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.
Korea is moving to restrict the use of synthetic nicotine e-cigarettes as the government and lawmakers aim to include them in the list of “tobacco products” through legislation.
Foreign workers have accounted for more than 15 percent of all workplace fatalities so far this year in Korea, a source familiar with the issue told The Korea Times.
With no right to participate in political activities or to vote in legislative elections, foreign residents of Korea have largely been overlooked by members of the National Assembly here.
Korea on Friday approved UCB Korea's new drug for the treatment of a chronic muscle-weakening disease called generalized myasthenia gravis.
The youth smoking rate has decreased to a 20-year low this year, down to about a third of the peak levels, government data showed, Friday.
Korea’s largest labor organizations have aired mixed views on the idea of allowing foreigners to work as bus drivers, as one aligns more closely with non-Korean workers.
Telegram has vowed to delete sexually explicit deepfake content targeting Korean people as the Dubai-based messaging company moves to bolster cooperation with the Korean government.
Human rights activists released an open letter, Tuesday, calling for North Korean troops in Russia to stop helping the Kremlin’s “unjustifiable” war efforts against Ukraine amid reports that some of them have already been killed.
Korea is stepping up efforts to attract more foreign workers across a wider range of sectors as the government aims to increase the proportion of non-Koreans in the country’s workforce in response to growing labor shortages, according to government officials, Monday.