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 imposed international travel bans or other penalties on 164 parents for refusing to pay child support expenses to the respective custodial parents after divorce.
Korea's oldest existing public aquarium, Aqua Planet 63, will permanently close on June 30 after 39 years of operation, according to its announcement posted earlier this week.
The infamous child rapist Cho Doo-soon has been released from prison after spending three months behind bars for breaking a court order related to his home confinement protocol.
The Supreme Court has upheld a guilty verdict for a man who tricked his pregnant lover into taking abortion pills three years ago.
Actress Lee Young-ae has offered 50 million won ($36,000) to help the families of the fallen 46 heroes of the ROKS Cheonan, a South Korean Navy corvette destroyed by a North Korean submarine torpedo attack in 2010.
The Korean Supreme Court's Sentencing Commission will draw up guidelines on penalties for animal abusers in an effort to gain public trust.
A hotel receptionist in Jeju has been detained by police for the alleged sexual assault of a Chinese guest after gaining entry to her room with a master key, according to police on Tuesday.
Two men have died after a man who fell from an apartment building landed on top of another man in Busan, police said on Monday.
A police officer who used a Taser to subdue a knife-wielding man last month will not face criminal charges or disciplinary action over the man’s subsequent death, police said on Monday.