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Mon, March 8, 2021 | 17:30

[Korea Encounters] Reacting to Vietnamese 'anti-Koreanism' in 1967

[Korea Encounters] Reacting to Vietnamese 'anti-Koreanism' in 1967

A few weeks ago, an online furor was created when Filipina American social media star Bella Poarch uploaded a video of herself sporting a tattoo featuring an image similar to Japan's Rising Sun flag. In response to criticism by Koreans, she apologized and promised to cover it with a new tattoo, but some netizens hurled racist comments at Filipinos in general, who responded wi...

2020-11-03 20:27

Anthology explores Black experience in Asia

Anthology explores Black experience in Asia

The new book “Black in Asia” shares the experiences of Black writers living in at least 10 countries across Asia, highlighting the complexity of Black life experiences amid prejudiced expectations through 23 personal autobiographical short stories.

2020-11-03 20:26

Government urged to improve refugee screening system

Government urged to improve refugee screening system

The government is facing growing calls from civic activists to improve the refugee screening system to ensure fairness and transparency, as the cumulative number of asylum seekers here has passed 70,000. According to data from the Korea Immigration Service (KIS), Monday, the number of people who filed for refugee status here from 1994 to August this year was 70,254. Only 5,06...

2020-11-02 17:13

Number of asylum applications tops 70,000 in South Korea

Number of asylum applications tops 70,000 in South Korea

Number of asylum applications tops 70,000 in South Korea

The cumulative number of asylum applications filed in South Korea topped 70,000 for the first time, government data showed Monday. According to the data from the Korea Immigration Service, there were 70,254 asylum seekers here from 1994, when the government began to compile relevant data, to August this year.

2020-11-02 11:06

Government urged to improve refugee screening system

[ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL] Korea urged to adopt open immigration policy

[ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL] Korea 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...

Kim Se-jeong | 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 SPECIAL] Source 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.

Kim Se-jeong | 2020-10-28 16:50

[ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL] Calling for in-depth exploration of ideas

[Cityscapes] Trespassing on Korea Times history

[Cityscapes] Trespassing 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 SPECIAL] Archive 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

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