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.
Korean woman killed in Malta car crash
Korea Times file
By Jung Min-ho
By Jung Min-ho
A Korean woman has been killed when her car crashed off a cliff in northern Malta.
According to the Korean Embassy in Italy Sunday (local time), the resident in Balzan, central Malta, was found dead after her rental car, a Citroen C1, went off the cliff into Birguma valley at around 8 a.m. Friday.
It is unclear how the incident happened. A Korea official said the embassy was cooperating with police.
Witnesses reportedly said they saw the car parked at the top of the cliff the day before the incident.