoy

Michael Danagher, the Canadian Ambassador to Korea, has been reading The Korea Times since 1993 when he first served in Korea.

2020-10-28 16:50

ANNIVERSARY SPECIALCalling for in-depth exploration of ideas

[Cityscapes] Trespassing on Korea Times history

CityscapesTrespassing on Korea Times history

It's appropriate that I now have a column with The Korea Times, because I've had opportunities to explore a number of former and current buildings associated with this newspaper. Way back in summer 2007, when I was still a fairly inexperienced urban explorer, I stood across the street as the former Hankook Ilbo building next to Gwanghwamun in downtown Seoul was disassembled b...

2020-10-27 21:10

[ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL] Archive invites readers to dive deep in The Korea Times history

ANNIVERSARY SPECIALArchive invites readers to dive deep in The Korea Times history

In a walk-in closet at The Korea Times office, large bound tomes containing archives of The Korea Times' past published newspapers are preserved. I am pretty sure I am one of the few people who look in them, but every time I do, I find something highly entertaining, relevant or just plain trippy worth sharing. So I decided to add The Korea Times Archive to our newspaper's soc...

2020-10-27 21:07

Korea to look into working environment for foreign crewmen

Korea to look into working environment for foreign crewmen

South Korea said Sunday it will launch a special probe into the working environment for foreign crewmen working on local fishing boats to root out possible human rights violations by their employers. The country plans to look deeper into the working conditions of foreign workers on local fishing boats sized 20 tons and above during the four-week period that will run through N...

2020-10-25 11:31

Local college refuses refund for 52 Uzbek students denied visas

Local college refuses refund for 52 Uzbek students denied visas

“I still can't believe that $7,880, which is my parent's salary for two years has vanished into thin air,” said Dinurbek Jumaniyozov, a 19-year-old student living in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. In addition to the financial loss, his hopes of studying in Korea to become an IT developer have been dashed.

2020-10-23 16:50

Mother talks about reunion with her lost daughter

Mother talks about reunion with her lost daughter

In June 1976, Lee Eung-sun's three-year-old daughter went missing in a crowded market. Last week the mother, now 78, was reunited through a video chat with her daughter, now 47 and residing in the U.S.

2020-10-22 17:12

Tearful reunion after 44 years

[Friends of Korea] Memories of serving as last Peace Corps Korea director

Friends of KoreaMemories of serving as last Peace Corps Korea director

No one likes to be last. But I had that distinction as the Peace Corps Korea country director, and I am forever grateful that it happened. In early 1981, Peace Corps Headquarters made the difficult decision that the Peace Corps program in Korea had to be closed due to projected budget reductions to its worldwide programs.

2020-10-20 18:18

'Free Comic Book Day' comes to Korea

'Free Comic Book Day' comes to Korea

After two postponements and a canceled Comic-Con in August, community gaming space and shop The Dice Latte in northeastern Seoul will host Korea's first Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) event on Halloween Day weekend.

2020-10-20 18:07

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