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Jung Min-ho

Korea Times Politics & City Reporter

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.

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ACRC taking lead to embrace diverse society

ACRC Chairman Lee Sung-bo, left, poses with Sri Lankan Ambassador to Korea Watte Walawwe Tissa at the Sri Lankan Embassy after successfully launching the language service Friday on the ACRC website, Seoul.                                                                                                       / Courtecy of the ACRCAnti-corruption body launches Sri Lankan language serviceBy Jung Min-hoThe state-run Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) has taken a meaningful step forward by launching a Sri Lankan language service on its homepage.It held an event Friday at the Sri Lankan Embassy in Seoul to celebrate the initiative which will benefit 23,000 Sri Lankan residents who may have language issues here.“In a bid to be part of the international movement for a global community, the Korean government has made

Dec 23, 2012By Jung Min-ho
ACRC taking lead to embrace diverse society
Politics

Park joins female leaders in world politics

President-elect Park Geun-hye shakes hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin in this September 2006 file photo. / Yonhap Cristina FernandezArgentinian PresidentDilma RousseffBrazilian PresidentBy Jung Min-hoAfter being elected as the next president of Asia’s fourth largest economy, Park Geun-hye will carry the weight as one of the most powerful women in the world.Korea, perhaps, was an unlikely source for a female head of state when it has the highest level of gender inequality in the developed world. Upon her arrival in Cheong Wa Dae, Park will be joining a growing number of women leaders on the international scene, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez, Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.Merkel was named as the world’s most powerful woman by Forbes magazine in 2011 and 2012. Under her leadership, Germany has ridden out the region’s economic gloom on the back of the country’s strong exports.Both sta

Dec 20, 2012By Jung Min-ho
Park joins female leaders in world politics
South Korea

4 minor candidates finish race

By Jung Min-hoWinning isn,t always everything, as can be seen in the 2012 presidential election where four minor contenders who had no chance of winning still finished the race.Independents Kang Ji-won, Kim So-yeon, Kim Soon-ja and Park Jong-seon, are predicted to lose heavily as all major exit polls indicate that Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in are leading them by a huge margin.After overcoming mockery and disdain, all the determined minor candidates could do Wednesday was await the results.At a news conference on Tuesday, Kang reaffirmed that he would not withdraw saying, “Rumors that I would quit in the middle are completely groundless.”The 63-year old asked voters to cast ballots solely based on the candidates’ policies, showing confidence in his political road map.The lawyer, also known as a “guardian of teenagers” for his dedication to preventing juvenile delinquency, entered the race saying he wanted to make the contest a more “policy-oriented” competition.According to Realmeter, Kang is expected to receive about 0.8 percent of the vote.

Dec 19, 2012By Jung Min-ho
South Korea

Moon promises special body for immigrants

By Jung Min-hoDemocratic United Party (DUP) presidential candidate Moon Jae-in promised to provide a special body to deal with various issues concerning immigrants Tuesday for a growing multicultural population, should he win the battle for Cheong Wa Dae.The decision came a few hours after the representatives of naturalized voters conveyed their 10 demands to candidates Moon and Park Geun-hye of the ruling Saenuri Party on the eve of the Dec. 19 election. The Park camp hadn’t responded to the requests at the time of going to press.The Moon camp said they would shore up the systematic support for multiracial families by enacting laws to provide basic education services for them and raising public awareness of their needs. It also promised to expand language services at places such as emergency rooms for those who speak little Korean.Other requests, including making multiculturalism a mandatory subject in tests for earning education-related certificates and adopting a quota system for hiring workers at organizations that deal with multiethnic issues were not accepted.“Only

Dec 18, 2012By Jung Min-ho
South Korea

Naturalized voters turn vocal

By Jung Min-hoRepresentatives of naturalized Korean voters said Monday they had confirmed 10 demands that they will convey to presidential candidates Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in on the eve of the election.These include setting up a special organization that deals with various immigration issues to prevent administrative confusion both for the service providers and receivers and to spur the system’s development.``As society’s demographics are changing rapidly with a growing number of naturalized citizens, we believe that about 500,000 people now share their interests with multiracial families,” an official of the Migrant Voters Alliance said in a press release Monday.``We initiated our action so that our voices can be reflected in their policies before and after the election.”The written request includes making multiculturalism a mandatory subject in obtaining education-related certificates and adopting a quota system in hiring employees for organizations that deal with multi-ethnic issues. In addition, they will ask the candidates to take multiracial familie

Dec 17, 2012By Jung Min-ho
South Korea

Endorsement speakers fight proxy war

Yoon Yeo-joon,Head of the DUP’s committeefor citizen unityKim Sung-yeonShoe factory worker in BusanBy Jung Min-hoNine televised endorsement speeches for the Democratic United Party (DUP) presidential hopeful Moon Jae-in have drawn keen attention online, outshining those for his conservative rival Park Geun-hye of the ruling Saenuri Party.Since the first speaker Kim Sung-yeon, shoe factory worker in Busan, received more than 50,000 clicks on YouTube, nine speakers’ endorsement videos for the DUP candidate surpassed 800,000 hits in total, as of Sunday.The fourth speaker psychiatrist Jeong Hye-shin’s “Society needs healing” speech had more than 100,000 views for the first time. Attention grew even further when Yoon Yeo-joon, the head of the DUP’s committee for citizen unity, spoke on Dec. 12.Yoon recalled his first encounter with Moon and described him as “the only candidate who is capable of unifying the nation.” The former Saenuri Party lawmaker’s address instantly received favorable evaluations, drawing more than 450,000 hits on Y

Dec 16, 2012By Jung Min-ho
Endorsement speakers fight proxy war
South Korea

DUP gears up offensive on intelligence agency

By Jung Min-hoThe Democratic United Party (DUP) upped the ante against the National Intelligence Service (NIS) Thursday by saying it has confirmed more than one of the security agency’s staff were involved in systematically denouncing the party’s presidential candidate Moon Jae-in.“Regarding the nature of the organization and what they do, we thought that revealing all the information would seriously hinder their operations afterwards. That’s why we are calling for the woman to be the subject of an investigation,” DUP spokesman Woo Sang-ho said. “Details of this case should be reported to the public after a thorough investigation. We don’t have time. We are again urging the NIS to conduct an internal investigation.”The statement came a day after the DUP filed a complaint against NIS for allegedly ordering its agent, only identified by her surname Kim, to post negative perspectives of Moon online during the critical final period before the Dec. 19 election.Moon visited the DUP’s headquarters Thursday and said, “If confirmed a

Dec 13, 2012By Jung Min-ho
South Korea

Survey shows Moon closing in on Park

By Jung Min-hoThe race between the ruling Saenuri Party’s presidential hopeful Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in of the Democratic United Party (DUP) is becoming a dead heat according to a survey released Wednesday that shows the gap is closing.The survey, conducted by JTBC and Realmeter from Monday to Tuesday, revealed that 47.8 percent of respondents said they would vote for Park, while support for Moon remained at 45.6 percent.The gap between the two narrowed from 5.1 percent to 2.2 percent, compared to Tuesday’s survey, and the possibility of turning the election is now within the margin of error.With 3.8 percent participants who said “undecided,” the Unified Progressive Party contender Lee Jung-hee received 1.6 percent support, while independent candidate Kang Ji-won had 1.1 percent.The DUP seems galvanized about Moon’s slow but steady rising popularity since his former rival Ahn Cheol-soo announced his full support for Moon on Dec. 6.“Considering polls released today, Moon is obviously on an upward trajectory and the result of the election is now

Dec 12, 2012By Jung Min-ho
South Korea

Lee's feline attacks meet better-prepared Saenuri candidate

By Jung Min-ho Lee Jung-heeLee Jung-hee of the leftist minor Unified Progressive Party (UPP) started on a softer note in the second presidential TV debate Monday night; however, her target was better prepared.Lee showed her true colors occasionally, making the debate look like “Catfight Part II.”This time, however, Park Geun-hye of the ruling Saenuri Party didn’t stand and take her blows, sending jabs back at Lee and stopping her tirade in its tracks.Following the first debate, Lee was lauded for upstaging Park and Moon Jae-in, while facing criticism for being a spoiler, thwarting any debate between the “real” candidates.For instance, Lee attacked Park, asking whether she paid taxes on money she received from Gen. Chun Doo-hwan after he took power through a coup following the assassination of her father President Park Chung-hee.Park dug her heels in, saying, “That issue was addressed during the first debate.”The Saenuri Party candidate then asked Lee if she would continue in the presidential race, noting that she would have to repay 2.7

Dec 10, 2012By Jung Min-ho
Lee's feline attacks meet better-prepared Saenuri candidate
South Korea

Be wise, voters!

          Saenuri Party                           Democratic United Partypresidential candidate                        presidential candidatePark Geun-hye                                       Moon Jae-inNuts and bolts of negative campaigningBy Jung Min-hoAs the Dec. 19 presidential campaigning is entering its final stretch, mudslinging and  smear tactics between two major candidates are reaching fever pitch.As a result, some voters turn cynical and become disenchanted.One U.S. scholar sounds an alarm, saying that it is exactly what they aim for by going negative.“Negative campaigning doesn’t necessarily gain a cadidate many voters but rather intends to cost the other side voters in part by encouraging them not to vote at all,” Timothy S. Rich, a political science professor at Western Kentuky University, said.Rich n

Dec 10, 2012By Jung Min-ho
Be wise, voters!
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