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.
The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) is intensifying its anti-government campaigns following a court ruling on Friday that found its leader, Rep. Lee Jae-myung, guilty of election law violations. The party condemned the verdict as an attempt to "suppress the opposition."
Human rights groups in South Korea will issue a joint open letter urging North Korean troops deployed in Russia not to sacrifice their lives for Moscow’s war efforts against Ukraine, said an activist familiar with the matter.
All aircraft takeoffs and landings across Korea will be restricted for about 35 minutes to keep the noise down during Thursday’s annual college entrance exam, held nationwide.
Korean luxury hospitality group Josun Hotels & Resorts has launched an online store to expand its online presence with its distinctive food and lifestyle products.
The National Human Rights Commission of Korea urged a prison warden to minimize the use of restraint devices, saying that “excessive use” of such equipment could be detrimental to the health of some inmates.
A consultative body consisting of the government, the ruling People Power Party (PPP), and the medical community has pledged to achieve what it described as "meaningful results" by the end of the year to resolve a protracted strike by trainee doctors.
The government on Friday launched an advisory group to improve the minimum wage system — a move that raises labor activists' suspicions because of its lack of representation from the labor side.
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency has issued a health advisory following a surge in scrub typhus cases in recent weeks.
Donald Trump’s tough approach to immigration was one of the key reasons that helped him recapture the White House. A surge in the number of migrants crossing into the U.S. illegally at its southern border during the Joe Biden administration apparently raised worries among many voters and hardened their views on immigration.