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.
A court has rejected a former police officer’s bid to be reinstated after losing his job over his bungled response to a knife-wielding man in Incheon three years ago.
Four loan sharks have been convicted of charging debtors exorbitant interest rates of up to 1,560 percent a year, far more than the legal maximum of 20 percent.
I.N, a member of K-pop boy group Stray Kids, has joined a group of major donors dedicated to helping underprivileged children.
The number of whooping cough cases has reached its highest level in more than 20 years in Korea as health authorities call for greater precautions and expanded vaccination programs.
A 65-year-old man who was arrested earlier this month for allegedly killing his former lover and her daughter now faces trial on two counts of premeditated murder.
A woman was sentenced to seven years in prison Wednesday for killing her three-month-old son on Jeju Island four years ago.
A Korean man died earlier this week following what appears to have been a pickpocketing attempt that escalated into a violent crime in Angeles, a city in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines.
A woman in her 30s and her younger brother have been cleared of drug charges after eating cannabis jellies without knowing the ingredients, according to police on Wednesday.
As authorities in Seoul are trying to recruit 100 Filipino caregivers for 100 households as part of their effort to boost Korea’s birthrate, a group promoting the rights of migrant workers said a lack of clarity in the scope of their work could emerge as a controversial issue eventually.