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.
PHOTOS Anti-Abe protest in Seoul
By Jung Min-ho
Thousands of Koreans gathered in central Seoul Saturday evening to criticize Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for imposing export restrictions on their country.
About 5,000 people, including members of 596 civic groups, held candles at Gwanghwamun Square.
Abe took that action in an apparent retaliation after Korean Supreme Court rulings that ordered Japanese companies to pay damages to Korean victims of forced labor during World War II when Korea was a Japanese colony.
Protesters march toward the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, Saturday, denouncing Japan's export restrictions and demanding that its leader Shinzo Abe apologize for taking the apparent retaliatory measures. Yonhap
By Jung Min-ho
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