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.
A teacher in Daejeon said she stabbed a 7-year-old girl to death at school because she was angry for not being allowed to teach students after returning to work, according to the police on Tuesday.
There have been no signs of a major measles outbreak on Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju after a tourist was confirmed to have been infected with the disease last week, officials said on Monday.
Lawmakers have proposed a bill requiring medical institutions to register the births of non-Korean babies in the government system, in a bipartisan bid to reduce the number of undocumented children and better protect their rights.
The U.S. Embassy in Seoul has vowed not to display flags affiliated with liberal activism such as a rainbow flag representing sexual minorities — a shift in its stance on the issue under President Donald Trump.
When the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the labor ministry launched a pilot program to hire 100 Filipino nannies last year, officials aimed to expand it into a national scheme after a six-month trial, and bring in more foreign workers.
In Korea, widely regarded as the birthplace of modern postpartum care, utilizing services at postpartum care centers has become a necessity for many women, not just a luxury, according to recent data.
Former military commanders and a former senior official at the spy agency testified against President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday, claiming they had been ordered to paralyze the National Assembly when martial law was imposed on Dec. 3.
Korea has granted refugee status to 1,544 asylum-seekers since the system’s introduction nearly 30 years ago, officials said Monday, translating into an acceptance rate of just 2.7 percent.
The government will formally launch a joint investigation with foreign experts on Monday to find the cause of the fire that destroyed Air Busan’s passenger plane on Tuesday.