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.
Record cracked: Picture of egg now most-liked Instagram post
The new champion / Screengrab of @world_record_egg's Instagram
By Jung Min-ho
By Jung Min-ho
The photo of an
, just a regular egg, is now the most-liked post on Instagram.
The unremarkable image, which was posted on Jan. 4 by @world_record_egg, has garnered more than 43 million “likes” to beat the previous record-holder Kylie Jenner, whose post had 18 million likes.
“Let's set a world record together and get the most-liked post on Instagram. Beating the current world record held by Kylie Jenner (18 million)! We got this,” reads the egg post.
The account owner, who identified herself only as “an individual living in London” and whose email display name is “Eugene Egg,” told
that she had no idea how the egg went so viral.
“I guess it's also a comment on celebrity culture and how fragile and easily cracked it is (pun intended),” Eugene Egg was quoted as saying. “But really I just thought it would be funny if something as simple as an egg could take the crown.”