Jung Min-ho has worked as a staff writer at The Korea Times since 2012, mostly covering social and political issues. He currently belongs to the Politics & City Desk where he covers topics such as health, labor and human rights. Prior to joining the team, he was responsible for covering North Korea and sports. His article about a biosecurity breach of Middle East respiratory syndrome won him an award from the Korea Science Journalists Association in 2016. He is also the co-author of the book, "Medical Pioneers of Korea" (2019). He served as the head of the international relations committee at the Journalists Association of Korea from 2021 to 2023.
Suspect in murder of Korean man arrested on Cebu
Philippines police have arrested a man over the shooting death of a young Korean. Yonhap
By Jung Min-ho
By Jung Min-ho
A suspect in the killing of a Korean man last month has been arrested on Cebu in the Philippines.
Local media reported Thursday that police arrested Jessie “Kano” Casado in the Cebu Hostel at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Casado, 35, is suspected of shooting the Korean man, surnamed Lee, 20, to death in the second-floor hallway of a motel on Cebu on Aug. 26.
According to a report by the Sun.Star Cebu, a local paper, the motive of the alleged murder might be jealousy. Casado claimed that the Korean had an affair with his girlfriend, the paper reported.
Police said Casado is facing other criminal charges in separate cases, saying he had been one of the Consolacion Police Station's most-wanted men.