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.
Just four months after fully shifting to an endemic approach to COVID-19, the government is now resuming its vaccination program to help contain the virus amid a resurgence in cases.
The government is stepping up efforts to stave off contagious diseases and pest infestations as the nation’s athletes and tens of thousands of tourists are expected to return from the Paris Olympics in the coming weeks, according to health authorities, Thursday.
Filipino caregivers appeared to be excited about their new opportunities in Korea. Applications have been pouring in to hire them. Yet several risk factors could derail the ambitious efforts to help counter Korea’s fertility crisis with the pilot project, which may or may not turn into a regular program after six months.
The mastermind behind a university drug ring busted by authorities recently wasn’t a stereotypical drug dealer.
A blaze caused by an electric vehicle battery that left some 140 cars damaged and 23 people hospitalized in Incheon on Thursday has raised safety concerns about lithium-ion batteries.
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), one of the country’s two major umbrella labor unions with more than 1 million members, is moving to embrace undocumented foreigners here in an attempt to broaden its coalition, labor officials said.
The number of hand-foot-and-mouth disease cases is surging in Korea at an alarming rate recently, reaching the highest level in at least a decade, according to health officials on Monday.
The United Christian Churches of Korea (UCCK), the largest coalition of Protestant churches in Korea, has joined international protests against the segment of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday that parodied Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting, The Last Supper.
The government will conduct inspections of 120 workplaces over the next 10 days to protect foreign workers from heat-related illnesses amid scorching temperatures.