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.
Hungary train-car crash kills three Koreans
Three Koreans died after a train hit their car in northern Hungary. The train in the photo is unrelated to the story. Gettyimagesbank
By Jung Min-ho
By Jung Min-ho
Three Koreans were killed when a train struck their car in northern Hungary.
According to Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and local police, the accident happened at a rail crossing at the Danube Bend, a tourist spot near the Danube River close to Kismaros, 60 kilometers north of Budapest, Wednesday evening (local time).
Police said the driver of the car ignored a red light and drove onto the track before the collision.
“The Bathory Eurocity express train from Warsaw to the Western Railway Station of Budapest collided with a car between Kismaros and Nagymaros at a railroad crossing with a light barrier,” police said.
No one on the train was injured.
The tragedy came less than three months after 25 Korean tourists died in a boat crash on the river in Budapest, in the worst disaster on the river in more than half a century.
Local police are still searching for one missing person.