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.
PHOTOS Hugs, tears of joy after end of Wuhan lockdown
Medical workers hug at the Wuhan Tianhe International Airport after travel restrictions on leaving Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province and China's epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, were lifted on April 8. Reuters
By Jung Min-ho
A medical staff member from Jilin Province, right, cries while hugging a nurse from Wuhan after working together during the COVID-19 outbreak in the city, as the Wuhan Tianhe International Airport is reopened in China's central Hubei Province on April 8. AFP
Medical staff from Jilin Province (in red) hug nurses from Wuhan after working together during the COVID-19 outbreak, before leaving from the Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in China's central Hubei Province on April 8. AFP
A medical worker from China's Jilin Province (in red) embraces a colleague from Wuhan as she prepares to return home from Wuhan's Tianhe International Airport, in central China's Hubei Province, on April 8. AP