Health
Teen smoking rate hits 20-year low: report
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.
Nov 22, 2024
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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Global Community
Major labor groups air mixed views on hiring foreign bus drivers
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.
Nov 21, 2024
Law & Crime
Telegram vows to delete deepfakes targeting Koreans
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.
Nov 20, 2024
North Korea
Rights activists tell NK soldiers fighting Ukraine to 'stand on the side of justice'
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.
Nov 19, 2024
Global Community
Korea considers hiring foreigners as bus drivers
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.
Nov 18, 2024
Environment & Animals
Temperatures forecast to drop below freezing in Seoul on Monday
Morning temperatures in Seoul are expected to drop below freezing on Monday as cold air spreads across Korea following an unusually warm fall.
Nov 17, 2024
Politics
'I will never die': Opposition leader's guilty verdict intensifies anti-gov't campaign
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."
Nov 17, 2024
North Korea
EXCLUSIVE 'Don't die for Putin': Rights groups to send message to NK soldiers
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.
Nov 14, 2024
Society
Korea to pause temporarily on Thursday for college entrance exam
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.
Nov 13, 2024