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.
Yoon expresses condolences over Papua New Guinea landslide
People are seen at the site of a massive landslide in Maip Mulitaka in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province, Friday. President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday expressed his condolences to the victims and their families of the disaster in which more than 670 people are believed to have died. AFP-Yonhap
By Jung Min-ho
President Yoon Suk Yeol has expressed his condolences to the victims and their families of a massive Papua New Guinea landslide in which more than 670 people are believed to have died.
“(I am) deeply grieved and saddened by the tragic landslide in Enga province, the Independent State of Papua New Guinea,” Yoon said in a message posted Monday on X, a social network formerly known as Twitter. “On behalf of the people of the Republic of Korea, I would like to express heartfelt condolences to the victims and their families and wish for (a) rapid recovery.”
This statement comes after the natural disaster occurred three days ago in the mountainous region in the north of the Pacific island nation.
Soon after the news of teh landslide, Papua New Guinea officials said as many as 100 may have been killed. But that figure was later revised up to 670. The actual death toll could be much higher, with officials now suspecting that as many as 2,000 people are feared to have been buried alive in the deadly landslide.