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.
Three Korean men arrested for running online gambling website
The men allegedly opened the website last November by using a server based outside the country. GETTYIMAGESBANK
By Jung Min-ho
By Jung Min-ho
Three Korean men have been arrested in Vietnam for allegedly running an illegal gambling website, according to
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Local police arrested the men ― surnamed Kim, 46, An, 41, and Kim, 24 ― at their home in Vung Tau, the capital of Ria-Vung Tau Province in southern Vietnam, Friday (local time), on charges of operating an illegal gambling website for more than five months.
They entered Vietnam on tourist visas and allegedly opened the website last November by using a server based outside the country. Police said transactions on the site totaled more than VND170 billion ($7.3 million).
Investigators seized 39 desktop and laptop computers, 20 mobile phones, nine bank cards and devices for online payments.