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.
Gov't to develop technology to help find missing people
Technology will be developed and harnessed in the search for missing people in Korea. Yonhap
By Jung Min-ho
By Jung Min-ho
The government will invest 32 billion won ($28 million) for the next five years in developing technology to help find missing people.
The National Police Agency (NPA) and science and industry ministries will collaborate to develop technology that can help locate missing people, such as children or patients with dementia, based on their moving patterns and other information.
Noted scholars from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology and Yonsei University will take part in the project.
According to the NPA, 20,000 children and 19,000 patients with dementia and other mental illnesses went missing in 2017.