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.
Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam are among the countries under review for the expansion of Korea’s foreign nanny program next year, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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Human rights activists and the migrant workers' division of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), a major labor union with 1.2 million members, demanded on Tuesday that the government cease its crackdown on undocumented immigrants and grant them the right to remain in the country.
The new chairman of the Korean Senior Citizens Association proposed Monday that the minimum age for eligibility for senior welfare benefits be raised from 65 to 75 in light of the rapidly aging population.
Owners of bars, pubs and other adult-only businesses will not be penalized for being tricked into selling to minors after the revision of related laws, which will come into force within six months.
The government has failed to establish the causes of more than 40 percent of deaths of foreign nationals who died in Korea in recent years, a Ministry of Justice report shows.
President Yoon Suk Yeol asked Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to intensify efforts to bring to justice Rafael Dumlao, the former police officer behind the 2016 killing of a Korean businessman, during their recent summit, Yoon’s office said Thursday.
The National Human Rights Commission of Korea called on the government, Thursday, to develop alternatives to its detention-centered policy for asylum seekers in the country.
More than 84 percent of people who die alone in Korea are men, according to a new report on “kodoksa,” or “lonely deaths," which refers to a phenomenon of individuals dying alone and remaining undiscovered for a long period.
Climate change is one of the greatest risks to human rights today as it threatens many of the fundamental values, including the right to health and even survival itself, Ahn Chang-ho, chief of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, said Tuesday.