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 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.
More than 65 percent of single Koreans say they want to get married, according to a report suggesting that their views of marriage and having children are becoming more positive.
Researchers have discovered footprints left by a stegosaurus some 150 million years ago on Korea's southeastern island of Geoje, according to its officials on Monday.
About 30 percent of Koreans, aged between 18 and 49, support the abolition of the national pension system amid waning public trust in the fund, a recent poll shows.
Two Filipino domestic workers who left their workplaces without permission last month will soon be deported and may be banned from entering Korea again, according to the Ministry of Justice.
The Filipino caregivers, who were brought to Korea as part of the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s domestic worker program, are expected to receive about 1.8 million won ($1,340) on average after their first month, officials said Tuesday.